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

Question for today… “Can any nation so conceived and so dedicated long endure? The answer, emphatically, is yes.” – York Daily Record editorial, “Our take: ‘Of the people, by the people, for the people’”

• Ah, those trusted volunteer staffers: “A Columbia man has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a fund that helps protect volunteer firefighters in Manheim Township, police said.” – LancasterOnline

• Columbia PD news release 19 Nov 2013

• Out of date: Columbia’s “What’s happening” Web page and the Columbia Police Department facebook page. The disdain and dismissal of citizens continues.

• Note the Columbia Borough “What’s happening” Web page has been updated; old, out-of-date data is gone. – 6:00 pm today

• Compare with West Hempfield Township and Ephrata and northwest regional. These and other community policing agencies use social media to keep citizens informed.

• Columbia: 90% of its kindergartners “considered school-ready” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Booster clubs with half-million dollar accounts? – York Dispatch

• PA House says “No” to transportation bill – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• How Lancaster County’s reps voted

• “possible stock market bubble?” – York Daily Record

• What? No jail time for half-million thief from not-for-profit? – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Injustice continues: Pastor guilty of “what?” – The Washington Post

• Radiation & property value loss: Concerned citizens against cell tower – Harrisburg Patriot-News