Today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It’s corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.” – Paul Ryan[Crony capitalism, huh? What about cash from lobbyist groups?  What about this Huffington Post article: “Veep Pick Paul Ryan Lobbied On Behalf Of Companies Who Gave Him Campaign Cash“?]

• This week’s restaurant inspections in  Lancaster County. – Lancaster Sunday News

• This week’s restaurant inspections in York County. – York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• 333% more! – “Fire chief Scott Ryno and trustee Joseph Felus, representatives from Columbia No. 1 Fire Company presented a request Tuesday for additional funding from West Hempfield Township supervisors to help offset the cost of a new fire truck.” – MyColumbiaNews

• More burgeoning “landlord” property owners: “USA Housing & Urban Development conveyed 563 Walnut St. to Nabil N. Eskander and Mariam S. Hanna for $31,200.” And “Joseph A. Hamer conveyed 311 Perry St. to Israel Weiss for $32,500.” Interestingly, the listed address for Israel Weiss is the same as BHI Properties, “254 Locust Street.”

• Pacino as Paterno: “Deadline.com reported Friday that ICM Partners is in the beginning stages of production that would see Any Given Sunday star Al Pacino play legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who was fired Nov. 9 in wake of the Sandusky scandal.” – StateCollege.com

• Municipal pension funds vary widely (chart)  – Lancaster Sunday News

• “The Lancaster Mounted Patrol and Canine Unit Benefit Horse Show will be held at 9 a.m. today at Columbia Riding Club, 18th and Franklin streets, Columbia. For more information, visit columbiarc.org or call 872-7049.” – Lancaster Sunday News

• Suck it up and move on: Sunday News editorial on Penn State Freeh Report whiners

• Letters to the editor in today’s Sunday News

• “misleading” and “breathtakingly dishonest.” – Those are the words used by The Washington Post in an article describing Paul Ryan’s “plant closing” speech; read more in this Harrisburg Patriot-News article.

• Another view: Where will people go for reliable, credible information as the number of newspapers decline and network television news continues to dissipate. Recently, it was announced that the Harrisburg Patriot-News and several other newspaper will reduce their publishing schedules to three days a week, perhaps, is a harbinger. Reading Eagle editor, Harry Deitz, hits a key issue in his opinion column in today’s newspaper as he states: “But there also is a danger. Social media can distribute information we may not believe is appropriate or suitable to share. It can lead to widespread rumors and untruths.”