(Post-election note: Regrettably, while the Bar Assn.'s non-recommendation and attendant publicity reduced Domitrovich's vote total, it was not enough to defeat her ten-year retention at the Nov. 3 general election. Much if not all of the blame can be placed with the Erie Times-News, Erie's monopoly daily newpaper, which merely noted the Bar's rating of her without digging into the reasons hy she was not recommended, both this year, and back in 2002 when she unsuccssfully ran for the… Continue

Erie Times-News neglects landmark 1st amendment court verdictT



The news room at the Erie Times-News has once again displayed its incompetence and egregious lack of journalistic ethics and professionalism by grossly underplaying a major story with profound First Amendment implications statewide and beyond because of petty local politics and animosity by Managing Editor Pat Howard, other top editors and reporters Kevin Flowers and Ed Pallatella towards the principal actor and… Continue

The Erie Times-News carried an AP story today (State grants grow as criticism persists, Practice said to be unfair election tool) which exposes the longstanding practice of state legislative leaders to corral tens of millions of taxpayer dollars illegally every year and dole them out as special community grants to favored legislators outside the constitutionally prescribed budgetary process, using it primarily as a reelection campaign tool for select incumbents.



It's standard… Continue

NOT NEWSWORTHY

EACHUS DELIVERS FOR THE MAN WHO DELIVERED FOR THE LUZERNE CO. JUDGES



As part of Democracy Rising PA’s ongoing effort to provide the public with information we believe is crucial to the advancement of a well-informed electorate, we have begun this blog which we call “Not Newsworthy.” The purpose of this blog will be to disseminate information that hasn’t yet appeared in the traditional… Continue

The following article appeared in a recent edition of the Erie Times-News.



"Robbins re-elected to leadership post"



State Sen. Bob Robbins, of Greenville, R-50th Dist., has been re-elected by his Senate GOP colleagues to a leadership position for the 2009-10 legislative session. Robbins was re-elected Senate majority caucus secretary. As such, he handles all nominations submitted by the governor to the Senate for approval.



Robbins ensures that the… Continue