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Quote for today… “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Today we’ll find out which senators are standing with Main Street, and which, despite incredible public pressure, will double down on their allegiance to Wall Street.” – E-Press Release from Public Citizen.org
- Columbia Police Department assists in capture of “car-jacking” fugitive in town: “Reginald Farley, 41, of Lancaster city, was arrested Wednesday in the 200 block of South Fifth Street in Columbia. He was wanted on charges of robbery of a motor vehicle in Elkton, Md.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
- Columbian’s letter to the editor in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
- Hope springs eternal; or as Cole Umber said, “hope lives on because it has no choice.” – “Lancaster City Planning Commission members Wednesday granted final approval for a $20 million project which may never be built. The plan for a 76,578-square-foot office building on the redeveloped Lancaster Stockyards received unanimous commission approval. But real estate developer Tim Harrison said he still does not have an agreement from the national company for which it was designed. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
- The recognition of leadership gone awry: Penn State “Faculty senate members call for removal of all Board of Trustees members” – The Daily Collegian
- Last week a Daily Collegian editorial chastised the University for announcing that $1.5 million from an appearance in a bowl game would be dedicated to victims of child sexual abuse – on Tuesday, “Penn State announced Tuesday will give all of the revenue it earns from its bowl game toward the funding, research, prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.” – The Daily Collegian
- Juniata College denied Sandusky’s application – ESPN.com
- The headline says, “Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption.” What do you think; he’s out in three or less? That’s the way it seems to work if you have money or political clout.
- “Let’s be careful out there;” the brazen holiday shopping spirit is here; – Armed men rob jewelry store in West Manchester Township – York Daily Record
- POLICE LOG: “MANOR TWP.: Someone recently illegally obtained a township woman’s banking information and used it to buy $2,000 worth of items online. They were shipped to a Tennessee address. – Ryan Moser, 23, of Water Street, Washington Boro, was charged before Eckert. Moser was stopped for erratic driving in the Pheasant Ridge development Nov. 13. His BAC was .14 percent. – Township police charged Ashley Cook, 23, of Sherman Street, before Eckert. Police stopped Cook for erratic driving in the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue Oct. 30. Her blood alcohol content was .21 percent. – Two 15-year-old township boys were charged after they told police they were punched and kicked by several other juveniles Nov. 8. One of the two had injuries and got medical treatment. Police said they later determined that the juveniles had fought each other and were not assaulted by others. Charges were filed at the Lancaster County Juvenile Probation Office. – MARIETTA: Richard R. Van Pelt, 22, and Albert C. Waters IV, 19, both of 259 W. Market St., Apt. 4, Marietta, have been charged with the theft Sept. 15 or 16 of items from the Marietta Fire Company, 200 Waterford Ave. Police said the two men took bottled water, brooms, buckets and cleaning products that were to be distributed to flood victims. The items were valued at $606.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
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Yet another stupid move from Penn State University for announcing that $1.5 million from an appearance in a bowl game would be dedicated to victims of child sexual abuse. Let’s make it perfectly clear that Penn state did not establish this fund – it was done by the folks from the Ticket City Bowl who decided to gamble on extending a bid to PSU when more prominent bowls decided to bypass them due to the ongoing controversy. Better yet, the money really comes form through the hard work of the amateur athletes who happen to be members of PSU’s football team. Had the university followed through with a talked about plan to not accept any bowl bids this year, where would the money have come from to establish this fund? Pennsylvania’s taxpayers? Oh yeah, that’s right, they decided to accept a bowl bid because by not accepting any bid, this would have unfairly penalized the players, who had nothing to do with this whole issue. And this is any better? When PSU donates the funds, let’s hope they give credit where it is due, to the players of the football team.
KM
yet another reply, like ones expressed at council meetings, this person is off base with facts. your opinions are biased, stick to problems you are being paid to solve in your small world not those of our state university.