Re: “EDITORIAL: INTELL again slants Convention Center coverage”

At the Thursday, May 25, 2013 public meeting of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, more information was released from the platform than was published in the newspaper. Scott Martin was named as having been actively involved in the negotiations with Wells Fargo, and it was clearly stated that a group of local business people are also involved.

It was clearly stated that a solution may be imminent, but as it was publicly said several times that even if it were agreed on as of that day it would take longer to complete the documentation than remains in the current extension.

The reporter who wrote the article in question knows far more about these situations than what has been published in the newspaper. There can be little doubt that what is actually published has consistently been limited by editorial policy.

Re:  “Is Ernie Schreiber at it again?”

“Short answer…probably not. The ivory tower sees life through a different lens than 99% of the population…witness the lack of diversity within the walls of the management, editorial and reporting staffs.

“Using the term journalistic ethics in any story about LNP is a stretch. Ernie was brought back because he was a “safe” hire rather than conduct a thorough search for whatever position they felt they needed.

“Have you noticed that since Marv Adams ‘retired”, the editors column in the Sunday News has become nothing more than a ‘pat on the back’ fluff piece by various editors extolling their ‘local, local, local’ mantra. If this had been done only one time, I could understand….but to incessantly promote this ad nauseum is too much.”

Re: “CBS Anchor Scott Pelley: ‘We’re Getting the Big Stories Wrong, Over and Over Again’”

“Well…at least that leaves LNP off the hook….they don’t do BIG stories anymore, only “local fluff stuff”, sprinkled amongst an ever increasing number of ads….they are becoming more like The Advertiser everyday day!!

“When is LNP going to take to task the Mayor and Police Department for the inordinate number of unsolved crimes?

“When is LNP going to ‘come clean’ regarding the disproportionate share of ‘profits’ being realized for the Marriott at the expense of the Convention Center?

“When is LNP going to address the lack of diversity among their management, editorial and reporting staffs?

“When is LNP going to come out from behind their stained glass windows of their carnation white castle on Penn Square?

“When is LNP going to realize that not all Lancaster County residents consider themselves “Lancastrians”?

“When is LNP going to become a ‘real’ newspaper worth reading again????????”

EDITOR: For a supposed Mothers Day gift, we subscribed for the daily paper delivery of the New York Times. We just can’t get along without news with our breakfast.

To learn more about the Hershey travesty, please visit: http://www.protecthersheychildren.org

You can also follow Protect Hershey’s Children, Inc. on twitter: @HersheyChildren

To begin with…my name is S. Lee Strayer, President (Retired) of Junior Achievement of Western PA, Inc. and the founder of “Protect the Hersheys’ Children, Inc.” (PHC) and the first President. There are MANY things I can explain to about the creation of PHC, i.e.; Rick Santorum, Tom Corbett, Bob Reese, John Rice, Ric Fouad, etc. yet I simply want you to know some additional information.

Corrective actions were being taken by those of us in respect for our benefactor, Milton S. Hershey and NOT for ANY self-serving reasons. I was an MHS “lifer” as I arrived in 1956 at the age of 5 and graduated in 1968. In 2000, I was given the Career Achievement Award and that’s when I realized how much was changed.

Here’s a question I’ve asked MANY others…”When you die would you expect your Will to be executed as written?” ALL have said “yes” yet Mr. Hershey’s was changed soon after he died in 1945. Prior to his death he said: “The only unusual thing about this school is the fact that I am carrying out the terms of my will while I am still alive. If I passed away tomorrow, everything would go right ahead, and there would be no one to step in and upset things. Everything would go on as though I were here.” This is what Mr. Hershey said and expected to be done which made it clear afterwards that his Will was not going “…right ahead” and that members of the Board, following his death, were (quite factually and not based on my opinion) “upset(ting) things”.

