An Associated Press article in the Intell reports Governor Ed Rendell as saying “There will be some layoffs, and there will be universal pain,” Rendell said at a Capitol news conference. “I don’t want to hear whining. I think everyone has to tighten the belts.” Rendell is an example of exactly what is wrong with […]
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LETTER: Will F&M / LGH await funding before breaking ground?
“‘After F&M was denied their $9.2 million funding request from PennDOT, they submitted a request for funds from the Federal Railroad Administration,’ according to a newsletter currently appearing on the web site of the Rail Road Action & Advisory Committee (TRRAAC). The newsletter stated that the FRA will begin granting projects sometime before the end […]
Jon Mitchell’s description of mission reassuring
Newly appointed School District of Lancaster Athletic Director Jon Mitchell responded to a series of questions from NewsLanc.com as follows: “I am looking forward to the challenges facing me as the new athletic director. I am hopeful that I can have a positive influence on all sports programs within the district. I am a firm […]
Is New York Times sale an omen for Lancaster?
In order to raise funds to pay down over a billion dollars in debt, the New York Times has sold 17% of its stock to Mexican multibillionaire Carlos Slim, reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in the world. The bankruptcy of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times group, the out right sale of […]
Executive director defends Library System
At the annual meeting of the Lancaster Library System on Tuesday, John Havrilla won Library System Board Vice Chair by secret ballot. No other positions were contested and Bud Rettew remains as Chair. Susan Hauer, Executive Director, set forth a vigorous defense of the System’s role and claimed many achievements in an address at the […]
A new life for the print media?
Will the newspaper of the future be without reporters, editors and charge? Some think that free “Penny Saver” type dailies composed strictly of items appearing at its web site plus advertisements is the answer to the high cost and drop in demand for the traditional newspaper. The Jan. 22 New York Times reports, “The Printed […]
New Athletic Director announced
At the Jan. 21 monthly board meeting of the School District of Lancaster, Superintendent Pedro Rivera announced the promotion of John Mitchell, Dean of Students at the Lafayette Elementary School, to become the District’s Athletic Director. Mitchell currently also serves as the varsity wrestling coach for McCaskey High School. His new assignment will commence on […]
LCCCA Board membership for suspect period
Below are the list of Convention Center Authority Board Members during the events that NewsLanc will be describing through a series of special reports over the next few months. The plan is to publish the series every two weeks rather than once a month as originally announced.
The concern is to avoid providing so much information at one time as to make it difficult to fully read and absorb, yet not to allow so much time to pass that memories of past disclosures fade.
Re-posting : Daniel Logan Revisited (First published June, 2007)
NewsLanc.com visitors may recall articles in December 2006, questioning whether the more than $700,000 paid to the consultant, Daniel Logan, President of Growth Business Development, was justifiable. NewsLanc.com opined “… there appeared to be very little substantive work product to show for the huge amount of money.” At the June 7 [2007] Convention Center Authority […]
Chapter One: Genesis
The origin of the Lancaster County Convention Center begins with an obscure law called the “Pennsylvania Third-Class County Convention Center Authority Act.” The law was passed by the legislature, and signed by Governor Robert Casey on December 27, 1994.
Try to find a copy when you need one
NewsLanc received the following message in reference to the series on the Convention Center Authority: “Do you really think the establishment will investigate legally the matter of corruption that you have started to unearth?” We cannot expect the Lancaster Newspapers to investigate itself. The power of the sponsors make the matter too politically risky for […]
School District: Smart precaution!
Parents of School District of Lancaster students received a recorded phone message yesterday and an announcement was posted on the District’s web site: “Schools will open on time Friday morning, January 16; however, due to the extreme temperatures expected, students who arrive up to two hours late for school will not be marked as tardy. […]
PROLOGUE: Millions paid without due process
A bevy of consultants, paid well over $3 million, with their invoices hidden from the public’s view, methodically and systematically over-billed and submitted unsubstantiated bills over a four-year period to the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority while the executive director and board members condoned and participated in the waste of public tax dollars. (Editor’s note: […]
Pursuit of Justice and Mercy
In the past, friends would hardly have perceived Republic Committeeman Tom Zeager as a ‘reformer’ and, indeed when his bishop urged him to undertake a study of transitional housing for prisoners, he initially was unsympathetic to this cause. And then his eyes got opened. The result a decade later is the expanding not-for-profit Justice & […]