"That question about public funds in the second allegation, I explained to Poloncarz, is what made recent developments worthy of public attention – and publication," Charlie Specht writes.
At a news conference on the steps of the Rath County Office Building, Casilio said Poloncarz should have recused himself from the process by which the Centro Culturale Italiano in
Erie County Comptroller's Office memo states an email was recently sent to the office, alleging a county committee, chaired by Poloncarz, improperly awarded a $60,000 grant to a cultural group.