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

Quote for today… “powers and duties of Code official to require inspections of residential rental units whenever there is a change in tenant; providing for the repeal of inconsistent Ordinances” – Extracted from a lengthy LEGAL NOTICE about revisions to multiple ordinances that will be discussed and voted on at the August 10 Borough Council meeting.

• Columbia Borough is seeking a part-time codes enforcement officer.

• The owner of Perfect Settings, Daisy Pagan, confirmed that the Borough Fire Chief did a safety inspection on her property’s emergency exit routes yesterday morning. She indicates the fire chief’s recommendation to the borough will be to install to have a panic bar installed on the inside of the fenced in area that’s obstructing a safe exit from the building in case of an emergency.

• Wonder whether the cost of that will be tacked onto charges being prepared for the property owner of the”olympian and egregious debacle” on the 200 block of Locust Street?

• “Do you have to tell a cop you’re using a dash cam?” – Boston.com

• 15% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? – Pew Research Center

• Newspaper industry lost 3,800 full-time editorial professionals in 2014 – Poynter Institute

• Veterans of any age may be eligible for VA benefits

• So, according to online posts, there are people purporting to be representatives from an electric company who are going door-to-door; one post said the representatives are “extremely rude.”

• One Borough Ordinance states: “No person shall engage in any transient retail business within Columbia Borough unless such person has procured a license as provided by this chapter” and transient retail business includes “The sale or offering for sale of any goods or any services by any of the following means: “Peddling, canvassing, soliciting or taking orders, either by sample or otherwise, upon the streets, sidewalks or any public place, or from house to house, within Columbia Borough.” [NOTE: In the above graphic, clearly the seller at the door is not a codes department representative: no hoodie and he’s sporting ID.]

• Steelton home intruders dressed as police – FOX 43-TV  Another report here – PennLive

• State troopers under investigation for “possible brutality” – WHTM Channel 27 News

• Question: Who’s the back-up quarterback for the New England Patriots? Tom Brady won’t be starting for at least the first four games this year.

• Donegal Group’s second quarter profiits are up dramatically – Central Penn Business Journal