Talk about demons from your past. Lancaster County Convention Center Authority Finance Committee Chair Laura Douglas confirmed at her committee meeting, Monday, that there is indeed a past contract between the Authority and Penn Square Partners according to which all state grants must be shared 50/50 between the two entities. “Do you think that that’s […]
Month: August 2008
Alliance the real local power
I agree entirely on the Lancaster Alliance issue…they are the real power in Lancaster County and have been involved from the beginning. This brings to mind and clarifies yet another event in the long saga of this project. In August ’99, just two months after any real detail was revealed about this project and one […]
Semi-pro Patriots football team seeks McCaskey stadium
Dear Editor, My name is Ronald B. Sultzbach. I am writing this article in concurrence with my business partner Michael Weiler. We are the co-directors of the Atlantic Coast Patriots minor league football organization. (non-profit) www.acpfootball.org The purpose of this communication is bring light to some facts. And hopefully answers to some questions. In 2006 […]
A City Transformed
The book brings back many good memories about the Lancaster I grew up around. We lived in the county but I looked forward to my parents taking me to the city to shop and go to the movies. Lancaster was a good place with police directing traffic and nickel bags of soft pretzels, not the […]
LETTER: Alliance the real power
“You hit the nail right on the head. The Lancaster Alliance is the reason that we have the CC, will have the trolley system, and may very well have the proposed Home Rule charter. Where are #1 Home Rule backer Tom Baldridge’s roots…the Lancaster Alliance. Why does he have his current job…because he stewarded the […]
LOADING LOGISTICS AT CC
…a brief visit yesterday …and a quick look at the loading area: it’s worse than I thought from my view of the drawings. Nothing of consequence will be able to get in and out. Take a look yourself, and imagine a 53 foot trailer …. amazingly inadequate.
SUNDAY NEWS
The Aug. 24 editorial “Do the math” concerning the cost of health care concludes “In the end, the real answer probably lies in comprehensive health insurance reform, possibly a universal single-payer system; without it, the economy will continue to be crippled by an insurance bureaucracy that has made a mockery of ‘managed care.’” WATCHDOG: NewsLanc […]
Trolley Survey a Classic ‘Push Poll’?
Editor’s note: The following article appeared on July 7, 2007. According to a communication of Sept. 3rd from Berwood Yost of the Center for Opinion Research, Dr. [Terry] Madonna did not participate in the design, administration, or analysis of the survey.” F&M is a member of the Lancaster Alliance and a prime contributor. F&M president […]
EDITORIAL: Is the Lancaster Alliance our real government?
In October of 2005, at the request of Fox 43, nationally respected Opinion Dynamics Corporation conducted a thorough poll of 500 residents of Lancaster County to determine the extent of support for the county government guaranteeing the mortgage debt of the proposed Convention Center. The margin of error was plus or minus 3%. The key […]
Finders keepers, losers weepers?
There is no other explanation for a newspaper putting a black grandmother’s picture on their front page for allegedly “stealing” a hundred dollar bill from a casino floor. I don’t care if she’s an SDoL school board member. Her arrest was racist and LNP putting her on their front page was unbelievably racist… Editor’s note: […]
Rep. Sturla’s newsletter is recyclable
Rep. Sturla’s newsletter paper is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC; http://www.fscus.org/paper/) certified for responsible forestry. Recyclable paper was used in the past, but it became costly because it created too much waste due to its inconsistency on the press. Thus, the paper was switched to FSC-certified. The FSC logo is not on the newsletter because it […]
Spending tax money recklessly
I attended a one time showing at the airport cinenma sponsored by a group of US financial leaders: Peterson, Buffett and three others. If you Google on to IOUSA you will get the idea. These five men have formed a foundation and last evening, across the US at 8 EST, their movie was shown in […]
Post portrays Lancaster Alliance as front; challenges its tax exempt status
In its Aug. 22 cover story entitled “Money Grab: Does Big Business Hide Behind ‘Non-Profits’?”, the Lancaster Post challenges whether the Lancaster Alliance is a tool of business interests who directly benefit from its efforts, and therefore whether it qualifies for 501(c)(3) status which permits donations to be treated as charitable contributions. The Post asks […]
Comments on "A City Transformed", Part two
In “A City Transformed, Redevelopment, Race, and Suburbanization in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1940-1980”, author David Schuyler states as part of the Introduction: “As a result of failure of commercial renewal, Lancaster has not experienced the prosperity that major downtowns have enjoyed in recent years – the gleaming sky scrapers, hotels, festivals, market places, gentrified neighborhoods, and […]