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

Quote for today… “I just wish the animal cruelty rules were a little tougher … a lot of killers and psychopaths start out by killing animals.” – Kevin Bonner, rescued a dog that two cowardly slimeballs maimed and tried to kill. Read this article at PennLive.com. Sometimes the laws just do not provide enough punishment.

• HEAVY SNOW! More snow tomorrow.

• If Hellam Township has hexane concerns, shouldn’t Columbia have too?

• PNC bank will whack away tellers within five years – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

• Great Customer service, though, is what banks like Metro Bank do. Locally, Metro Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metro Bancorp, Inc. and is not affiliated with Metro Bank plc, Great Britain. It does appear the US Metro Bank closely follows the UK Metro Bank plc model with regard to its focus on Customers: “Additionally, eight of 10 new customers come to Metro Bank via recommendations from current customers; 97 percent of customers rate Metro Bank’s service as ‘exceptional.’’ It’ll be tough for PNC to get exceptional service with no faces to talk with Customers.

• Wonder if there’s a connection between transparency and school performance? Two more school districts have published their meeting schedules in the Legal Notices of today’s daily newspaper. Both have high school performance profiles.

• If you wend your way through the Columbia Borough Schools Website, then click on District, then click on Board Calendar, you’ll be able to see the Columbia School District 2014 meetings posted at the Website. Interestingly, the link at the page that says Public Participation Policy is dead.
  

• Many municipalities have also published their 2014 meeting dates, too.