Today is decision day; this is the countdown day you asked about a few weeks ago, “Curiouser and curiouser.” A year ago, we began Columbia news, views & reviews as an information source for interested readers in and around Columbia. It’s now one year later … nearly 1,170 posts later.

When we began, we said this:

“A locally operated alternative news and information source, Columbia news, views & reviews will try to remember that nothing contributes to the well-being of a community more than a balanced, objective and consistent local news and information source.

“Columbia news, views & reviews will try to be a community bulletin board containing accurate, fair news reporting, thoughtful insights and useful information that every reader in the community will find valuable.

“Our goal is to celebrate what’s good about Columbia and its shareholders — including the idiosyncrasies that make them uniquely attractive — while calling attention, thoughtfully and fearlessly, with humor and without pomposity, to what can and should be improved.

“Columbia news, views & reviews  will be open to contributions from the community (including quality writing and photography submissions) and seeks to provide a big picture view of important issues. One of our goals is to update this site each day.”

Now … after a year of posting articles, photos, opinions and features about events and people in and around Columbia and  after investing significant time and financial resources in this project, we are re-evaluating our position.

We thank you, the readers, for checking in each day with hundreds of page views. We especially appreciate the scores of subscribing readers.

We maintain that every community needs a dependable information platform. We have stated many times that we are thrilled that the emergence of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.’s micro-local reporting in MyColumbiaNews. We would like to see, though, better fact-checking in correspondent reporting.

We believe that a multiple set of opinions and reporting resources better serves communities. We will continue to encourage “citizen” contributed articles, writings, opinions, graphic and photographic input. We will continue to be a bulletin board championing the growing art and collecting community in the area. We will continue to gather, inspect and relay relevant and important documents from local, state and federal resources.

We will continue to challenge elected “public servants” at all levels – federal, state and local – to support and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We will continue to remind governments to be open, caring and responsive to citizens and be fully transparent in its actions. We will seek government documentation.

For now, the plan is to have Columbia news, views & reviews continue with the slight change that the frequency of site postings may be less than daily.

As always, we welcome your comments, observations and input. You may comment at the end of any posting or you may email us at 17512@mail.com.