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Erie consultant breaks the bad news: ‘The city is broke’

Posted on 28 September, 2015 | Watchdog.org

By Yaël Ossowski | September 25, 2015 | Watchdog.org The city of Erie is in desperate times, and a consultant hired to map a positive future isn’t optimistic. “The plan I am trying to write is a plan to get the city out of the hole it is in,” Charles Buki told Watchdog.org. An urban…

Erie’s 10-year ‘comprehensive plan’ consultants cost over $100,000

Posted on 17 September, 2015 | Watchdog.org

By Yaël Ossowski | September 18, 2015 | Watchdog.org Hoping to leap into the future, Erie will spend over $100,000 to pay consultants to draw up a 10-year comprehensive plan to revitalize the city and “bring it into the future.” The total amount of $137,880, approved preliminarily by the city council in February, will be…