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Quote for today… “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson

• It keeps happening … those “trusted” employees dipping into the non-profit’s till! “Former office manager embezzled $58K from York Symphony Orchestra” (York Dispatch)
• Washington Boro man’s LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era): “Does anyone really believe that the major companies traded on Wall Street suddenly are worth almost 15 percent less than they were a month ago despite the record profits and cost-cutting measures (mostly job cutting) they have put in place in recent years?”The events on the New York Stock Exchange recently tell us more about greed than they do about any kind of serious concern for our economy and credit rating.”Among those taking time to smile in all of this are the brokers who take their piece from every sale and the lenders longing for higher interest rates. You’ll look hard and long to find anyone directly involved in this charade who has the interest of the rest of us in focus.” – Terry W. Blue, Washington Boro
• York County home sales off for first seven months (York Dispatch)
• Here’s a shocker: An AP story in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era states, “The 12 lawmakers appointed to a new congressional supercommittee charged with tackling the nation’s fiscal problems have received millions in contributions from special interests with a direct stake in potential cuts to federal programs, an Associated Press analysis of federal campaign data has found.” Who is going to come out ahead with this approach?