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

Quote for today … “The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.” – Aaron Sorkin, from this article at AtlanticWire.

• New look at the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency Website

• The Living Well With a Disability conference and EXPO in Lancaster, PA – All to challenge people with disabilities to discover their very best lives.

• Sheriff’s Sales of Properties: Fewer pages (because of abridged listings) in today’s Lancaster Newspapers. A number of Columbia properties are listed at the Sheriff’s Department Website.

• “I am so glad to see that Nepotism is alive & well in Pennsylvania government, and here I thought it was only reserved for private corporations.”  is one of the comments about this Harrisburg Patriot-News article about the hiring of the AG’s sister into the AG’s office.

• “Although the state has one of the lowest taxes on beer in the country, alcoholic beverage taxes in Pennsylvania brought in $307 million in 2011, the sixth highest amount that year. The state also brought in another $81 million from liquor stores it regulates.” – “States profiting the most from Sin”: 24/7 Wall St.

In the old days of newspapering, there were “copy boys.” Today, at Columbia news, views & reviews, there is the “copy cat.” While he performs none of the chores of the copy boy, he’s right in the middle of the process.