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

Quote for today … “We don’t have a democracy – we have an auction!” – Sign we saw on a bumper sticker recently. Sad, pathetic truth about the wealthy running this country.

• It’s meeting night; the second Monday of the month. Wonder whether the newly elected councillors will be attending?

• Columbia on Video at Columbia Spy – Columbia’s arts and culture – for families!

An arbitration agreement is a contract in which you agree to bring any legal claims you may have against your employer to arbitration, rather than filing a lawsuit in court. Unlike civil court, where matters are decided by judges and juries, an arbitration takes place before an arbitrator who is chosen by the parties.

• If you’ve not read the outstanding series about one of the more infuriating schemes that big business money, operating hand-in-hand with the tacit anointment of the “bought and paid for elected public servants, uses to screw Sid and Sally Citizen, you should. BEWARE THE FINE PRINT, part I – BEWARE THE FINE PRINT, part II – BEWARE THE FINE PRINT, part III.

• Look at the pop-up message that CNN.com slips in.

Google celebrates the 101st birthday of Hedy Lamar!

• Did you take the places 2040 survey?

• Grave Concern will be holding a quarterly public meeting and program. Wednesday November 18^th,  7:00 PM at the Lancaster County Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road – Route 30 East, Lancaster, PA 17602-1499. (717) 393-9745. Program:  “Cemetery Conservation” – Robert Mosko from Mosko Cemetery Monument Services will talk about the cost effectiveness of conservation. This meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. Grave Concern is an organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historical burial places. – SOURCE: news release

• Customers are not loving the new banker in town … read the comments following this article. – Lancaster Online