Fun Fact: PA Wasn’t Part Of The Wild West
By Wyatt Earp | November 5, 2011
An obvious fact? You would think so, but that didn’t stop former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed from trying to bring the Wild West . . . east.
If you want to know why Democrat-led cities in my state (and the country) are so frakked up, look no further than this story.
Desperate to rid itself of more than 8,000 artifacts and to climb out of a $300 million debt crisis, Harrisburg has allowed appraisers and auction houses into a storage space where the bits of Americana have been gathering dust for years.
Nearly all of the artifacts were collected by former Mayor Stephen Reed, who dreamed of building a Wild West museum in Harrisburg that never materialized. The seven-term mayor left office last year.
Reed began buying the artifacts with tax dollars more than five years ago.
I’m sorry, my glasses must be dirty. I thought I just read that the mayor bought the artifacts with taxpayer dollars, but that can’t be right.
Topics: WTF? | 8 Comments »
November 5th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
From your link:
“Reed began buying the artifacts with tax dollars more than five years ago. Two city auctions of some of the artifacts in 2007 and 2008 have netted $1.66 million.
The remaining artifacts are kept in a nondescript brick structure that sits not far from the incinerator whose expensive revamp helped put the city in dire financial straits.”
Looks like the EPA struck again.
November 5th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Real – CARBON CREDITS!!!
November 5th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I don’t know Wyatt, they sure did a lot of Indian killin’ around these parts in the day (Lycoming County). That, and lately Williamsport is compared to the Wild West of yesteryear. Funny, it is not Indians I see a lot of these days
Be safe (and remember the Alamo!).
Scott
November 5th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
If Philly was never part of the Wild West, why do so many of the women in your cop stories look like cows?
November 5th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Wild,Wild West Philly?? Is that what he is was saying?
November 6th, 2011 at 1:22 am
Eastward ho!
/no, not sn00ki
November 6th, 2011 at 9:50 am
Wyatt:
And we wonder WHY Harrisburg is BROKE??
(along with Philly)
Welcome to the land of “WTF?”
Stay safe.
November 6th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Swarner -I wonder where they hide the natives when the LLWS comes to town?
Richard – Must be the tails.
Danny – That’s actually accurate.
Fenway – Who you calling a ho?
Bob G. – Philly will soon follow.