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Quote for today … “He who seeks revenge, digs two graves.” – Chinese proverb

• More about a community’s irresponsible leadership‘s  “kicking the debt can down the road.” – Bloomberg
  

[NOTE: from an April 23 posting – Kicking the debt can down the road. They’re finally figuring it out in Harrisburg; spending someone else’s money is really spending your own in the end. “People knew some of the tricks he used — transferring money from one pot to another to cover deficits, using the Harrisburg Authority as a piggy bank to buy historical artifacts, and pushing an ever-growing debt down the road.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• What’s worse, much worse, than a “wanna’ be Marine?” A phony Marine! – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Another instance of how the elected “public servants” in the US House of Representatives “eat their young” or “eat the seed corn.” – Opinion column in The Washington Post [EDITOR’S NOTE: Why don’t these “public servants” who hang out at the trough just take pay cuts and give up junkets?]

• “York ranked 3rd in child abuse reports in 2011” – York Dispatch [NOTE: Click here to see Lancaster County and other counties’ data and to read the entire report.]

• Letter to the editors – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Intelligencer Journal editorial asks: “Is Pitts losing touch?” Perhaps the question ought be: Why should constituents be getting “form letters” from a staff of sycophants rather than from the elected “public servant? [Pitt’s gaffe; yet there is no mention of apology or acknowledgement at his Website. – LancasterOnLine]

• Meanwhile, on the adjacent page, the Lancaster New Era editorial suggests: “Pitts’ staffers can be criticized for being sloppy. That they send out thousands of letters to constituents each year under the congressman’s signature only means they should exercise extra care. A promised review of office procedures is welcome. Meanwhile, Pitts’ critics should cut the congressman some slack.” C’mon! It’s time to add at least two people to the unemployment rolls.

• POLICE LOG: “RAPHO TWP.: Brandon K. Ashton, 21, of 155 Pleasant Ave., Columbia, was charged with damaging a vehicle by slamming his fists onto the trunk lid April 14 in the 1400 block of East Main Street.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Well done: business established in conformity with the state law. Published in the LEGAL NOTICES in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era – “Mark Dennis and Kelly F. Dennis 3004 Anchor Road, Washington Boro, PA 17582 did file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on or about April 27, 2012 registration of the name: MAD SCULPTOR under which they intend to do business at: 24 West Orange Street. Lancaster, PA 17602 pursuant to the provision of the Act of Assembly of December 16, 1982, Chapter 3, known as the ‘Fictitious Name Act’.”

• Another “trusted person” steals from not-for-profit: “The president of a Huntington Beach parent teacher organization has been charged with embezzling more than $22,000 from elementary school fundraisers.” – The Fresno Bee

• When you’re in a deep hole; quit digging. “Harrisburg may be sitting on another dangerous pile of debt — separate from the incinerator — which has the potential to saddle the city with millions of dollars of extra bond payments.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News