The County Commissioners had 2 appraisals for the property on W. King, currently the Magistrate office. That is going up for closed bids in March at absolute of $460,000.
There is no way in today's economic conditions someone is gong to pay that price or
more for a piece of property that is assessed at 185,000. The County paid tooooo much for it 30 years ago...
The County also want to know what the buyer is going to do with it. Mr. Lehman and I had words as I informed him that cannot be part of the decision if it is to go to the highest bidder.
If no one bids at $460,000 or higher, they will then come up with another plan. They said that by doing it this way, the public will be privy to the whole process, not like Conestoga View.
Mr. Lehman wants something done to put it on the tax roles. AFTER the meeting I asked them why that consideration was not on the table when the W & S building was up for sale. Upscale condos would have been wonderful instead of a complex with no taxes for 20 years. There was no comment.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Challenge in attracting a good reporter
In response to the January 25th editorial "Job opening ignored", it is both shameful and predictable that the NewsLanc.com job has not been wholly inquired by Lancaster County reporter applicants.
You see (and applicants-- don’t due to myopia) that NewsLanc.com takes on the strong entities of this county such as 'The Big Five' -- The Lancaster Newspapers, Franklin & Marshall, Lancaster General Hospital, The Fulton Bank and The High Group.
And at the same time, NewsLanc.com supports the alternative path of covering news much to the chagrin of these county companies and the principles that run these organizations.
Potential applicants are not seeking employment with NewsLanc.com opportunities out of fear of these entities, but also out of unsuredness and trepidation of their respective economic futures. Lancaster County is a small, gossip-ridden county. And
for that purpose, any individual who affronts the Big Five and the self-serving thinking of the county powers will surely be ostracized and may I see 'blackballed' from future conventional news reporting job employment opportunities.
As an everyday reader of NewsLanc.com, I greatly appreciate the alternative news approach to Lancaster County as opposed to the calculated coverage offered by Lancaster Newspapers. But alas, I am not journalistically-trained and I read NewsLanc.com everyday, purely as a devotee, in anonymity.
To be a reporter for such an alternative news source demands individuals who not only seek to publish truthful articles that offer an alternative approach to the powers of the county, but also individuals who put their cogent approach to reporting above their own financial securities and the fortitude to publicly signing their names to NewsLanc.com articles.
Overall, I find it starkly refreshing that NewsLanc.com is having difficulty in employing any reporters. As I would much rather read an article by a reporter who is completely devoted to alternative news coverages of Lancaster County rather than a reporter who practices 'safe news' and would rather report half-devoted news items that would be self-protective and further propagate the obsequious nature of
organizations such as 'The Big Five'.
To NewsLanc.com, please continue your news coverage that is pure and alternative compared to what is offered by Lancaster Newspapers. And if it possible, please wait for those reporter applicants that share your purity of soul and who aren't afraid to print truthful, alternative news item that cover our everyday Lancaster
County lives.
You see (and applicants-- don’t due to myopia) that NewsLanc.com takes on the strong entities of this county such as 'The Big Five' -- The Lancaster Newspapers, Franklin & Marshall, Lancaster General Hospital, The Fulton Bank and The High Group.
And at the same time, NewsLanc.com supports the alternative path of covering news much to the chagrin of these county companies and the principles that run these organizations.
Potential applicants are not seeking employment with NewsLanc.com opportunities out of fear of these entities, but also out of unsuredness and trepidation of their respective economic futures. Lancaster County is a small, gossip-ridden county. And
for that purpose, any individual who affronts the Big Five and the self-serving thinking of the county powers will surely be ostracized and may I see 'blackballed' from future conventional news reporting job employment opportunities.
As an everyday reader of NewsLanc.com, I greatly appreciate the alternative news approach to Lancaster County as opposed to the calculated coverage offered by Lancaster Newspapers. But alas, I am not journalistically-trained and I read NewsLanc.com everyday, purely as a devotee, in anonymity.
To be a reporter for such an alternative news source demands individuals who not only seek to publish truthful articles that offer an alternative approach to the powers of the county, but also individuals who put their cogent approach to reporting above their own financial securities and the fortitude to publicly signing their names to NewsLanc.com articles.
Overall, I find it starkly refreshing that NewsLanc.com is having difficulty in employing any reporters. As I would much rather read an article by a reporter who is completely devoted to alternative news coverages of Lancaster County rather than a reporter who practices 'safe news' and would rather report half-devoted news items that would be self-protective and further propagate the obsequious nature of
organizations such as 'The Big Five'.
To NewsLanc.com, please continue your news coverage that is pure and alternative compared to what is offered by Lancaster Newspapers. And if it possible, please wait for those reporter applicants that share your purity of soul and who aren't afraid to print truthful, alternative news item that cover our everyday Lancaster
County lives.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Are LGH and F&M linked at the top?
