The ‘public’ never were really given a say in this project; other than a FOX43 poll which showed an overwhelming majority were OPPOSED TO IT…our duly elected officials chose to ignore public opinion, and were deathly afraid to challenge the ‘power elite’ of lancaster – opponents were thororoughly and unmercifully denigrated by LNP (a partner in PSP and a ‘power elitist’ of the first order). Had this dead -horse project been placed on a voter ballot it NEVER would have been given birth.
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Harrisburg arranges for expert review of its proposed bail out while Lancaster officials ignore LCSWMA huge gamble.
HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS: [Harrisburg] City Council has hired attorneys to do an independent review of the state-appointed receiver’s proposed plan to resolve about $624 million in local public debt.
John Kerry: Obama Can Bomb Assad Even If Congress Votes No
If that scenario were to materialize — a bombing campaign after a “no” vote — the result would almost certainly be an impeachment drive in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
US adds just 169,000 jobs in August, missing expectations
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly five years, as more people gave up the search for work, leaving them out of the count of the number of unemployed workers. The findings could delay the Federal Reserve’s plan to scale back its massive monetary stimulus later this month.
LETTER: PSP should make up all Convention Center deficits
This was their baby all along….why should anyone other than them be left holding the bag???
Big media plans to feast on next year’s PA governor’s election
Media executives hope to see more than $60 million spent on next year’s Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
SWAPS to come under Senate panel scrutiny
Interest rate swaps have been maligned in recent years as the unnecessary bringer of woe, as governments saw cash cows turn to dollar drags when they were blindsided by the 2007 credit crisis, and then the recession of 2008. The instruments were illegal for local government entities across the commonwealth until a 2003 law signed by former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell.
The New Holland Borough Water Authority has a mountain to sell you.
PA INDEPENDENT: Borough officials in search of money to revamp their water infrastructure have gotten creative, selling five tracts of lush woodlands and a small reservoir totaling more than 500 acres.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
WATCHDOG: What Schoch actually said was “We’re trying to extend the life of these bridges. … They are not unsafe.” Dropping a “not” can happen to us all. But someone at the New Era should have caught it.
It’s time for football … and time to talk about concussions
Under the law, parents must sign a concussion-awareness form before their child can play a sport. A student-athlete showing signs of a concussion must be removed from play immediately and cannot play again until receiving written clearance from a medical professional.
Schwartz announces shale tax plan
U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Montgomery, says it’s time to make natural gas drillers “share the wealth” with education, transportation and economic development programs, with a 5 percent natural gas extraction tax on top of the state’s current fee.
LETTER: Is state CRIZ being created to save the Convention Center?
It looks like the ENTIRE State funding from Senator Smucker’s “City Reinvestment and Improvement Zone” program will be going toward the LCCCA’s debt, something like $5 MILLION. So much for investing in “blighted” area.
Scott Martin hits grand slam re Convention Center Refinance
County Commission Chair Scott Martin wasn’t drafted to salvage the financial fiasco of the County Convention Center, but he volunteered for the task and at today’s press conference submitted a viable plan, conditionally approved by most of the parties and at best with reservations by another, that would put the Center on a viable financial footing for years to come.
Jerry Sandusky prosecutor: No evidence Joe Paterno participated in criminal cover-up at Penn State
Paterno met minimal legal obligations, officials said then, because he did alert his superiors at Penn State to a 2001 eyewitness account of alleged sexual abuse by Sandusky, his longtime defensive coordinator, at a football shower facility…