Tom LeCrone’s willingness to serve on the LCCCA board and the expertise he brought to the board is commendable. But the timing of his departure in light of the serious charges against Art Morris is not. Morris could very well have been (and should’ve been) pressured to remove himself from the board entirely, and certainly […]
Month: January 2008
Amtrak: Station parking to shrink. Trolley cars anticipated
Following is a response from Karina Romero, Manager of Media Relations for Amtrak, to an inquiry from NewsLanc.com: Amtrak owns the parking lot at the Lancaster station but has contracted out the operation of it to Parc More Current expansion plan will take the number of spaces from 169 to 300, almost doubling the size […]
Whose “manor”, whose wallet?
“We’re not looking for anyone who would be divisive in any manor,” Martin said. Where exactly is this Manor located? Is this Robert Field’s Manor? “The days of sniping are over and the days of cooperation have begun,” Gray said of his relationship with the new commissioners. “We’re going to talkabout this for the good […]
Authority Board Upheaval: Forward to the Past
According to the Jan. 22 New Era, “The three commissioners — Republicans Dennis Stuckey and Scott Martin and Democrat Craig Lehman — agreed they will be looking for a consensus-builder to replace [resigned Authority Board member Thomas] LeCrone. Simultaneously Mayor Rick Gray announced the re-appointment of former Authority chair Ted Darcus and Julianne Dickson, like […]
Tom LeCrone Resigning from Convention Center Authority
Commissioner Chairman Dennis Stuckey announced during Tuesday’s Commissioners Worksession that he has received a letter from Thomas LeCrone announcing his resignation from the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority. Stuckey read aloud LeCrone’s explanation that his “activities and responsibilities have changed substantially since last March” and that LeCrone is ” tending [his] resignation effective February 13, […]
Lest We Forget: Rick Gray’s "mugging" by PSP
The following are quotes from the Intelligencer Journal headlined “news” report (or should we say fantasy) of Aug.11, 2006: “Lancaster city Mayor Rick Gray announced a plan Thursday to keep alive a hotel/convention center project by plugging a $20 million funding gap.” The gap did not get plugged; rather it grew. “… $2 million for […]
Diminishing newspaper reporting
[The firing of the editor of the Las Angeles Times for refusal to further cut news staff is an indication] of how extensively the landscape of news reporting and publishing has changed. Following the market development model of virtually all media and popular culture (communications) the strength of the principle players is diminishing. New technology […]
Alms for the rich
Building permits are one of the main sources of income for most municipalities. Over the past few years, Lancaster City has waived millions of dollars of building permits for the big guys and the little guy is paying out of the nose. Building permits should not be waived for anyone.
EDITORIAL: Morris should stay as member
A contributor has written a thoughtful letter, “Art Morris Must Step Down.” NewsLanc agrees that the Convention Center Chair (and interim Executive Director) now finds himself in a serious conflict of interest, since his financial well being and his reputation for integrity depend on the outcome of the lawsuit brought by former county commissioner Molly […]
Art Morris Must Step Down
The serious charges brought by former Commissioner Molly Henderson against the Lancaster Newspapers chairman and all of his top editors were also brought against three reporters and one columnist: Arthur E. Morris. In the circumstance of Morris, it has created a serious conflict of interest which raises important questions about his fitness to continue in […]
CC Authority to Revisit Naming Rights Contracts
In a surprisingly welcome moment during Thursday afternoon’s Public Relations, Marketing, & Hospitality Committee meeting of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, Interim Executive Director and Chair Art Morris announced that the Authority will revisit the controversial contract that awards certain naming priorities to the Convention Center to S. Dale High and shares 50% of […]
Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
We’ve never seen anything quite like “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” and that alone makes it worth our attention. Based on the memoir of Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor who suffered a massive stroke at 43, the movie employs a bold strategy that forces us to see the world from its protagonists agonized […]
Need to Distinguish "Traditional" From Planned Residential Development
In in his Intelligencer Journal column of Jan. 18 headed “Like it or not, it is time to talk TND,” Jeff Hawkes leads by saying “In a democracy, the will of the people is sometimes going to frustrate common sense.” There is no arguing with that. But as philanthropist George Soros has opined “A well […]
City Planning Commission Receives Updates from Players LGH, RRTA, High
Lancaster General won final approval of its plan to add a 4,000 sq. ft. addition to its College of Nursing & Health Sciences at 410 N. Lime St., from the Lancaster City Planning Commission, Wednesday night. The city planners approved the action with the qualifications that the College install a sewer module required by the […]