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Quote for today… “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” – Rahm Emanuel

• “Council adjourned the committee of the whole meeting at 10 p.m. and will address other agenda items when it reconvenes tonight at 6:oo pm.” – MyColumbiaNews

• “Columbia council seeks answers on market situation” – MyColumbiaNews

• “Mountville woman charged with stabbing boyfriend” – LancasterOnLine

• “Eastbound Route 30 on the Wrights Ferry Bridge over the Susquehanna River between York and Lancaster counties will be reduced to one lane today, Tuesday, February 28, so that the contractor can continue prep work for the next stage of construction to repair the bridge. The eastbound single-lane restriction will take place starting around 9 a.m. and wrapping up no later than 3 p.m., weather permitting. Today’s operation continues prep work that was begun yesterday.” – PennDOT press release

• Here’s what’s happening at the Columbia Public Library in March: Library March 2012 Newsletter and Library Calendar of Events March 2012

• Isn’t it curious that Columbians are finding out only now that “Eleven unlocked vehicles were ransacked on two separate nights, overnight Feb. 21-22 and overnight Sunday, Officer Brent Keyser said.” The cars were ransacked on the night of February 21, and it’s reported yesterday! There is a daily POLICE LOG (See below) in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era in which municipalities’ reports are listed. Why should a week go by before Columbia’s citizens are alerted to the danger? Is this an acceptable output of responsible government?

• “What a contrast to human beings who are constantly plagued with the sin of lying. Habitual liars are quickly known and their reputation follows them everywhere.” – Bethel Church of God Website

• Here’s proof anybody can be elected to a councilor position: Bonehead idea for the day. “City councilman suggests cross-training police officers to fight fires” – Charleston Daily Mail (WV)

“Syria’s rebels are armed. Were they running loose in New York City, a military operation mobilized to neutralize them would not be described as a “massacre” by the corporate media.” – (SOURCE: Global Research)

• You’re mistaken, Hillary … the United States should not get sucked into this mess in Syria. – GlobalResearch

• Good governance: “Tattoo artists meet with health officer” and “City zoners approve theater” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Letters to the editors from today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Editorial page comments about $antorum – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal

• Red Cross offers lifesaving courses. Learn lifesaving skills in a series of courses (first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator [AED]) are being offered by the American Red Cross in Lancaster County. The Red Cross is offering the classes at its Lancaster office, 430 West Orange Street. To register, logon above or call 1.800.733.2767. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “PennDOT is looking for volunteers for this year’s Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania.” – WGAL-TV 8

• You think? “Could Social Networking Sites Be Hurting Grammar and Spelling?” – Fox43

• “POLICE LOG: COLUMBIA: Someone broke a 9-by-6-foot plate glass window overnight at Time Keepers Watch Repair, 524 S. Ninth St. Nothing was taken from the store.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Three charged in theft of cigarettes” – MyColumbiaNews