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

Quote for today… “ The school district is healthy and the home owners and business are under water from the taxes. I never heard of a solution for this situation?” – thread about school taxes at the You Know You’re From Columbia If … facebook page.

• No local police for Red Lion – The York Dispatch

• The  Constitution protects freedom of speech: one reason that “letters to the editor” are sometimes so “dumass.”

• Annika’s friends rally around her – WGAL-TV8 NOTE: You can help, click here.

• To paraphrase: “I came to praise him, but I think I’ll kick some butt.” Must have been the case at this Dillsburg funeral home? – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “legalized robbery” – Court of public opinion questions York’s Redevelopment Authority’s “giving away” property in this York Daily Record opinion.

• Mountville pair arrested for Turkey Hill robberies – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Beware government promises. In 2006, “Tax payers will not be affected … “. Today, the promise that never materialized, results in “the Borough will continue to be assessed interest of approximately $60 per day for this borrowing … ”. You see what happens when those elected public servants make decisions without a look into the continuing long-term impact and expense. Not every “good deal” really is a “good deal,” but these elected public servants are spending other people’s money.