It was announced at the Monday council meeting when the mayor said that the police department would be “sectored” and partnered with codes staff to begin catching codes violations and provide a police presence that will reassure residents.

Here’s the Lancaster Online article about it.

The article takes a rather one-dimensional side of a story as it references citizen complaints to councillors. Everyone knows there are at least three sides to the tale of truth. One teller of “truth” – another teller of “truth” and the real truth.

Columbia news, views & reviews has spoken with the alleged codes violators and curiously, another side of truth surfaces.

Is it possible that an accuser has made ethnic comments and unsubstantiated allegations?

Are there drugs on the block? Absolutely!

Is it possible that Columbia’s Police Department and codes folks will be as transparent about the new planned alignment as Lancaster is?

What do you think?

Here’s the thought of one commenter to Cole Unber’s news site about this issue:

“sounds ridiculous to me. and you SHOULD attend boro council mtgs and tell that to the councilpersons……and oh didn’t we ALREADY have all this onthe books??? they don;’t enforce now…why the hell spend more money and hire more people for codes???? it’s absolutely unacceptable.”

Great suggestion; citizens should attend council meetings. On Monday, March 23 the Council meeting of the whole will be held at the Borough Hall beginning at 6:00 pm.

And the info on the back side of the monthly – March and April – sewer bills contains a raft of spring clean-up information and warnings.