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

Question for today… ” … four of Joe Pitts’ top five campaign contributors are in the health care field, notably the insurance industry..” – Dennis Reider in his letter to the editor in today’s daily newspaper. Reider cites opensource.org. [NOTE: Joe Pitts knows where the money is – only 15% of his campaign funding comes from individual contributors.}

• West York Council meeting ends abruptly after shouting match … about parking meters. – York Daily Record

• That won’t happen at Manor Townhip’s meetings: “The Supervisors passed resolution 12-2013 regarding the participation and conduct at public meetings. Find the full document under the administration page of the website or click here.” – Manor Township Website

• … and in Carlisle, a man was beaten by teens after an altercation about parking. – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Give back time – “Thousands of federal employees who received unemployment compensation while on furlough will have to return the payments to their state or city offices, as they will now receive retroactive pay for the time missed during the government shutdown.” – Government Executive

• “House Republicans line up for free annual physicals before defunding Obanacare.” – The New Yorker

• York Daily Record/York Sunday News editorial says Obama must be at Gettysburg

• “Party of Stupid” needs to rid itself of tea partiers – Letter to the editor, Harrisburg Patriot-News

• The Lancaster New Era editorial today opines that “Webcasting of school board meetings might not be worth it all of the time, but broadcasting the big ones would go a long way in building the public trust school boards need in order to make the right decisions.”