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Mayor

time for tiebreaker on vacant City Council seat

Erie Mayor Joe Schember will cast a tie-breaking vote that will appoint Mel Witherspoon to a vacant seat on Erie County Council. Schember said is doing so in the wake of City Council’s 3-3 tie vote Wednesday on a  resolution, sponsored by Councilman Ed Brzezinski, to appoint Witherspoon to the seat vacated by the January […]

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City Council

Could Mel Witherspoon return to Erie City Council as an appointee? | #citycouncil

Mel Witherspoon left Erie City Council in December because of city term limit rules.  However, one of his former colleagues wants to bring Witherspoon back to the seven-member, all-Democratic panel as an appointee. A resolution sponsored by Councilman Ed Brzezinski on council’s Wednesday meeting agenda seeks to appoint Witherspoon to the seat vacated by the January […]

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