today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today… “It’s like changing the front door on your house. This should raise the property value of the community.” — Neil Habecker, Wrightsville’s mayor, in this article about the addition of new lighting on “the bridge.” – The York Dispatch
from Cole Umber’s collection.
- The best photos of “the bridge” lights, including installation shots, come from Columbia chronicler, Cole Umber’s site. Go there to see a collection of photos.
- Columbia hires new school administrators – LancasterOnLine
- How does it keep happening? Another trusted employee strikes: for over a half-million? How much money must the company be making … if it doesn’t miss a half-mil? Who’s running the company? Who’s looking at trial balances? Sheez!
- Love this quote: “The price of apathy is to be ruled by evil men.” In the 2013 primary, only 7.7 percent of Lancaster County voted. – The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre.
- Nation’s existing “housing inventory” increases – calculatedriskblog.com
- Hear about all those unsold cars? – Myth says Snopes.
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“The Price of Apathy is to be Ruled by Evil Men,” is a great quote. Concerning today’s primary elections, we must consider that this is an off-year election, and far fewer citizens will likely spare the time to vote. Many feel their is no real difference between the two major parties, and voting won’t change a thing. A major problem with this state, and most of the rest of the United States, is that the Democrats and Republicans control elections. To use the title of a sixties song sung by Leslie Gore, “It’s My Party,” the D’s and R’s consider elections to be their party, and nobody else can join it — not the Greens, Libertarians, Congressional, or other independent parties. The rules for gaining access to the ballot are ridiculously difficult. Until citizens stop “voting for the lesser of two evils,” and vote their consciences for candidates who offer viable change, this system will continue, and voter turnout will remain low.