Click here for Voter Registration information.

• Does it matter how you’re registered? What’s the party designation next to your name? Click here to find out what those initials mean. – ABC News

• Want to start your own political party? It’s a fairly simple task – just get 1% of America’s registered voters aboard and the “Electoral Commission will evaluate, and hopefully register you party to the list of the currently 54 registered American political parties.” – WikiHow

Quote for today … “Dealing 50 bags of heroin a day ? Bail set at 10% of $50,000 ? A fatal overdose from  heroin led police to Bealer the dealer ? What are the mitigating factors ? Attractive white woman ? The justice system needs a consistent drug enforcement process.” – Comment following the Pennlive article about the Nazareth professor arrested for dealing drugs: “More trouble for Pa. professor charged with dealing heroin.”

• “Lancaster County has the most homeless students in Central Pennsylvania with a total of 1,650. It’s also the county with the third-highest number of students who don’t have a home in the state.” – ABC27-TV

• How old are you? How long will you live? The Social Security Administration’s Actuarial Life Table gives your projection based only on age.

• Firefighter arsonist sent to prison – WFMZ69-TV

• “Name clergy accused of sexual abuse, therapists say” – The York Daily Record

• 32 years old – pampered and immature DUMASS – NPR

• Is this a great state or what | Great state to buy a legislator! – Philly.com

• “Millions more to face new voting restrictions in 2016” – Philly.com

• Stacked Deck | America’s prisons and jails “are overwhelmingly filled with poor people and people of color.” – US News & World Report

• Columbia Spy: “Citizens speak out about ELANCO contract at August 18 school board meeting”

• If you missed the Columbia Borough School Board meeting last Thursday, the above Columbia Spy article and this Columbia news, views & reviews one – “in their own words” – offer glimpses into the meeting’s discussions. The Columbia Borough School District’s Website does not offer audio transcript of the meeting; Columbia news, views & reviews does audio record public meetings in compliance with Pennsylvania state law. If you would like a copy of the audio recording, contact us via email – 17512@mail.com.

• Well, it’s a start | The Columbia Borough School District has updated the School Board Directors’ page at its clunky, often not current, sometimes inaccurate and out-of-date Website … but the Website’s landing page continues to show “School Board President, Tom Strickler” rather than “former School Board President, Tom Strickler” or “Tom Strickler, director of operations.”

• Inaccuracy example: the link in this line, “Columbia Borough/ Columbia School Board Meeting-May 18, 2016″ opens a .pdf file of the April 18, 2016 Columbia Borough School Board/ Columbia Borough Council Meeting Agenda.

• An eclectic style of position vacancies in the District is here.

• Stolen bike – communication is good! – Columbia Police Department Crimewatch & facebook pages

• Two more weeks to “Experience the Columbia Trolley” – Borough Website

Internet and facebook users are climbing around the world; the European Union has more facebook users than the US does and India is closing fast. – Internet World Stats