Month: May 2009

“Holding our tongue” blows smoke

1) Why should it be your concern whether or not “developments” get resolved “outside the public spot light?” 2) LNP has the bigger megaphone, certainly.  But they use it to promote their own interests and to protect the local elite. Who appointed you the conservator of “the general good?”  If you’ve got a story, run […]

Bait and switch

Courtesy of LookingAtLancaster.com. We’ve all seen far too many instances of “bait and switch”, where we are enticed to look for something that is advertised, only to find that what is actually being offered is quite different. Unfortunately, the hotel and convention center project in downtown Lancaster, PA has been a prime example of “bait and switch” tactics.

Some print media will remain

I do not believe that newspapers will ever go completely electronic.  There are far too many situations where reading offline is the only cost-effective solution. For example, many people read their newspapers over a meal, while traveling, in a public place, or in the bathroom; an electronic device that can be read in these situations […]

“Cut to chase” about drug war

Let’s just cut to the chase: heroin should be legal. Mexico just legalized possession of small amounts of all drugs. Switzerland just legalized heroin. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and their experience has been positive. Now if you are caught with a 10 day supply of your drug or less you face an administrative […]

Run the story…it might lead to resolution

Run the story…We all know how Lancaster Newspapers has repeatedly manipulated the news for their own political and financial benefit.  If NewsLanc.com breaks the story first, LNP might be forced to tell the truth. The other issue is, you mention awaiting some kind of resolution.  If NewsLanc.com would publish the story, it could provide the […]

Public safety comes first

The following letter appeared in the May 31st Sunday News from Joseph R. Dundore Sr., President, ATU Local 1241: “As president of ATU Local 1241, the union representing bus operators for Red Rose Transit, I would like to voice the concern of our drivers regarding the extended crosswalks being built in downtown Lancaster.

RUN THE STORY!

“So we agonize.  And we  hope our silence is appropriate.” Your silence is absolutely  not appropriate.  NewsLanc.com  posted this tease “story” today, “Holding our tongue” where they state this: “NewsLanc has been sitting on  top of the biggest local news story so far this year but delays in  reporting it. “ It is your duty […]

SUNDAY NEWS

Front page on May 31: “Man is shot in stomach in city”, “Best in two out of three” about Meghan Ecker finishing first for women in Red Rose Race, “Putting the brakes on youngest drivers”, “Chased by police, driver abandon cars; it drifts into house”; “Welcome wore out” about a celebrity moving from a neighborhood. […]

COMMENTARY: General Hospital should treat heroin addiction

Rick Kastner, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Drug & Alcohol Commission, estimates there are between five thousand and ten thousand Lancastrians addicted to heroin. About six hundred of them are receiving treatment with methadone at a clinic or Suboxone from a physician. This enables most to resume near normal life with family, friends and gainful employment. They may be your neighbor or co-worker. You wouldn’t know.

NEWSMAX.COM

A May 30 report, headed “Murdoch: Future of Newspapers is Digital”, reports: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday that the future of newspapers is digital, but it may be 10 to 15 years before readers go fully electronic. Murdoch, in an interview with the News Corp.-owned Fox Business Network, also said that newspapers, […]

LETTER: Is Linear Park only for the birds?

Your Penn Square photo reminded me of a stupid design at the entrances to Lancaster’s Linear Park. Check out the attached photos:  The gate blocks the entire entrance walkway, which forces you to walk/bike in the mulch/mud.  What an inviting entrance to a city park. It be interesting to see how a wheelchair bound person […]