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

Quote for today … ” … that banking offers career opportunities for women.” – Article about a 24 year-old woman who has seen opportunity with Wells Fargo Bank. – York Sunday News/York Daily Record.

• Are you registered to vote? Look here to be sure. Monday is the deadline. – VotesPA.com

• Living in a “degrowth” economy! “Degrowth would liberate us from the burden of pursuing material excess.” – The Conversation

• Letter to the editor in The Sunday News mentions high Columbia property taxes and brags about his escape plan to Florida to escape high taxes and cost of living.

• Two terms enough for any elected public servant? In Manheim Township, they say “Yes.” Limiting terms of public office reduces the stranglehold that megalomania of “Boss Hog-like” politicians. And it “rejuvenates the Party and promotes fresh ideas.” Hey, there’s an idea!

• Yesterday was “World Animal Day” – “World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Since then, World Animal Day has become a day for remembering and paying tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them. It’s celebrated in different ways in every country, with no regard to nationality, religion, faith or political ideology.” Humans share this earth with the animals, let’s work to save and protect them.

• Not a good inspection for Darrenkamp’s in E-town – Restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – The Sunday News

• Might want to stay off “the trail” in York County – Restaurant inspections in York County – The York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia – Columbia persists in having its own inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• Obfuscation rules! It’s not real easy to find what is supposed to be public domain information in Pennsylvania. In the Deeds Recorded in today’s Sunday News, B&K Real Estate LLC acquired property on Locust Street. So who is B&K Real Estate LLC? One might expect to find the business name registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State Corporation registration database. Here’s what we found: no listing for B&K Real Estate LLC. Last Week, Columbia news, views & reviews carried this information: The recorded mortgage. – – –  418 Locust Street and 422 Locust Street (This real estate Website shows the properties together) are sold to B&K Real Estate, LLC. for $392,000. That recorded mortgage.