John Fry, President of Franklin and Marshall College, is consumate at framing matters in a self serving manner. Small wonder he is the product of business schools rather than academia as were the college’s prior leaders. The matter is deemed newsworthy because it raises the issue of why a joint effort by F & M, […]
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Newspaper bankruptcies strike close to home
According to the Feb. 23rd issue of The New York Times, the filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection by the Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. is in large part the result of paying too high a price, $562 million, in 2006 for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. It quotes Brian Tierney, Publisher of the […]
Real Estate boon of 1920s led to crash of 1929
Editor’s note: The author, Polly Cleveland, PhD, shared the following with NewsLanc’s publisher. It is posted at www.georgiststudies.org. We published it because it provides a different perspective on the national economic crisis. Economists conventionally attribute the Great Depression to blunders by the then-new Federal Reserve Bank. According to this story, promoted by Milton Friedman and […]
A modest suggestion to save chlildren’s lives
NewsLanc inquired of the Lancaster Police Department concerning the recent lack of a well trained school crossing guard, if one is there at all, on Walnut Street in proximity to the Sacred Heart School and Reynolds Middle School. We received the following response from Officer M .Branner: ” … I am in the process of […]
What City Are We In Today?
Excerpts below reproduced courtesy of http://LookingAtLancaster.blogspot.com/ One of the most often used reasons given as to why the downtown Lancaster, PA taxpayer-financed hotel and convention center project will be successful is because of how unique the facility will be. The combined structure includes the façade of the once-historic Watt & Shand building (which before demolition […]
REQUEST FOR ART TO DISPLAY IN THE CONVENTION CENTER
The following notice has been recently published at www.lccca.org: The Lancaster County Convention Center Authority requests proposals for works of art to be installed in the new Lancaster County Convention Center; situated in downtown Lancaster. The Lancaster County Convention Center features over 70,000 square feet of flexible meeting space; anchored by the 46,000 sq. ft. […]
More from Charlie Rose re future of media
Viewers interested in the future of the Internet and the print medium might want to visit www.CharlieRose.com and view “A conversation with entrepreneur and software engineer Marc Andreessen” which was broadcast on Feb. 19, 2009, part of a series. Andreessen, co-founder of NetScape and several other highly successful web sites, boldly suggests that most newspapers […]
Challenge to New Era’s integrity
The following letter was forwarded to NewsLanc.com by a representative of TRRAAC: “Jack [Brubaker] – why did Economic Development Company of Lancaster County (EDC) finance claim they had a commitment of $1 million from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) when DEP now denies any commitment? “Three Manheim Township commissioners have now publicly come out […]
Lost opportunity
American Libraries Online, Feb. 18: Stimulus package will fund libraries. The $787-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (PDF file) signed by President Obama February 17 includes several economic-stimulus provisions that could directly benefit libraries. Last November, Karen Haley Field, then president of the Lancaster Public Library (Duke Street), urged that the remodeling and expansion of […]
LETTER: "Time for full disclosure"
Editor’s note: A representative of TRRAAC forwarded the following with the side notation that “The plot thickens.” The spokesperson also questions why the Lancaster Newspapers have not reported on the “on the Manheim Twp Commissioners and the stormwater issue.” According to the below, the Lancaster Newspapers Inc. are tangentially associated with the project. TRRAAC recently […]
Authority delays access to Stevens and Lee invoices for 30 days
Over the course of planning the Convention Center, the law firm of Stevens and Lee was paid over $7 million dollars by the Authority, all on the basis of invoices that disclosed nothing other than “For professional services rendered.” Authority board members and critics have long sought and been denied the usual information that accompany […]
Exhaustive research behind LCCCA series
The following exchange between a viewer who closely monitored the evolution of the Convention Center Project and investigative reporter Jim Sneddon both sheds light on the forces driving the project and the depth of Sneddon’s research.
The issue contended is at what point in time was the future sale of the Watt & Shand building from Penn Square Partners to Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lancaster (RACL) under consideration. (Later in the series, NewsLanc will address the propriety of the sale price.)
HARD TIMES COME TO POPULAR RESTAURANT
A frequent patron was surprised to see only one other party at a popular ethnic restaurant which normally is half full even during weekdays and normally enjoys a large evening take out business. By the time the first course arrived, he and his son were the only customers. Exchanging information with the proprietor while settling […]
Chapter Three: Helping Hands in Harrisburg
When Governor Tom Ridge signed the Stadium Bill in the first days of February, 1999—adding half a billion dollars to the Pennsylvania state capital budget—Lancaster County was virtually promised a $15 million check to build a downtown convention center.