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County staff:
how diverse?

THERE ARE 1,083 WHITE ERIE COUNTY WORKERS

GE
reports
rise in
profit
Company sees
40 percent drop in
equipment orders
By JIM MARTIN
jim.martin@timesnews.com
So many of the outward
signs pointed to a strong final three months of the year
for GE Transportation, a solid
conclusion to an even stronger year.
Erie Countys largest employer turned a $339 million profit on $1.6 billion in
revenues during the fourth
quarter of the year, according
to figures released Friday as
part of the General Electric
Co.s third-quarter earnings
report. And results for the
full year show that GE Transportation earned $1.27 billion
on revenues of $5.93 billion.
It is yet another number,
however, that helps to explain why GE Transportation
announced in November that
it would reduce its Erie workforce by 1,500 people.
Despite a $2.6 billion order in the fourth quarter for
1,000 locomotives, equipment
orders for the entire year
were worth just $4 billion, a
decline of 40 percent over the

Students art
on display

The Kids as Curators

exhibit at the Erie Art
Museum opened
Friday, offering young
artists the chance to
showcase their work.
City&Region, 1B

Groups leader
seeks audience

Ammon Bundy, leader

of the armed group
occupying a national
wildlife refuge in
Oregon, cut short a
meeting with a federal
official because of no
media involvement.
World&Nation, 3A

DEATHS
Carlson, Richard
J., 80
Clark, Westbrook
Westy, 89
Fohner, Harvey C., 87
Gilkey, George Baby
Jr. Jr., 60
Griffith, Mirriam A., 90
Hughes, Earnest E.
Ernie, 90
Hund, Robert D., 77
Kertis, David M., 67
Krivonak, Josephine
Jo Martucci, 91
Lawson, Ruth, 92
Parrini, Dante A., 79
Phifer, Maureen
Goodwin, 90
Stephens, Patrick S.
Phat Pat, 49
Truchanowicz,
Louise Fetzner
Halm, 104
Wenslow, Nancy
E., 82
Details, 5B

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Please see GE, 4A

THERE ARE 68 BLACK ERIE COUNTY WORKERS

THERE ARE 27 OTHER
(LATINO, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER,
WORKERS PEOPLE
OF TWO OR MORE RACES)

Officials
try to find
ways to level
the field
in workforce

By KEVIN FLOWERS
kevin.flowers@timesnews.com
Erie County governments
workforce consists of nearly
1,200 people.
It is also mostly white
and County Executive Kathy
Dahlkempers administration
wants to address that.
Dahlkemper and Gary Lee,
the countys director of administration, said in a recent interview that improving racial and

ethnic diversity and workforce

training to deal with a wide
range of cultures are among
their long-range diversity plans
within county government.
While both Dahlkemper and
Lee said they are not looking to
expand the countys workforce,
both said they believe it could
be more reflective of the community it serves.
According to data provided

Bridge, Horoscopes .....10D

Classifieds ......................1D
Comics ..........................10D

92% 6%
WHITE

Dear Abby.....................14D
Employment....................7D
Faith ..............................12D

BLACK

2%

278,443 residents
*Does not add up to 100%
due to multi-racial residents

Please see HOVER, 4A

Please see WORKFORCE, 4A

OTHER

Lotteries .......................... 2A
Obituaries .......................5B
Pop, etc.........................14D

89% 8%
WHITE

BLACK

Public Notices ................7D

Puzzles............................6C
Sports..............................1C

8%
OTHER

By ERICA ERWIN
erica.erwin@timesnews.com
No hovering allowed.
Thats the message from
Mercyhurst and Gannon universities, which are among
the latest in a growing number of schools banning or
restricting the use of hoverboards on campus.
A new Mercyhurst University policy prevents students
from possessing or using hoverboards and all recreational Electric Personal Assistive
Mobility Devices in university-owned buildings, including

COUNTY GOVERNMENT VS. COUNTY POPULATION

1,178 current Erie
County employees

Hover
devices
grounded

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Viewpoint ........................6B
Wonderword ...................9D

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