“The chains that own large metropolitan dailies such as the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune are in bankruptcy. Other papers, large and small, are teetering on the brink. “On Monday, the Ann Arbor (Michigan) News announced that it will publish its last edition in July. Taking its place will be a Web site […]
Month: March 2009
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
In a March 23rd letter to the editor headed “Why I voted against a tax on bonuses”, U. S. Rep. Joe Pitts states: “Bonuses are certainly not warranted. But I voted against the bill because I think it was unconstitutional. Retroactive taxes are not good public policy.” WATCHDOG: He’s right. A wave of the tail!
Slow death
It is a shame that we could have made state and national history by saying to Gib Armstrong and Dale High, “thanks but no thanks, we do not need a convention center downtown.” We have Ford, Thibualt and Shaub to thank for this white elephant that is only going to take business from other conference […]
IHR / Marriott determined interior finishes for CC
It seems like the people who designed and built the hotel and convention center project have had no real-world experience with convention centers. Cooper-Carry created all of the structural designs and layouts, includingthe appearance of the outside of the building. Interstate Hotels andResorts (IHR) selected ALL of the materials, patterns, and furnishings inside the entire […]
SUNDAY NEWS
On March 22, Gil Smart writes “Yet there was a time when elitism was clearly understood in the manner Black suggests- the economic elite who, the suspicion went, gamed to the system to their benefit.” WATCHDOG: Lancaster is a microcosm of how, over the past decade, a powerful economic elite has worked behind the scenes […]
More about Convention Center Tour
I questioned the number of events booked at a recent LCCCA meeting. According to Mark Moosic, the number of events being quoted include ALL from BOTH the hotel and the convention center, and “events” in the hotel include food-only bookings PLUS blocks of rooms booked at the same time which use *NO* meeting space! Talk […]
Chapter Six: The Authority
In addition to imposing a hotel room rental tax, the Lancaster County Commissioners established the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority (LCCCA) in their September 15, 1999, resolutions. The LCCCA’s mandate was to administer the construction of what was then projected to be a 61,000 square foot convention center at a cost of $35 million.
Editor’s note
NewsLanc publishes civil letters regardless of their stances. We welcome controversy and debate. However it got here, it is now OUR convention center and OUR Marriott hotel. (Both largely built with tax payers’ money or guarantees.) So we want to see them do well. We especially welcome communications saying positive things about the project.
Feed back from CC walk through tour
I had a lengthy conversation with a local person who was invited on a Marriott Hotel and Convention Center walk through tour. This person called with tons of information knowing my personal opinion of the project.First of all, the layout is too choppy, too many small rooms. That the convention center is not separate from […]
Marriott portico detracts from Watt & Shand facade
The Marriott Hotel drop off at Penn Square has one of the ugliest porticos ever designed and, so radically detracts from the facade of Watt and Shand, that retaining the facade seems like an afterthought. Let me re-phrase…It’s not that the portico is so ugly as that it is SO inconsistent with the facade, and […]
Ayers Visit Draws Protest and Counter-Protest
Around 6:30pm Thursday night, a smattering of signs were held by both those protesting the visit of speaker Bill Ayers and those protesting such protest. Although generally benign, the scene was tense: The anti- as well as the pro-Ayers crowds occupied the same short stretch of sidewalk in front Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center.
Lancaster’s Radio Centro attracts International Latino Stars
Radio Centro (91.3 WLCH) first entered the local airwaves on September 14, 1987. Station Manager Enid Vasquez-Pereira was there on that Monday morning, and today she easily recalls the small beginnings: “It was a little studio. You’d walk into the production studio and then walk into the on-air studio, so there were a lot of interruptions.” It was a Now the station occupies a generous first-floor space for their lively headquarters at 30 N Ann St.
Specter says he won’t switch parties
A March 17 posting at www.TheHill.com , “[Senator Arlen] Specter won’t rule out run as an independent” goes on to say “Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday that he will not run for reelection in 2010 as a Democrat, but might run as an Independent….
Protest about Railyard Relocation to officials
Taxpayers who oppose state and federal funding of the Relocation Project of the Dillerville Norfolk Southern Rail Yard should write to their state and federal officials, and let them know how they feel. This includes President Obama, who is opposing the use of earmark money. Following is a copy of the letter that I have […]