today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “The Public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.” – (Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775.)

• BHI Properties’ “BUY COLUMBIA” (now holds 35 properties) continues as “Boys & Girls Club Foundation and Boys Club of Lancaster Foundation conveyed 254 W. Locust Street to BHI Properties LLC for $95,000.” BHI 254 west locust street – Other property transfer of interest: “Sheriff of Lancaster, David A. Doolittle and Brian I. Doolittle conveyed 202 Poplar Street to Federal national Mortgage Association for $3,246.” DEED 202 poplar street – Lancaster Sunday News
• Ugh, some well-known places ought to know better! Recent restaurant and food serving establishments: York County – York Dispatch –Lancaster County – Sunday News. A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.
• Some are seeing the light about redistricting – “Protesters delay Pa. redistricting hearing” – York Dispatch and this Harrisburg Patriot-News editorial
  
• York Dispatch editorial: “How much can city taxpayers take?” Indeed! York’s homeowners are looking at a 19.22 millage rate choke in 2011-2012. Click here to see the 2011-2012 tax millage rates for Lancaster County municipalities and jurisdictions.
• A revelation … when the cover comes off (anywhere), the GOBAG’s cannot be trusted to investigate. Read this editorial in the Penn State University Daily Collegian: “Penn State, bring in outsiders” – The University Faculty Senate does too.
• Here is an example of what can happen when citizens do not attend local government meetings.
• From Representative Joe Pitts’ newsletter: “I will hold a townhall meeting Monday, November 28 at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, Pa. from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Following up on my recently updated plan for job growth, I want to make sure that 16th District residents know more about the solutions I am proposing to revive our economy. My townhall meeting will be a great opportunity to hear your concerns and answer your questions about what is going on in Washington. I hope to see you there.”
• An Orange scandal and cover-up? Read more.
• Here is an example of what can happen when citizens do not attend government meetings.
• What kind of board of trustees or directors allows their organization to run unchecked? Happens all the time with “rubber-stamp” boards, councils, etc. “Penn State trustees say Jerry Sandusky scandal caught them by surprise” – Harrisburg Patriot-News
• The insidious nature of Facebook: “How Facebook tracking is under scrutiny” – USAToday