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

Quote for today… “Never have one person control the books.” – Commenter to this Lancaster OnLine article about “trusted employee” theft from a social club – as that could ever happen! Trusted staffers don’t steal from social clubs, fire halls, churches, etc.

• Were you missed on the first “invitation” list? On March 8, Columbia news, views & reviews wrote: “What’s that you say? You weren’t invited to the charrette? ‘A charrette is an intensive planning session where citizens, designers and others collaborate on a vision for development. It provides a forum for ideas and offers the unique advantage of giving immediate feedback to the designers. More importantly, it allows everyone who participates to be a mutual author of the plan.’ In this town, the challenge is to be invited to the charrette. Are you a GOBAG?”

• But that’s OK – you’re invited this time –  “The consultants will make a public presentation of their findings 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at 200 Locust St., Columbia.”
  
• “Was there any discussion or recommendation about merging the high poverty and struggling Columbia School District with the Hempfield School District?” – A comment following the above article.

• Wonder how the top Columbia Master Plan will play into the findings in the Economic Development Strategic Plan of a few years ago? How much does the ongoing “reinvention of the wheel” cost taxpayers?

• Someone’s got to pay for all those acronym tax abatement plans: KOZ, CRIZ, etc. – “Some 370 Lancaster city businesses are facing fines of up to $1,000 from the state for failing to report taxes as required for a downtown development program.” – Lancaster OnLine

• Crooks in horse racing? What do you think? – Lancaster OnLine

• Turnabout’s fair play? Trusted insider steals from Republican Club. – Lancaster OnLine