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

Quote for today… “Compromise is not a conjuring word. It is not a magic spell. Most specifically, it is not an end in and of itself. It is not ‘the way democracy is supposed to work.’” – Read more: Compromise And Fiscal Cliff – Compromise For Idiots – Esquire

• ADA Anniversary: “The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on July 26, 1990. The ADA provides civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities and guarantees equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications.” – disability.gov

• “Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg identify the man killed in a two vehicle crash on Route 283, Dauphin County as 26 year old Ryan Vera, of Columbia.” – Fox43 TV

• Ever see those “people of Walmart” emails. Here’s one for you: There’s this just begun facebook page (started on July 5) that has almost 14,000 likes. And in a way, it’s kind of like the “people of Walmart.” Click here to go to ONLY IN LANCASTER, PA.

• A flurry of reader comments follow a letter to the editor of the Harrisburg Patriot-News following Patriot-News news articles and opinion columns about a local football player’s misadventures at Penn State.

• There’s a legal advertisement in today’s Lancaster newspaper that announces West Hempfield Township’s upcoming meeting on Tuesday, August 6, to consider authorizing the entering into an agreement among Lancaster County, Columbia and Marietta Boroughs and Conoy, East Donegal and West Hempfield Townships pertaining to the Lancaster County River Trail.

• Keystone Corruption: “From Vince Fumo to Jane Orie, there are so many examples of corruption in Pa. politics they could fill a book. A book written by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Brad Bumsted. – PoliticsPA

• Another masked, anonymous group of “rock-chuckers” that’s just like a terrorist group: “A ‘social welfare’ group that nobody knows.” – Public Source