“Newspaper's stake in project surprises foes,” today’s New Era (click here).
“'The only thing that is being asked for is that (the commissioners) are not allowed to say they’re going to take an illegal action,’ Buckwalter said."
Lancaster County attorney Howard Kelin in his closing argument yesterday, WGAL, (click here).
"The biggest irony that's going on here is we have the newspapers, who should be defending the First Amendment, seeking a gag order so that elected public officials cannot do the public's business."
Commissioner Molly Henderson quoted in today’s Intell article, “City project’s lawsuits weave a tangled web.” The article was not posted online.
Quoted from today’s Intell article, “Project backers want quick ruling.” The article was not posted online.
The WGAL “poll” that is currently being conducted (click here).
What kind of stupid question is that? Seriously. Why wouldn’t the commissioners be “allowed” to change the public portion. Isn’t that their job? Isn’t that why we elected them?
What a stupid and biased poll by the station whose manager signed the PSP’s ridiculous letter as a “community leader” supporting the center and demanding the commissioners stop trying to “kill” it.
Please note that I can not link to the above Intell articles as they are not posted online. For three days now, the articles dealing with the hearing have not been posted.
This is a news blackout and a blatant attempt by the Lancaster Newspapers to: 1) squelch public comment; 2) prevent news sources from linking to them; and 3) to try and keep this as secret as possible so that word doesn’t get out that a newspaper has sued to put a “gag order” on elected officials to protect their own publicly funded white elephant.
Unbelievable. I can’t wait until the press gets wind of this.
For people who are desperate to chat and make sure others are alive, don’t forget www.reportertalk.com - and a Talkbacker started this forum - http://www.vf11.com/lancaster . Hey, I’m not “banned” in either one of these! Oh, happy day!
YIKES! IT’S A NEWS BLACKOUT!
I have never read such a condescending, offensive, stupid and misleading headline in my life. Never. How did this headline make the front page of a Sunday Newspaper in the year 2006? The article was not posted online (I wonder why!) so I cannot link to it.
End of story. There is no story other than Fenningham tried to take a cheap shot at a woman. And the Sunday News took an incredibly sexist and cheap shot with this headline.
Marvelous Marv, the editor, should definitely have someone check his and Gil Smart’s work. Please see the “Breaking News” box directly below this story. I am against the war as much as anyone – but Smart lies. It is not acceptable. I no longer believe a single word Smart says, and if the Sunday News continues to let this man lie unchecked, I will not believe a single word that appears in that paper - and I don’t believe many of them as it is!
Marv, I bet they are just shaking in their shoes - and, hey, that really is not funny! More like pathetic.
And, of course, Marv has to make a “funny” comment about women and his daughter’s “Aunt Peggy.” He says of her, “(age withheld to protect me).” Hmmm. Marv, my age is 52 and on top of my already cranky nature and the hot weather, I’m having hot flashes. You don’t want to annoy me, Marv. Trust me.
Speaking of being annoyed, I am going to come back once and for all (hopefully) to the men’s rights nutjob later this week - but this quick update/warning. This poster is a person who is desperate for attention and has a slew of screen names. So, be on guard and remember this person’s modus operandi: desperate for attention and an argument, claims to have lived in Lancaster at some point, always claims the other side has no “facts,” just “opinions,” dislikes attorneys, resorts quickly to personal insults but loudly screams foul if anyone dares question her motives, and finally, this person often misspells “a lot” as “alot.” Ding. Ding. Ding.
The "LOL Boss" posting on Talkback yesterday.
Oh, heavens! I would never think of calling you a “super jerk.” Who would do such a thing? I am, however, still waiting for my T-shirt, LOL Boss. Could you check on that for me? Remember – pink, short-sleeves and size medium? I’ve been waiting a long time. Did I mention my cranky nature and hot flashes? Thank you so much.
This is the transcript of what was reported from CNN (click here).
“Once a confluence of cultures, Baghdad is turning into sectarian islands of fear. (on camera): In an indication of just how bad fears have become, one international official told me of reports among his staff that a 15-year-old girl had been beheaded and a dog's head sewn on her body in its place; and of a young child who had had his hands drilled and bolted together before being killed. Whether or not the reports are accurate, the staff took them as fact. It seems in this climate of fear, no act is so barbaric it can't be believed.
What a week! The Lancaster Newspapers and WGAL made fools of themselves. The PSP/LCCCA made a terrible judgment call by filing a lawsuit. Jeff Hawkes killed his career. Big stuff went on in York and thankfully there were some terrible headlines.
First things first - fun, of course. Artie See has a biting satire on City Council President Julianne Dickson on Looking At Lancaster titled, “WANTED: For Crimes Against Taxpayers,” (click here). Wow! Don’t make Artie mad!
This man needs to spend some time in an asylum.
Take you own advice, Mayor Gray.
Yes, but how many of us are corn? The mayor maybe - and fowl like corn but we can’t feed the fowl. I’m confused.
Mr. Pitts, I did not write them. I am simply reprinting them. Thank you.
“In her original and amended complaints, Downing sought to peel back a layer in one of the county's most powerful, agencies. Court filings that followed, including depositions of detectives, assistant district attorneys, and even Rebert himself, gave the public a rare look inside the district attorney's office.
This is from the York Daily Record and a lawsuit against the District Attoney’s Office that was settled this week, (click here).
Hmmm. You don’t suppose the Lancaster DA’s office is rife with cronyism, political malfeasance and bending of the law, do you? There will be more on this at a later time.
“Teeming,” Hawkes? Read this, Hawkes – “Soon Every Town in America Will Have an Unused Convention Center,” (click here).
