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

Quote for today… “In general, we must avoid a repeat of what happened in Iraq, where a long-term status of forces agreement failed to materialize.” – Scott Perry, U.S Representative from York County and Iraqi war Army National Guard combat veteran, in this article from the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

• “A summer of smartphone launches” – York Daily Record

• “The Writing of a Great Address” – Peggy Noonan’s view about President Lincoln’s crafting of his great speech. – The Wall Street Journal

Seen this recruitment billboard on Route 462 just east of Columbia?

• Lancastercops.org – “The Lancaster County Chiefs of Police Association, and 23 of its member agencies, have entered into an agreement to conduct a cooperative testing process for the position of police officer.”
  

• If you’ve ever referred to the Columbia Borough Website to research the ordinances you’ve probably noticed a different look. Borough manager Sam Sulkosky told Columbia news, views & reviews the borough has changed from the former provider, e-360, to an in-house managed database listing of the ordinances as a cost savings tactic. The switch in format, he said, eliminates monthly hosting charge and separate charges whenever a change is made to an ordinance or a new one is added. The savings will be significant. The revised ordinances are searchable in several formats and actually reproduce the originally crafted legislation. In the former service, the ordinance was, in some cases, summarized.

• Columbia Police Department news release includes this message: “THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN VANDALISIM IN THE BOROUGH TO VEHICLES.  SEVERAL PERSONS HAVE REPORTED TIRES SLASHED OR WINDOWS BROKEN IN THEIR VEHICLES OR HOMES.”