Convention Center Series Index

• Chapter 1: Beginnings- Revised
• Chapter 2: Dream Team- Revised
• Chapter 3: Helping Hands in Harrisburg- Revised
• Chapter 4: The Deception Begins- Revised
• Chapter 5: The Hotel Room Taxes- Revised
• Chapter 6: Razing History- Revised
• Chapter 7: The Convention Center Grows- Revised
• Chapter 8: The Fight Intensifies- Revised
• Chapter 9: All Out War- Revised
• Chapter 10: The County Bond Guaranty- Revised
• Chapter 11: Getting Started- Revised
• Chapter 12: New County Chair and TIF Time Warp- Revised
• Chapter 13: The Money Grab- Revised
• Chapter 14: The Honey Pot- Revised
• Chapter 15: Citizen Opposition- Revised
• Chapter 16: Conestoga View- Revised
• Chapter 17: A Board Divided- Revised
• Chapter 18: A New Mayor plays Hamlet- Revised
• Chapter 19: ‘An alternate use for the site’: The PKF Report- Revised
• Chapter 20: Fog of War- Revised
• Chapter 21: Another ‘miracle’ rescue- Revised
• Chapter 22: Kill Shot — County Targets Guaranty- Revised
• Chapter 23: The Inquisition- Revised
• Prologue
• Chapter One: Genesis
• Chapter Two: The Dream Team: Penn Square Partners
• Chapter Three: Helping Hands in Harrisburg
• Chapter Four: Full Court Press: Lancaster Newspapers takes sides
• Chapter Five: Uncivil War
• Chapter Six: The Authority
• Chapter Seven: Razing History
• Chapter Eight: Uncommon Management
• Chapter Nine: “All out war”
• Chapter Ten: The ‘bumpy ride’ of Commissioners Shellenberger, Shaub, and Henderson
• Chapter Eleven: Ties that Bind: The old board shackles the new
• Chapter Twelve: The Rift over the TIF
• Chapter Thirteen: Shellenberger and Henderson move into the crosshairs
• Chapter Fourteen: Citizens Brigade: Opposition gets reinforcements
• Chapter Fifteen: Not Just an Act: The sweetheart deal of Act 23
• Chapter Sixteen: Robert Field: Lone Ranger
• Chapter Seventeen: Conestoga View
• Chapter Eighteen: A Board Divided: Convention Center Authority Splits in Two
• Chapter Nineteen: Witch Hunt
• Chapter Twenty: To build or not to build?: New Mayor plays Hamlet
• Chapter Twenty-One: ‘Free Money’: The LCCCA pays its Consultants
• Chapter Twenty-Two: ‘An alternate use for the site’: The PKF Feasibility Study
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Fog of War: Opponents fall for misdirection
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Totaro’s Inquisition
• Chapter Twenty-Five: 2000-2001: Bloody skirmishes; Thaddeus Stevens gets in the way; Part II
• Chapter Twenty-Six: 2000-2001 Part III: Convention Center Authority doesn’t let history stand in the way
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Uncommon management: PSP flexes muscle
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: “All out war” – 2002
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: ‘Fasten your seat belts’: The ‘bumpy ride’ of Commissioners Shaub, Shellenberger, and Henderson Part I
• Chapter Thirty: The Wild Card: Clymer crashes the party
• Chapter Thirty-One: Thibault’s last minute surprise
• Chapter Thirty-Two: Ties that bind: The old board shackles the new
• Chapter Thirty-Three: 2005 Part I: The Rift over the CC Hotel TIF
• Chapter Thirty-Four: 2005 PT. II: TWELVE DAYS IN MARCH; Sponsors play charades
• Chapter Thirty-Five: 2005 PART III: Shellenberger & Henderson move into the crosshairs
• Chapter Thirty-Six: 2005 PART IV: Citzens Brigade: Opposition gets reinforcements
• Chapter Thirty-Seven: 2005 Part V: NOT JUST AN ACT: THE ‘SWEETHEART DEAL’ OF ACT 23
• Chapter Thirty-Eight: 2005 Part VI: Robert Field: The Lone Ranger Rides Again
• Chapter Thirty-Nine: Conestoga View Part I: Commissioners made vulnerable
• Chapter Forty: Shake-up at the Convention Center Authority and a new mayor plays Hamlet
• Chapter Forty-One: A Board Divided
• Chapter Forty-Two: Conestoga View Part II – V: Grand Jury Witch Hunt
• Chapter Forty-Three: Is the convention center project feasible? Delay seizes defeat from jaws of victory
• Chapter Forty-Four: The Fog of War, Part I
• Chapter Forty-Five: January thru June 2006 TimeLine
• Chapter Forty-Six: Time line for LCCCA Project
• Chapter Forty-Seven: An Authority unchecked and unchallenged
• Chapter Forty-Eight: THE FOG OF WAR; PART TWO
• Chapter Forty-Nine: Puzzling Propaganda
• Chapter Fifty: Miracle on South Queen Street
• Chapter Fifty-One: Final chapter in Convention Center Series: Betrayals of public trust

Document Archive

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