I linked to this article yesterday, but if you haven’t read it, please do. Common sense must prevail. It is years past the time when the PSP/LCCCA should have pulled the plug on this white elephant. It is a fantasy, Hawkes.
Yes, indeed. The conflict and the spin are obvious. There will be much more on all of this on Monday, when closing arguments in the PSP/LCCCA lawsuit against the County Commissioners will be given in Courtroom 2 at 10:30 a.m.
Have a nice weekend. I only reprinted them, Mr. Pitts!
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LIP News is extremely proud and pleased to announce our new contest, “When will the PSP pack it in?” Please check back tomorrow for all the contest details!
A very bright Talkbacker just posted a link to the above article (click here). It is excellent. Go-karts, anyone? Please check back tomorrow.
7-14-06 - 1: 45 p.m.
The hearing between the County Commissioners and the PSP/LCCCA is still going on in Judge Madenspacher’s courtroom. It may or may not wrap up today.
In the middle of a court battle and a new lawsuit by hotel owners challenging the hotel tax, Jeff Hawkes writes another column backing his employer’s publicly funded hotel and convention center.
No, you didn’t, Hawkes. Lanco Yokel took you to task with "You Don't Have to be an Expert, Jeff. But How About Some Logic?" (click here) and I published "Descent into Madness" (click here).
What world do you live in, Hawkes? That’s a lie and you know it. Let me repeat, there is a court battle going on, a new lawsuit by hotel owners, a request by Common Cause for the governor to investigate the LCCCA and there is no current funding for the project.
The LCCCA has spent $18,000,000 in eight years and they have a six inch paper file and a hole in the ground to show for it, Hawkes. Lanco Yokel says you get an "F" (click here) and I say shame on you. You're toast.
It is completely appalling and what makes it absolutely unbelievable and scary is that it is a newspaper that is trying to stop free speech. And the newspaper is breaking every journalistic code of ethics by acting as a non-stop propaganda machine for its own, publicly funded, hotel/convention center project (please see the “Breaking News” below).
The Lancaster Newspapers have also taken down their article linking tool so that I cannot link directly to articles and the Talkback that is below them.
I am rarely speechless. I am rarely this appalled and scared.
Please check back tomorrow when the case resumes in Courtroom 2 at 9:00 a.m. with Judge Joseph C. Madenspacher presiding.
The above was just posted online at 10:27 a.m. as a New Era article titled, “Center’s foundation pouring to begin by Aug. 1,” (I cannot link to it at this time – please check back later).
No it will not. Who do you think you are? Who do you think you are?
Horst Hotel Co. and Ephrata Motel Partners, LP, announced that they have filed suit against the County of Lancaster challenging the constitutionality of the 3.9% hotel tax which was enacted in 2000.
The suit asks the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas to declare that the hotel tax is unconstitutional because its burdens outweigh any benefits to the plaintiffs. Necessary parties, those who would be affected by such a declaration, are the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Lancaster, the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, and Penn Square Partners.
The two plaintiffs were not part of the prior suit which challenged the hotel tax in 2000. The new action is based on, among other facts, a recent study done for the County of Lancaster by PKF Consulting.
The hearing in Judge Madenspacher’s courtroom is still in session as of 3:45 p.m. today. It will not conclude today but will continue this Friday at 9:00 a.m. in the same courtroom.
“Montgomery says Giles got it wrong - The Phils' president said the chairman misjudged his explanation of Brett Myers' arrest last month,” today’s Philadelphia Inquirer (click here).
This, honest to goodness, was a thread topic started on the Talkback board by the men’s rights nutjob, who says she’s not a men’s rights nutjob, just worried about the children. This, of course, is the poster who is getting on my nerves worse than a tick in a dog’s ear. I hate liars.
Today, she links to this men’s rights’ site and “Stories of Abused Men in Tennessee.” These people are so stupid they post the story, “Coffee County wife shoots and kills husband.” The woman killed him in self-defense because he was going to kill her and their three children.
And look at the dates on these stories! This is sick. I will have more on this lying nutjob shortly. Get lost.
What a hoot! I had to post the Lancaster Police phone number for the poor dear. There will be much more and an answer to your question, Harper. Calm down.
For fun, and because I admit to loving gossip, and the Cruise/Holmes coupling is just the best, I thought I would post the lastest gossip flying around the globe - did they have a child?
“Almost three months after the birth of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter, the Shroud of Suri has yet to be lifted. Suri Cruise has yet to be seen in public, either in person or photographically, since entering the world April 18.
To some, this is a holdout of staggering proportions.
MSN –“ Cruise-Holmes Baby Still Hidden 3 Mos. Later,” (click here).
As of 11:00 this morning the hearing between the County Commissioners and the PSP/LCCCA was still going on before Judge Madenspacher. The courtroom is full and some people did not get in. Please stay tuned for updates.
Our founding fathers knew strong, vigorous reporting would serve America best.
“Defendant’s Brief Opposing Motions for a Preliminary Injuction” (click here).
The Lancaster Newspapers, as a partner in the Penn Square Partners, have filed a lawsuit to “gag” the elected County Commissioners from communicating or taking any actions that are adverse to the proposed, publicly funded, hotel and convention center project in which they have a huge vested interest.
It is impossible for me to find words to express my outrage and absolute disgust.
Please read the above brief and attend tomorrow’s hearing at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2.
Please check back tomorrow. Thank you.
A GAG ORDER AGAINST LIP NEWS? WHAT’S GOING ON? NO WAY! PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER TODAY… HEY!