today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today … “We are experiencing a rash of theft from vehicles primarily in the Mountville Area. Anyone with information is asked to contact us at 717.285.5191 or 1.800.957.2677.” – Communication to the citizens of West Hempfield from the West Hempfield Police Department’s facebook page.
- Good thing Columbia has no crimes like these, according to the Columbia Police Department’s facebook page.
- West Hempfield Township’s citizens also get to see info at the CrimeWatch page. Remember this is the “promised” site that Columbia’s Police Department is going to use. Remember this: Zero! None! Nada! Zilch!
- Most, about 70 percent, won’t see the impact in 2016, but “Medicare Part B premiums to rise 52% for 7 million enrollees.” – USA Today
- They want more money, because they keep spending money! “State universities to ask for $521 million in state aid” – PennLive
- What a concept! Reading’s police chief, Lancaster’s former police chief, in a community forum about continuum of force said this in a Reading Eagle article: “in the past officers were often taught to be ‘warriors.’ That kind of term, ‘warrior,’ connotes an ‘us versus them, That’s not the kind of police Heim wants in the streets of Reading. He said he wants his officers to be ‘guardians,’ with a goal of letting the community know ‘we’re all in this together.’ We don’t want to shoot anybody we don’t have to, We don’t want to have to use our batons on anybody we don’t have to. Part of the guardian way of policing is increasing foot patrols, which the department began doing two years ago. Officers, in small groups, are encouraged to walk the streets, visiting businesses and talking with residents.”
- “Paul Prudhomme, the Louisiana chef who ignited a nationwide craze for Creole and Cajun cooking and profoundly influenced American cuisine, died on Thursday (Oct. 8). He was 75.” – Nola.com
- Oh, sugar … what happened to that protection? “Teamsters’ Pension Fund Warns 400,000 of Cuts” – The New York Times
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Pension protection only applies to those employed by the state because taxpayers have bottomless pockets!
Evidently … when government payrolls continue to swell, somebody’s got to pay. We keep thinking about the “goose with the golden eggs” fable: “being selfish can lead to some sort of downfall.”
Or, maybe a political job?