It is possible that the whole home rule idea started when the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. was running into challenges from the commissioners. Now that the challenges have been diverted, the home rule concept is no longer as pressing for the LNP so they can take an objective view. The criticism in the editorial seems sound.

I wish everyone could have heard students talk about how some will profit from the Convention Center. (It was wildly amusing!) The street criminals are looking forward to the CC opening. They are confident that the visitors will be easy pickin’s, and with the street configurations and residences near the CC, they are confident that […]

Lancaster desperately needs other avenues to disseminate the alternative views in local affairs, but that avenue needs to develop a reputation as fair, professional, and neutral (my opinion)…. A case in point, the Crossing article while providing valid info, was seriously tainted by the editorial cartoon. Although such cartoons have their place, it is not […]

In regard to Lancaster General Hospital, there is a notable sense of complacency not only among the nurses, but also observed by the efforts of the physical and occupational therapists, respiratory therapists and even the x-ray technicians. This change in approach to patient care had been noted ever since the new administration (Mr. Beeman as […]

The Wednesday 9:15 AM Commissioner Meeting is a permanent time and date in my book. It is so very evident that Scott Martin is running the show using Dennis Stuckey as the front. Craig Lehman enjoys being the martyr so to speak. All three answered yes when asked if Dale High contributed to their campaign […]

Please take a look at the Wall Street Journal Friday and Saturday of this week. Cities are bagging their downtown projects due to economic conditions and four cities are cited. Saturday’s WSJ article was about Wachovia Bank. They are being investigated for two problems: First for targeting seniors and now for laundering drug monies from […]

While the entire financial structure and “deal” with our private “partner” along with the news coverage from a subsidiary of the same “partner” are offensive and a fraud on the public, they are not the worst part of this project, they are merely multipliers of the waste, deception, and corruption that piggybacks itself on such […]

Two recent letters regarding child pornography somewhat miss the point. We are a nation of laws. We can discuss the morality of Mr. Spiese’s actions, we can argue the psychology, we can castigate or rationalize depending on our own standards, but the real point is that the Commonwealth has laws regarding child pornography. Mr. Spiese […]

Three years ago, in submitted letters to the LCCCA, I noted (with detailed explanation) that it would take 2-1/2 hours to offload 2000 attendees (40 buses) for an event of a single start time. (Many of the conventions have sessions for all the attendees, as opposed to trade shows which have scattered arrival times.) Picture […]

The way this whole convention center deal has been put together and built is very bizarre at best!! From the choice of location (downtown – high crime area where you have to dive bullets & racing police cars) to how the taxpayer funding was put together reeks of fraud. Dick & Molly tried their very […]

3 weeks ago, the PDCVB made its best effort to have shuttle service run in a 1/4 mile loop between 4 hotel properties and the Dutch Wonderland parking lot. Needless to say, after considerable effort, the best they could find were 2 Friendly Taxi vans which were totally unable to deal with the crowd and […]

There are several ways besides grant money that only [Paul] Thibault will be able to find IF he gets elected and can pork up some bills. Another way is a one-time tax by the city onto the property owners and, of course, you can always raise the city tax to increase the funds to maintain […]

I have attended enough F&M “public forums” to know first hand how these “forums” are conducted. What they really are, are well-planned professionally-run presentations of the current project that F&M wants the public to accept unconditionally. They are strictly controlled meetings in which the administrator in charge (usually Keith Orris) knows in advance of the […]

ACLU representative cites 428 violent crimes in Hazleton — only four “committed” by illegal immigrants,. Are we to assume that ALL of the 428 violent crimes were solved, the offenders convicted, and only 4 were illegals? Or do we believe that only 4 illegals were arrested, tried and convicted and weighed against an unknown number […]