Comments on: What the…Buzz? http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/ Erie media blog - Connecting creators and consumers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: PR http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-7052 PR Wed, 20 May 2009 17:55:21 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-7052 Crank, I've talked to a lot of the people I use to work with on the FD side and they tell me that the ECDOPS operation is a mess. The whole thing could've been done very smoothly by incorporating the experienced dispatchers from the city and Millcreek, but the county didn't have the smarts to use them. They could've merged them under their current emlpoyers, and then through attrition, phase in the new people as county employees. The county lost years of experience when they let these people go and as a result public safety has been compromised. The consolidated dispatch center is a grand idea and it's time has come, but it needs to be done correctly...not haphazardly with lousy planning and an unproven system. Crank, I’ve talked to a lot of the people I use to work with on the FD side and they tell me that the ECDOPS operation is a mess. The whole thing could’ve been done very smoothly by incorporating the experienced dispatchers from the city and Millcreek, but the county didn’t have the smarts to use them. They could’ve merged them under their current emlpoyers, and then through attrition, phase in the new people as county employees. The county lost years of experience when they let these people go and as a result public safety has been compromised. The consolidated dispatch center is a grand idea and it’s time has come, but it needs to be done correctly…not haphazardly with lousy planning and an unproven system.

]]> By: CRANK http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-7051 CRANK Wed, 20 May 2009 17:38:32 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-7051 I wonder how much of the "911 debacle" was the result of upset union dispatchers who were displaced. Seems to me the problems are no where near what was described by some. I wonder how much of the “911 debacle” was the result of upset union dispatchers who were displaced. Seems to me the problems are no where near what was described by some.

]]> By: PR http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-7050 PR Wed, 20 May 2009 17:33:31 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-7050 I'm sure the 911 debacle also played into DiVecchio's demise. All he did, along with Weindorf, was smoke and mirrors. I think the voters saw through all the lies and incompetancy from 6th St. and up on the hill. I’m sure the 911 debacle also played into DiVecchio’s demise. All he did, along with Weindorf, was smoke and mirrors. I think the voters saw through all the lies and incompetancy from 6th St. and up on the hill.

]]> By: CRANK http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-7045 CRANK Wed, 20 May 2009 15:10:32 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-7045 Dale is exactly right, but where did you see the information he just provided other than here or on his own blog? Answer, nowhere! Perhaps, it its own way the media was helping Buzz to remove DiVecchio, just without mentioning it. You have to admit, the media played up the trash, but didn't do a very good job of debunking the charges Buzz made. They were pretty much left standing. After all the debate we had about county bond issues, what was included and wasn't, how Joe Giles plays the king maker, etc, we really haven't had much analysis about the aftermath of the bond, how it got used, etc. Nor have we seen much of an accounting on the financial performance of either the convention center or the hotel, both attached to county bond issues. On the other hand, given the play the video got, one can rest assured this will become the new attack mode, driving the level of election discourse even further down into the dumpster. Maybe its just me, but elections should be more than just a revenue stream to media. Dale is exactly right, but where did you see the information he just provided other than here or on his own blog? Answer, nowhere! Perhaps, it its own way the media was helping Buzz to remove DiVecchio, just without mentioning it. You have to admit, the media played up the trash, but didn’t do a very good job of debunking the charges Buzz made. They were pretty much left standing.

After all the debate we had about county bond issues, what was included and wasn’t, how Joe Giles plays the king maker, etc, we really haven’t had much analysis about the aftermath of the bond, how it got used, etc.

Nor have we seen much of an accounting on the financial performance of either the convention center or the hotel, both attached to county bond issues.

On the other hand, given the play the video got, one can rest assured this will become the new attack mode, driving the level of election discourse even further down into the dumpster.

Maybe its just me, but elections should be more than just a revenue stream to media.

]]> By: Dale Hannah http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-6995 Dale Hannah Tue, 19 May 2009 14:45:22 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-6995 One quick call to Alyson Amendola cleared away all the crap from Andrezeski's babbling rant. She asked Sue Ellen Pasquale, Mgr of Finance, to send me all details of the funding for the Fifth Floor renovations. The facts completely debunk Buzz's fairy tale. The best thing Andrezeski can do for the County is to Buzz off. One quick call to Alyson Amendola cleared away all the crap from Andrezeski’s babbling rant. She asked Sue Ellen Pasquale, Mgr of Finance, to send me all details of the funding for the Fifth Floor renovations. The facts completely debunk Buzz’s fairy tale.

The best thing Andrezeski can do for the County is to Buzz off.

]]> By: Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Election Day, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | ErieBlogs http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/05/what-thebuzz/comment-page-1/#comment-6990 Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Election Day, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | ErieBlogs Tue, 19 May 2009 12:56:15 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1156#comment-6990 [...] at Press and Tower takes a deeper look at the election, specifically the Buzz videos, which have become the story of this election. Joel [...] [...] at Press and Tower takes a deeper look at the election, specifically the Buzz videos, which have become the story of this election. Joel [...]

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