Sorry but I am not participating in the “Art-fest”. Your comments regarding Gib and the last 3 million state dollars was very, very well said and exactly why I give Art Morris no credit whatsoever for his tenure at the LCCCA. He was willing to whore himself for the completion of “Dale World” just like the rest of the politicians and his previous chairmen.
Month: July 2009
Reamstown Area Third Annual Block Party
The Reamstown Area National night Out will hold its Third Annual Block Party on TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. The event is held on the first block of Bunker Hill Road, Reamstown, centering on the grounds of the East Cocalico Church of the Brethren, 4 Bunker Hill Road. Guests include the […]
BETTER OUTSPOKEN THAN INCOMPETENT
I had a recent conversation with an elected official that had my resume for a board position. He wanted to explain why the seat was filled by a much less qualified person when there were only two of us interested in giving our time. He told me that I am too outspoken!!!!! My reply was that […]
Cartoonish
Can you believe the cartoonish like drawings Lancaster Newspapers is publishing related to the Roseboro murder case? I would hang my head in shame if I had all those resources and that’s all I could come up with.
INTELLIGENCER NEW ERA
The following appeared under “[Kevin] Fry named Convention Center chair”: “I just wanted to say thank you very much,” [former State Senator Gibson] Armstrong told him. “It was great working with you. You got it to the finish line.” Morris, in return, thanked Armstrong for helping find $3 million in financing to close a funding […]
The slow road to opening a downtown business
For business owners Cheryl Young and Kharran Cattell, Expressly Local Food was an organic expression of their passion for healthy local food products. The scope of the project has naturally expanded with the demand for these local items; however, in recent months, the business has run into considerable strain through the effort to set up shop in a downtown storefront.
Morris’s farewell to the LCCCA
Arthur Morris chaired his final Lancaster County Convention Center Authority (LCCCA) Board Meeting on Thursday evening. The meeting, much like any other, dealt with a moderate list of project change orders, bid awards, and bill payments. But, near the meeting’s conclusion, the Board voted unanimously (with members Sharon Nelson and Laura Douglas absent) to elect Kevin Fry as the new Board Chairman and Sharon Nelson as Secretary.
Eastern Market: Pushing the boundaries of revitalization
Strolling East from Central Market, one will observe the towering Marriott Hotel on the right, followed by the courthouse on the left, and, a little further, the Demuth Tobacco Shop on the right. Many would assume this end of all “viable” destinations East of Penn Square. But, since 2006, the Historic Eastern Market at 308 East King Street has been working to prove that assumption wrong.
Latest Convention Center scandal
[In response to “Another CC/Hotel Scandal?”] Newslanc may be at a loss but this reader is not. While the lack of proper and separate metering may fly in the face of common sense and the most basic responsibilities for the LCCCA to provide accountability and transparency to the taxpayer, this omission is well in-line with […]
Chapter Twenty-Two: ‘An alternate use for the site’: The PKF Feasibility Study
The Lancaster County Convention Center battle was waged on several fronts in early 2006. On the Convention Center Authority board, the three new county appointees were aggressively questioning Authority spending. The hoteliers and citizen-activist April Koppenhaver were filing separate lawsuits against the project.
Free week of professoinal soccer camp for SD of L students
Thanks to the McCaskey Booster Club, middle and high school students can registered for a week of intensive soccer camp conducted by soccer professionals from OneOnOne Soccer. The camp will be at McCaskey East from 9:00 – 11:00 AM on August 10 thru 14. There is no charge and those completing the five days of training will receive a free ball and T-shirt.
SD of L reduces time off
For reasons that may have been good but which have inconvenienced many parents and shortened the class time for students, the School District of Lancaster held half day sessions of school on two Wednesdays a month. Thus it was with relief on the parts of many parents and likely dejection by almost all students that the policy is being changed to only a single half day session a month.
Print media: Report, don’t judge
“Funk not forthcoming on stand.” The story is located at http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/11/87196 “Not forthcoming”? is it the place of a reporter to call a material witness in an ongoing trial a liar? Isn’t that for the jury to decide?
Chapter Twenty-One: ‘Free Money’: The LCCCA pays its Consultants
Lancaster County Ordinance number 44 of 1999 established a five percent room rental tax for every hotel and motel occupied in Lancaster County. Beginning on January 1, 2000, whether hotel and motel owners raised their prices by five percent, or took the levy out of existing rates…