Is it common knowledge that Tom Beeman [President of Lancaster General Hospital] and John Fry [President of Franklin and Marshall College] are college buddies?
Monday, January 26, 2009
Re: City heavily invested in Convention Center
You make good points in this story but it also serves as a great example to the ignorance about the true realities of the financing on this project.
With the exception of a select few at Stevens and Lee, who dreamed up this scam to benefit Penn Square Partners, and the top management at PSP, no one truly understands all of the intricacies of the financing. That includes the County Commissioners, the Mayor, the LCCCA, RACL, the monopoly print media, and our other elected officials.
With the exception of a select few at Stevens and Lee, who dreamed up this scam to benefit Penn Square Partners, and the top management at PSP, no one truly understands all of the intricacies of the financing. That includes the County Commissioners, the Mayor, the LCCCA, RACL, the monopoly print media, and our other elected officials.
Lancaster divorce courts biased against men
This is the first time in my writing years that no one will publish an article regarding "divorce" and its bias in many cases.
The following are just a few of the injustices that have been known as fact:
Divorce Master's are to make a decision within 30 days...some take months, years to make a decision all the while the person pays support and keeps being taken back into court for support until the decision is
made.
Lawyers not willing to make a settlement, even a reasonable one but draws it out for no reason
Lawyers who do not provide their clients with adequate paperwork, consideration
Men who have been accused wrongly of some type of abuse towards their children later to be found innocent but have lost their homes, jobs etc. in effort to survive the situation of court costs.
Men who have lost everything because of a bias unfair judicial system.
I have heard over and over again from lawyers who say the system is archaic and you would have to move a mountain to change it.
I have talked to a few lawyers, financial people to hold a forum on divorce but they all say it would have to be held out of Lancaster because of bias.
There are many preconceived ideas on divorce that it is over in two years.....no way it could go for years
This are just a few of the things which I have become aware of.
Where, who could I find someone of interest to publish an article, to hear the voices of those who have been stripped, and no justice served.
The following are just a few of the injustices that have been known as fact:
Divorce Master's are to make a decision within 30 days...some take months, years to make a decision all the while the person pays support and keeps being taken back into court for support until the decision is
made.
Lawyers not willing to make a settlement, even a reasonable one but draws it out for no reason
Lawyers who do not provide their clients with adequate paperwork, consideration
Men who have been accused wrongly of some type of abuse towards their children later to be found innocent but have lost their homes, jobs etc. in effort to survive the situation of court costs.
Men who have lost everything because of a bias unfair judicial system.
I have heard over and over again from lawyers who say the system is archaic and you would have to move a mountain to change it.
I have talked to a few lawyers, financial people to hold a forum on divorce but they all say it would have to be held out of Lancaster because of bias.
There are many preconceived ideas on divorce that it is over in two years.....no way it could go for years
This are just a few of the things which I have become aware of.
Where, who could I find someone of interest to publish an article, to hear the voices of those who have been stripped, and no justice served.
Reader forwards comment from afar
An out-of-state reader of NewsLanc who read about TRRAAC’s investigation of the sources of public funding for the $46 million project to relocate and expand the Norfolk Southern Dillerville Rail Yard emailed me his reaction:
"The F&M and LGH fundraising is a great example of manipulation of state and federal funding mechanisms and of misrepresentation in the process. Probably, only a legal challenge and negative public opinion can halt the process. Rather than corresponding with President Obama's office, I probably would continue with efforts to get public awareness of the misuse of state and federal funds in this time of economic recession."
"The F&M and LGH fundraising is a great example of manipulation of state and federal funding mechanisms and of misrepresentation in the process. Probably, only a legal challenge and negative public opinion can halt the process. Rather than corresponding with President Obama's office, I probably would continue with efforts to get public awareness of the misuse of state and federal funds in this time of economic recession."
Should judges redo mortgages?
The real problem is that the servicing company is in control. They have no incentive to negotiate because they make money by driving the foreclosure process forward. They don't care whether the loan is paid or not. In fact, they do better if it has trouble.
For some time they have been deliberately holding payments received on time without crediting them to the account. They say they are "in suspense". Then they charge late fees, and have their attorney start a new default process just to drive up the bills. We wind up paying the original payment, the late fees, their attorney fees, and our attorney fees. You get a little behind and then the game is rigged to make sure that it is extremely difficult to get straight again.
I think they are probably doing this to a lot of people.
For some time they have been deliberately holding payments received on time without crediting them to the account. They say they are "in suspense". Then they charge late fees, and have their attorney start a new default process just to drive up the bills. We wind up paying the original payment, the late fees, their attorney fees, and our attorney fees. You get a little behind and then the game is rigged to make sure that it is extremely difficult to get straight again.
I think they are probably doing this to a lot of people.
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