Month: August 2009

NEWSMAX.COM

“The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the owner of the Orange County [CA] Register is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week.” WATCHDOG: Given the national drop in advertisement and subscribers and the increased costs of production, another major newspaper falls. We are in the era of transition from print to […]

INTELLIGENCER NEW ERA

“Motorcycle rider dies in crash” is a heading. WATCHDOG: Missing from the article is whether or not the accident victim was wearing a helmet, a matter of both concern to other cyclists and, since this is often the case, a very constructive piece of information.   Even the follow up article on LancasterOnLine.com in the afternoon […]

INTELLIGENCER NEW ERA

An article “SDL boosts employees’ salaries” states that administrators average wages will increase will by 2.4% and teachers by 4.1% this year. WATCHDOG: Without  commenting on the merits, we note that the rate of deflation over the past year has been 2.2% to date, thus bringing the real (as opposed to nominal) increases to 4.4% and 6.1% […]

Good news for downtown

A local realtor mentioned that the penthouse unit at the proposed condos at Queen and East Chestnut Streets has been sold for a million dollars. This bodes well for the success of the 38 luxury units, which will rise above the relocated art museum and a parking garage. In luxury real estate, location is almost […]

SUNDAY NEWS

In his column “One for the Books”, Editor Marv Adams explains: “If the ‘re-runs’ delivered to you on Saturdays, I hope you have already read the Perspective section and noticed the Books pages have moved. Saturday delivery is a choice made by the carriers, often to lighten their Sunday load.” WATCHDOG: Business Lancaster Newspapers style: Keep […]

SUNDAY NEWS

Dr. Thomas J. Gates’s “In my opinion article, the primary care solution” sets forth many ways to improve health care delivery and reduce expenses.  First he points out “With overall costs having doubled in the last 10 years, and projected to double again in the next 10, the current chaos is simply unsustainable.” His main […]

Getting Health Care Incentives Right

David Goldhill’s father, 83 but still working, walked into a non-profit Manhattan hospital with pneumonia. Five weeks later he was dead from hospital-borne infections. Appalled by the negligence and primitive record-keeping of a top-rated hospital, Goldhill spent two years researching the US health system. The September Atlantic features Goldhill’s report on how misdirected incentives seriously […]

Need for competition in health care

While we need to have reform with our health care system, I don’t believe we need this large price tag that will greatly increase our taxes again. I feel we need to have inter-state competition, we need to find a way for health care items—prescriptions, and medical supplies—to not cost so much. The person I […]

2000-2001 Part III: Convention Center Authority doesn’t let history stand in the way …

The $15 million grant from the Commonwealth, and the revenue from the hotel room tax, provided the LCCCA with millions of dollars to defend the project in court, and to acquire property for the proposed development. After buying the Oblender furniture store and properties at 45-49 S. Queen Street and 21 and 23 E. Vine Street for about $1.3 million, the Authority found itself presented with another public relations predicament.

COMMENTARY: The mindset of ignorance

It is the job of good journalism to notice that the “emperor wears no clothes” and report that. But “the emperor” has many uncritical followers. Such is the case with policies. It was immediately obvious to NewsLanc that the placement of the proposed Lancaster Township fire station/emergency services structure across Atkins Avenue from a residential neighborhood would be […]

NEWSMAX.COM / ASSOCIATED PRESS

A report headed “Financial News Gets Worse for Newspapers” stated “Newspapers’ financial woes worsened in the second quarter as advertising sales shrank by 29 percent, leaving publishers with $2.8 billion less revenue than they had at the same time last year… The magnitude of the industry’s advertising losses have intensified in each of the last […]