My personal feeling was that anyone’s Will should be followed forever as it was written. Sure, anyone could disagree with some things Mr. Hershey wanted done yet that’s an irrelevant opinion…not a FACT which should be kept as it was. For example…sure, I like the Hershey Medical Center yet, when he was still alive, he was asked about having a medical center in Hershey and he said: “”Some have asked that I build a Medical Center in Hershey. This I would never do because it is not a place for a Medical Center…”. KEY WORD IS “NEVER” and many like it, including me…yet, it still should have been based on his way of thinking.

Unfortunately, many of MHS Alumni went against one another…some for self-serving reasons while even some in favor of MHS reform also went against one another, sad to say. As such, while I hope and pray, that AG Kane will take actual/complete corrective actions…I sincerely hope the “civil war” between MHS Alumni will be ended and all of us will be true friends with one another again. I believe that Mr. Hershey would have expected as he said yet I also truly believe that he would want all of his children (alumni’s) to be strongly committed to one another.

As for me…when Jesus Christ died and went to Heaven, he sits at the right hand of God, the Father. If I go to Heaven some day, I would not be surprised to see Mr. Hershey sitting at the right hand of Jesus. Additionally, because of all that Bob Reese did while working for HFC and then later becoming on the BoM…I wouldn’t be surprised to see him sitting at the right hand of Mr. Hershey!

This comment from a Pennlive reader seems to sum things up.  Alll of these points were raised in NewsLanc:

“Thousands of my fellow Republicans will never vote for Corbett again. There’s a self-serving, stinking slime over everything he touches, from his stonewalling of the Sandusky investiagtion to get elected governor, to his flip-flopping on NCAA sanctions, to his using his office for personal gain while prosecuting others for doing the same, and to his bending over for the natural gas industry. When he looks in the mirror, I wonder if he sees even a glimmer of the disgusting failure that Pennsylvania at large sees.”

On May 3rd, Pete Seeger was 94 years old. For more than 70 years, he used his talents to advance the causes of human justice. Whether it was the right to unionize, the struggle against McCarthyism, the fight for civil rights, opposition to nuclear power and so forth, Pete Seeger was there.

My wife and I saw Seeger perform. at a benefit concert in Vermont  for farmers five years ago. While his voice was gone, he still knew how to involve the audience.

We’re fortunate that his music lives on through records, tapes, C. Ds and videos.

His life is a role model for all of us.

EDITOR: Pete Seeger came to Oberlin College sixty years ago when I was as freshman or sophomore.   For the only time in my life, he had me standing, clapping  and singing along with the rest of the audience.  His warmth and  charisma flooded from the stage.

And I echo the letter writer in my respect for Seeger for providing a loving and needed voice for many worthy  causes.  He indeed is not only a great American, but a superb world citiizen and human being.  May he live eto 120.

Re:  “LETTER: helmets vs. no helmets”

If His Honor [Rick Gray] is so adamant about being opposed to the mandatory helmet law claiming it is a matter of choice, then why is he not also opposed to the seat belt law?

If I’m riding a motorcycle I have very little protection of any kind. When I’m riding in an enclosed vehicle I am protected by a virtual steel cage.

However, when I am in an enclosed vehicle I am required by law to wear a seat belt for my own protection. Why?

Perhaps the mayor would like to explain the differences! I was once a bike rider myself and thankfully I wore a helmet. It saved my life.

Why don’t you write something on the abominable service Comcast provides? Like, who do they pay off to keep their franchise? Ever notice the lousy wiring jobs they do? Can’t possibly be up to code. Is there a code for coax installation?

I recently moved to Lancaster. The phone company tech installing phone service pointed out how Comcast techs (he said) had cut the phone wires and remarked that this was quite common in Lancaster.

I could tell a tale of service woe to get you started. I’ve spent more than 35 documented hours over five months dealing with installation, service and billing issues.

Most people agree education is important. They also agree it is expensive.

The internet can solve the expensive part of the problem. By granting degrees, colleges attest that a student passed a course of study but colleges do not guarantee student competency. On line education coupled with independent competency examinations and in some cases a residency period would solve a huge cost problem and open the gates of education to all. It is heading that way.

We should accelerate it.