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Quote for today…  “It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.” – H.L. Mencken

• Kate goes 88 — and gets a ticket from state police – Lancaster OnLine.com
• Inmate denied copy of PA Constitution– York Dispatch [NOTE: Curious that some folks want a copy can can’t get it and that some elected public servants don’t want to read it.]
• “It’s like there is no way out.” – the real-life stories behind the face of poverty in America. (This is good reporting.)
• Some of the best community micro-reporting is in these pictures by Cole Umber.
• A mention for the other site – My Columbia News, Lancaster Newspapers’ entry into community micro-reporting is up and running.

• In West York, Council “removes the fire chief.” – www.firehouse.com
• POLICE LOG – “MARIETTA: Joshua David Elliott, 28, no address, was charged Thursday because he entered an apartment in the 100 block of West Market Street at 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, Susquehanna Regional police said. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era.