After modest debate regarding the pros and cons of each proposal, the Finance & Audit Committee of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority voted unanimously, Monday night, to recommend that the full board act to hire the Harrisburg-based accounting firm Maher Duessel as the Authority’s auditor for FY2009-FY2012. The Authority will cease using its current […]
Month: January 2008
Gil Smart as Hamlet re Convention Center
On page 39 of “Molly S. Henderson v. Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., et al.,” a blog posting by Sunday News associate editor Gil Smart from Aug. 2, 2007 is referenced. Smart’s comments in response to ‘Artie See’ appear below: “In the comments here, Artie See – whose writing I enjoy – notes that while we agree […]
History Collection Includes Hawkes’s Brave Column
Numerous historic articles, communications and documents pertaining to the Convention Center Project are now posted at www.LancasterFirst.org. The collection is a treasure chest for future historians and generations to come. Included is a Jan. 1, 2006 column by Jeff Hawkes of the Intelligencer Journal entitled “Local Newspaper Prints The Truth (mostly)” that was Hawkes’s brave […]
Crime and the Movies
Crime and the movies have gone hand in hand since Edwin S. Porter made “The Great Train Robbery” in 1903. So it should come as no surprise that movie theaters were filled with the unlawful and their minions in 2007. But the range and quality was surprising. So let’s review the more noteworthy from last […]
Henderson suit has merit
Former Commissioner Molly Henderson’s lawsuit against Lancaster Newspapers will rely on New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan (376 U.S. 254,1964), the landmark case which establishes the “actual malice” standard that a “public figure” must prove to win a libel action. It is inconceivable to me as a professional journalist that the reporters, editors, and columnist […]
EDITORIAL: A public letter to Tom LeCrone
Mr. LeCrone: Of course we are all sorry that personal circumstances have caused you to leave the Convention Center Authority Board, but you accomplished some monumental things during your few months tenure. 1) By insisting that a future Executive Director be chosen through a deliberative process, you safeguarded against a rush to mediocrity and ended […]
A rush to appoint would raise suspicions
In reference to the disclosure on Tuesday of Thomas LeCrone’s intention to resign from the Convention Center Authority board, the Jan. 24 Intelligencer Journal reports: “At the commissioners’ weekly meeting Wednesday, Robert Field of Lancaster Township encouraged the new board to use that same process to appoint LeCrone’s replacement.” (The prior commissioners had solicited applications […]
New Authority Appointee
Julianne Dickson has always been the single most abrasive and abusive personality on Lancaster City Council.
Statistics Prof Dispels Myths, Warns Rotarians of the Malleability of Numbers
The members of the Rotary Club of Lancaster in attendance at Wednesday’s weekly meeting enjoyed a lecture on statistics from Dr. Al Forsyth, who has taught statistics as an adjunct Professor at Millersville University, Franklin & Marshall College, and Penn State University. Forsyth spoke about the importance of being able to understand statistics, since they […]
LeCrone Resignation
As usual, I attended the weekly commissioner meeting. The resignation of Tom LeCrone makes this a sad time BUT I am thankful that, before leaving office, Molly and Dick did achieve getting the debt service paid first before the operating expenses. I requested that the commissioners seek out a person with experience with trade shows […]
Commissioners hear about Authority board vacancy, fired naturalist
At the this morning’s weekly public meeting of the County Commissioners, County residents spoke to the Commissioners about their concerns. NewsLanc president Robert Edwin Field prefaced the reading of the statement below with an expression of concern about the dangers facing the fledgling Commissioners in prematurely appointing a replacement for Tom LeCrone, pointing out hasty […]
City Council Appoints Dickson, Reappoints Darcus to LCCCA
“The Mayor has submitted the name of Mr. Ted Darcus for reappointment to the Convention Center Authority for a term beginning January 22, 20008 to January 22 2012. As the former Chair and member of the Authority, we’re happy to recommend his re-appointment,” City Councilman and Chair of the the Council’s Personnel Committee Nelson Polite […]
EDITORIAL: Message to Commissioners: What’s the rush?
In light of county appointee Tom LeCrone’s decision to resign from the convention center authority board effective February 13, 2008, NewsLanc suggests that you as County Commissioners go through the same interview process used by your predecessors in selecting a replacement. That earlier process was widely viewed as fair, thorough, and impartial. Also, it would […]
Authority can do NOTHING
It really doesn’t matter any more. The LCCCA board is *totally and completely powerless*. They can do NOTHING other than try to force the project to fit into the constraints imposed upon it by the agreements “negotiated” by Stevens & Lee. I will truly enjoy watching Darcus and Dickson squirm when the magnitude of this […]