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

Quote for today … “No matter which way you go, somebody’s ox is going to get gored, and trying to make it fair is always going to be in the eye of the beholder.”  – Senator John Wozniak, in this article about the Governor’s plan for school taxes. – The Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA

• Some question merger of two hospital mega-giants – d-uh, you think! – Lancaster OnLine

• This Week: Tomorrow night, Council-or-the-whole meeting at 6:00 pm – Friday, Fourth Friday

• Bunch of properties “from the Sheriff to the Banks” in the property transfers in today’s LNP – Always Lancaster

• “Readability is a website that pulls the content from any page and shows it to you in a nice, readable format, removing all the ads, navigation, etc.  Since it uses it’s own servers to render the page content, it’s not actually your browser that is requesting the content.”

• BUT … packernet.com offers “Tips for Avoiding paywalls.”

• York County inspections – The York Dispatch

• Lancaster County inspections – Lancaster OnLine

• “Filthy restrooms, mouse droppings (in a York County School cafeteria): Check out how your restaurant fares in inspections” – Harrisburg’s Patriot-News website has started listing restaurant inspections from five central PA counties.

• 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.