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today’s news … Saturday, February 16

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

Quote for today… “The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.” – Thomas Sowell

  • Some time ago, commenter Joe Brown posed, “At the same time look at how the CEDC helped them selves at the expense of the Columbia tax payers with the River Front property sale.” Click on the photo below to view the CEDC’s IRS 990, the Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax for Form, for 2011.

cedc - 990Click to view the Form 990.

  • To see the 990’s for other “not-for-profit” organizations, click here.!
  • Perplexing … If the Borough’s scheduled “committee meetings of the whole/council” are the fourth Monday of each month at 6:00 pm, why do the LEGAL NOTICES below state that the consideration for passage of the ordinances will be at 7:00.  Honest mistake or intended confusion? Wonder what is the time for the meeting?
  • LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, February, 16, 2013: “Legal Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will consider for passage on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania an ordinance titled and summarized as: an Ordinance of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, amending Sections 1-10 and 1-11 of the Code of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, discontinuing the process of printing supplements to the Code of  the Borough of Columbia; detailing the process for maintaining the ordinances of the Borough; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and for providing that the ordinance shall take effect as  provided by Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the Ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Columbia Borough By: Norman B. Meiskey, III Borough Secretary.”
  • ANOTHER LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, February, 16, 2013: “Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will consider for passage on Monday, February 25, 2013 at  7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania an  ordinance titled and summarized as: an Ordinance of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania amending Section 89-2 of the Code of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to allow dogs to be turned over by the Borough of Columbia to Columbia Animal Hospital, Inc. or such other entity as Borough Council may contract with for the care of dogs; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and for providing that the ordinance shall take effect as provided by Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the Ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during  regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Columbia Borough By: Norman B. Meiskey, III Borough Secretary.”
  • “The Lancaster Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America is offering a one-time scholarship to a student from Lancaster County. The $1,200 scholarship will be for the 2013-14 academic year. To be eligible, applicants must be a citizen of the United States and maintain a permanent residence in Lancaster County. Applicants must be high school seniors planning to attend a postsecondary institution of higher learning or students at a postsecondary institution of higher learning currently enrolled in ROTC. Applicants also must have immediate family members (parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling or cousin) who have served or are serving honorably in the United States military. Applications are available at all county high school guidance departments.Applications, along with all supporting materials, should be submitted no later than March 31, to  MOAA, Box 5031, Lancaster, PA 17601-5031. The scholarship winner will be announced in May.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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