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

Quote for today… “When will government teachers, police, firemen, prison guards and union employees, in general, realize they are not entitled to better than their neighbors?” – Extracted from a letter to the editors about pensions in public sector versus private sector. Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• “Committee of the Whole” council meeting on Monday evening at 6:00 pm, borough hall – Borough Website

• Police department facebook page mirrors the notifications with its third post of the month. Compare with West Hempfield PD’s and Ephrata’s 11 posts.

• Borough’s Website is improving: Using the Website “Community Announcements” to keep citizens informed see the increase in parking meter rates, for instance.

• Happened onto this “food for thought” article: “Public school Websites don’t have to suck.”

• Most nearby school districts have good websites: Our Lady of the Angels – Penn Manor – Hempfield – Eastern

• Columbia’s individual school have good Websites that are current,updated and quick-to-load: Junior/Senior High School – Park – Taylor … the Weebly platform used at these sites is different from the one used by the School District.

• Components of a good school district Website – Complete, updated regularly, quick-to-load, easy to use.

• Lots of Web sites are free and easy to customize but need a desire and dedicated school district administration to keep the Website “fresh” and current – SchoolLoop – WordPress – This one costs only $29 a month.

• These top 10 food companies control nearly everything we eat – AlterNet.org

• Politicians just lie: See the TV ad in which Corbett’s folks allege that Wolf’s company is headquartered in Delaware to avoid PA taxes? – Philly.com

• Wolf’s folks say it ain’t so – Pittsburgh Tribune-Tribune

• Wolf Organization Website says “headquarters are in York.“

• One way for the state to increase revenues: collect sales taxes equitably. See this article about the Shippensburg Fair vendors who don’t think it’s fair to have to pay sales tax. – FOX43

• Where did summer go? Lebanon County Fair begins on Saturday – Lebanon Daily News