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Quote for today… “If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” – General George Patton
- Maybe this economy hasn’t turned around? – “Police: Armed robber steals 30 bank bags from Sears in York Galleria” – York Dispatch
- Today is Friday the 13th. Some think it’s a “day fraught with peril.”
- OPINION: Budget-Buster – There’s a budget problem with police arbitration in Lancaster and other PA municipalities – The Intelligencer-Journal, Lancaster
- Lancaster County’s 2012 budget information is online – is your municipality’s?
- “Manheim Township board facing cuts in 2012-13 budget” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
- “Vendor ‘adjusts’ to life at Columbia market” – MyColumbiaNews
- Red Lion’s “Borough Council reduced patrol hours last year to save money” and residents question that move – York Daily Record.
- Another “opinion” column by Robert Reich is worthwhile reading: “The Decline of the Public Good” – Reader Supported News
- Buy beer longer on Sunday – “Since Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill into law at the end of December, beer distributors around the state are permitted to open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News
- Report: Sandusky sat in VIP box days before arrest – Fox43
- US “Chamber backs off attack on consumer protection panel” – York Daily Record
- Chalk one up for A PLAN FOR PEOPLE! – “A commuter shortcut through Lancaster County Central Park in the city is permanently closed to motor traffic. The loss for motorists will be a gain for pedestrians as the scenic half-mile section of Rockford Road along the Conestoga River now is dedicated to passive recreation.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
