today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today… “They just print whatever the cops tell them to! WGAL and LNP have been doing it for years – and that’s why there’s so much corruption … ” – From this LIPNews commentary
- Why the shocking increase in police deaths in 2014 isn’t what it seems – Center for Investigative Reporting
- French response to terrorism is measured, swift, final – Al Jazeera America
- Charlie Hebdo attacks timeline – The Guardian, London
- Terrorism in Nigeria; hundreds massacred. “Most of the victims were women, children, and elders, who could not run fast enough to flee the killers.” – boingboing.net
It starts today!
- Deb Shops closing – another Galleria vacancy. What’s behind the rash of retailer closings? – CNBC
- A couple months ago Gil Smart asked – “Why must we build more places to shop — don’t we have enough?”
- The ice cometh, man – a couple days ago
- “Weis Markets has completed a remodel of its store in Columbia at 1786J Columbia Ave.“ – Lancaster Online
- Deep doo doo: “Even after a fantastic year on the stock market, the pension fund for Pennsylvania’s public school employees is deep in the red.” – Pennsylvania Independent
- Good governance? Just before he leaves office, Corbett announces new open records chief, “Senate Republican staffer Erik Arneson, 43, of Cornwall, Lebanon County, to the $140,000-a-year post in the open records office for a six-year term.” – PennLive [Not a big pay jump; he was making $136,942 in his old job in “Policy Development.” Gotta love those state job pay, benefit and retirement scales.]
- Know any state workers? Want to see that person’s salary?
[NOTE: This report provides information on the annual salaries or hourly/daily wages earned by employees. Salary and wage amounts do not include other forms of compensation, such as overtime. Or health insurance benefits, we’d guess, too.]
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