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

Quote for today… ““I’m right at the peak of efficiency, you might say, as the chairman of the Health Subcommittee.” – Joe Pitts, U.S. Representative, in this article.

• Columbia Police Department news release

• Lancaster OnLine publishes Columbia’s superintendent’s “perks”

• LancasterOnLine lists other county school superintendent’s perquisites or “perks”

• No wonder people want this job! The job of superintendent of Columbia Schools is posted at the school’s Website. Click on “Job Postings” in the left column.

• Are you just plain put off by the barrage of really bad TV commercials that are especially prevalent at this time of the year? Really insipid car commercials. Really stupid pharmaceutical commercials (especially this one for Crestor) and those asanine Swiffer spots.

• Why boomers need TV commercials – The Huffington Post

• The Harrisburg-Patriot and PennLive have done a really good job with a series of articles about hospitals entitled “Supersizing health care.” Click here to get to links to the articles including a searchable database.