On September 25, the Intelligencer Journal published “Corbett talks issues at Rotary Club meeting.” Despite past assurances from Rotary Club officials that NewsLanc would be included in invitations to the Lancaster Newspapers to cover events and despite NewsLanc’s written request, Rotary did not invite NewsLanc to cover last week’s address by Attorney General Tom Corbett. […]
Month: September 2008
PUBLISHER: Asking for and giving forgiveness.
In a column headed “Acknowledge wrongdoing” in the Sept. 28th Sunday News, Rabbi Jack Paskoff explains that Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish new year, is a time when Jews “seek out the people we have wronged, ask forgiveness, and do our best to change our behavior to avoid a repeat offense.” Later in […]
EDITORIAL: Letter by "Streetcar supporters" not convincing
A “Letter” of about 675 words (What happened to the 150 word target set by Editor Marv Adams?”) appeared on page one of the Perspective Section of the Sept. 28 Sunday News. Let’s examine some of its assertions: “We want to meet the needs of a broad public. This public ranges from downtown employees who […]
Latino Fest only mentioned after it took place
Fascinating. After no mention of the [Latino Fest]- all week, the Sunday News published an article after the fact. It would appear that they held the parade in the pouring rain after all.
LETTER: Hotel room tax likely to be increased
“The currently anticipated ‘hotel tax’ revenue which is dedicated to the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority would barely be enough to cover the current cost of the construction bonds, plus the ANTICIPATED operational losses of the convention center. Everyone who has taken a close look at the projected figures agrees that thecurrent ‘hotel tax’ will […]
Wachovia demise could cost Lancaster a LOT
In reply to the NewsLanc article: Viewer asks would Wachovia’s demise halt Convention Center funding? If Wachovia were to be taken over by another bank, it could cost the people of Lancaster County a LOT of money. It is likely that any successor to Wachovia would terminate the LCCCA’s interest rate “swap” agreement, which could […]
Downingtown High Schools not inner city
As a Chester County native and former soccer player who competed against Downingtown High School — back when there was just one — I must point out that the two current Downingtown high schools are certainly not “inner city schools.” Far from it, in fact. Downingtown is a borough, like Manheim and Columbia, and draws […]
Former McCaskey assistant football coaches lead winning teams
A viewer e-mailed us “Turnaround time” from the Harrisburg The Patriot News of Sept 25. The accompanying message said: “Mentioned in the article are three current head coaches who used to assist the McCaskey football team under Scott Feldman -Todd Mealy, Penn Manor; Matt Ortega, York High; and Rob Diebler, Steel High. All three are […]
Viewer asks would Wachovia’s demise halt CC funding?
NewsLanc received a letter expressing concerns that the potential failure of Wachovia Bank might halt funding for the Convention Center / Hotel project. We don’t think this will occur. The bonds are sold and the money set aside for the project. The people at potential risk are those who own the bonds. If there suddenly […]
Convention Center guarantor seeks to be acquired
Bloomberg News: “Wachovia dropped to $8.90 at 6:12 p.m. today from its $10 close during regular New York Stock Exchange trading after the New York Times reported that New York-based Citigroup was in early talks to buy the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank. The Wall Street Journal said bids may come from San Francisco-based Wells Fargo […]
Free Saturday parking not endangered
City and County residents are praying that [free Saturday] parking stays above water. As for all the visitors, we have to wait and see who is going to come to DINNER. Unfortunately this is the absolutely the worst time to expect business spending. We are in for at least 2 years of TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT, […]
CC Project bond guarantor among "top 10 facing the most pressure."
From Bloomberg News, Sept. 26: “Washington Mutual showed that one of the big ones can go down, and if you are looking at who else in the top 10 is facing the most pressure, Wachovia is right there,” said Stan Smith, a banking professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Wachovia Bank is […]
More re Saturday free parking
This discussion is consistent with the logic that out-of-town visitors are “foreigners” who are going to drop their cash into the city coffers. After alll, taxing them in the hotel rooms is not affecting the local residents! State grants are outside money, having nothing to do with Lancastrians! Etc. If one expects to cash in […]
Free parking here today, gone tomorrow!
I’ve learned from discussions with Lancaster mayor Rick Gray and his chief of staff Pat Brogan that it will likely become necessary to start charging for metered parking downtown once the convention center opens. Otherwise,convention attendees could park for free all day Saturday, effectively blocking Lancaster City residents from use of these spaces.