So that voters know what to expect at the polls on Tuesday, NewsLanc has obtained a sample Lancaster City ballot, which is reproduced below:
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Former Post editor returns to NewsLanc
Chris Hart-Nibbrig, formerly co-publisher and feature editor of the Lancaster Post, has returned to NewsLanc as a part time reporter and contributor. Hart-Nibbrig had been editor of NewsLanc prior to co-founding the Post, which last week announced the suspension of its weekly tabloid. Other commitments preclude Hart-Nibbrig from returning on a full time basis.
Six suggestions for launching a successful weekly tabloid
1) Publishing a tabloid is a business enterprise, so it requires a viable business plan. 2) Ways must be found to distribute at least ten thousand copies each week, preferably twenty thousand. 3) Advertisements must be solicited from the outset, not done as an after thought and desultorily. 4) The lead stories should be responsible […]
LETTER AND RESPONSE: Why not do a real streetcar poll with response?
I have been following your street car discussions and have just read with interest your article on the survey and its bias. Why don’t you do your own survey. This could be either online, door to door, or mail-in. I think the results would be very interesting if the people of the county actually got […]
Morris designates LCCCA nominating committee
At Thursday’s LCCCA board meeting, Chairman Art Morris announced that a three-member nominating board will meet in late December to select officers for the upcoming year. A specific date has not yet been set. The three-member board will be chaired by Sharron Nelson and will also include Julianne Dickson and Laura Douglas. There was some […]
EDITORIAL: Armstrong slaps down Penn Square Partners
An Oct. 31 Intelligencer Journal report carried the good news that the $3 million in additional state aid for the Convention Center will not be allowed to be split with the greedy Lancaster Newspapers and The High Group who are investors in the Marriott Hotel. Among other one sided and predatory provisions in the contract […]
Lancaster Post suspends publication
A message posted on Oct. 30th at www.LancasterPost.com in part states: “The publishers of the Lancaster Post announced they are changing their focus from a print newspaper that happens to have a website, to a website that occasionally prints a newspaper. “Ron Harper, Jr., co-Publisher said, ‘We published for more than half of a year, […]
Federal judge rules paper ballots must be available in PA
The following was received from Voter Action and can be found in its entirety at http://truevote.us/nucleus/index.php?itemid=534: “Federal Judge Rules That More Emergency Paper Ballots Be Made Available in Pennsylvania When Voters Face Voting Machine Breakdowns” “PHILADELPHIA, Oct 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Federal Judge Harvey S. Bartle III ruled today that emergency paper ballots […]
Another dirty trick re TRRAAC?
The School Lane Hills Homeowners Association (SLHHA) supposedly held its first public meeting in half a year yesterday evening. The problem was its leader didn’t send out a notice announcing it to the membership or to the media. Late yesterday afternoon a short email notice of a change of venue was sent out without mention […]
EDITORIAL: Library the first victim of Convention Center funding
It is tempting to place the blame on board members for the Lancaster Public Library debacle this week whereby six members rejected a million dollars in public and private grants after spending $400,000 on plans and specs. Rather than proceed with the renovation of the library, they aborted the project because they feared not raising […]
New Era won’t say
NewsLanc has twice inquired of Ernest Schreiber, Editor of the Lancaster New Era, as to whether he intends to continue to publish morning exit poll results in his election day afternoon edition. The League of Women Voters is critical of such practices and national and state exit polls are embargoed until after polls close. This […]
Commissioners hint at upcoming budget cuts
It’s budget time for the county. Over the next couple of weeks, the county commissioners will be holding a number of meetings to discuss and finalize the 2009 budget. So NewsLanc asked on Wednesday what their priorities are and what citizens should expect to see in the upcoming budget. While being nonspecific, all three of […]
LETTER: Gray distracting people re streetcar concerns
Lancaster mayor Rick Gray’s statement regarding the proposed streetcar project is nothing more than an attempt to distract people from their legitimate concerns over its promotion. The wording of this statement makes it quite clear that Mayor Gray is very much in favor of streetcars in downtown Lancaster. It was Mayor Gray who permitted the […]
Gray withdrawns gun ordinance pending state court rulings
When Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray first proposed an ordinance a few weeks ago to penalize gun owners who do not report missing firearms in a timely manner, he exuded a brazen confidence about setting an example and challenging the state to do the same – almost challenging opponents to try and stop him. But after […]