This appeal arrived on June 24 from the Coalition for Voting Integrity with a deadline for tomorrow, Wednesday June 25. The bill provides the option for counties to convert to paper ballot system and be reimbursed for it. Text of bill can be found here. Emergency action item for funding of paper ballots: Join the […]
Month: June 2008
How F&M Could Help the Neighborhood
I appreciate the cultural opportunities that F&M provides to the entire community and I consider the College to be one of Lancaster’s greatest assets. However, I am not alone in considering that John Fry is a different type of president than what we were used to previously. A woman who has lived in the same […]
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
In a June 24th lead article, the Intell reports County home prices rising. “‘Stable’ local market ranks well on national index.” WATCHDOG: According to AP in an article , “… a report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said U.S. home prices fell 4.6 percent in April from the same month last year, […]
Commissioners to Hold Meeting in West Lampeter Twp.
As part of an ongoing effort to reach out to all County residents, the County Commissioners announced Tuesday that they will be holding a public meeting next Tuesday evening, July 1 in West Lampeter Township. At the meeting, the Commissioners will act on a portion of their usual weekly agenda and take public comments, the […]
CC Cash Flow and delay present big problems
The Lancaster County Convention Center Authority has $400,000 in expenses it cannot afford to pay as of May 31, it was reported Monday evening. The biggest factors in May’s deficit are change orders and the Authority having to purchase another year of Builder’s Risk Insurance, according to Finance Committee Chair Laura Douglas. The added insurance […]
F&M Eliminated Public Input Until Very End
I attended the public meeting that F&M hosted Thursday evening and indeed, I have learned new things. One, F&M has consistently stressed from the beginning an environmental benefit of “diverting approximately 55,000 truck trips annually from Central Pennsylvania highways and roads”. A Norfolk Southern representative confirmed that those 55,000 truck trips DO NOT EXIST and […]
Lancaster Post Box Vandalized
NewsLanc has belatedly received the following report dated June 19 from a reliable source:“Just strolled by the Lancaster Post box at School Lane and Marietta and someone has caulked it shut with heavy duty caulk — I know the caulk type because the genius who did it threw the caulk tube into the box before […]
$180 Million+, but Brain Dead?
An early morning attempt to leave a voice mail message at the Convention Center Authority (LCCCA) was met with the following automated response: “If you have a mail box on this system, press pound.” (The number called was 717.399.7630 as provided on the www.lccca.com web site.) The caller tried a second time, thinking he had […]
Extolling Ethics in Business
A June 22 Sunday News article entitled “Recognized for doing the right thing” identified the Horst Group as the 2008 recipient of the “Ethics in Business Award” for a business and J. Gary Langmuir as the individual winner. It is probably no coincidence that both the Horst firm and Langmuir, Owner and CEO of Wohlsen […]
SUNDAY NEWS
In a three inch article on June 22 headed “F&M Drops Charges”, the paper states “Harper was cited with trespassing based on an order banning him from college property” and “Harper … is still banned from college property.” WATCHDOG: Wrong on both accounts! “Order” from whom? It was not a court order but simply a […]
Relocation of Freight Yard Revisited
The June 21st New Era headline aptly described the reaction at Thursday’s public gathering of those most affected by the choice of re-location of the Norfolk-Southern freight yard as “skeptical.” Mark Whallon, a member of TRRAAC, an organization consisting largely of those most impacted, made a halting presentation at the meeting but clearly set forth […]
More re Limits to Defiant Trespass Validity
NewsLanc received the following letter from its counsel further exploring the implications of Franklin & Marshall serving Ron Harper, Jr., News Editor of the Lancaster Post with a Defiant Trespass notice and advising him not to step foot on F&M’s campus or the college owned estate 2/3rds of a mile away in which its president […]
“Tragic, but Amusing”
Since most trade and consumer shows now travel in 53-foot trucks, once each show experiences difficulty loading in and out,a second booking will be rare. If the venue gets a rep for a PIA (Editor’s presumption:Pain in the a–?) house, the consumer shows, which need vast local attendees to justify a booking, may not come […]
F&M Withdraws Charges Against Ron Harper, Jr.
What may be a first step in an orchestrated attempt to avoid colossal punitive damages resulting from anticipated law suits by Ron Harper, Jr. and Chris Hart-Nibbrig against the college, Franklin & Marshall College has notified Harper, Co-Publisher of the Lancaster Post, that the college has “withdrawn the citations issued to you on June 3, […]