Lancaster County’s Republican state House delegation is putting pressure on leaders of the higher-education system and Millersville University to cancel an upcoming lecture by radical-turned-professor William Ayers. The county’s seven GOP lawmakers say Ayers’ appearance would represent “an inappropriate promotion of a man whose history includes violence against the United States of America.”
Their remarks were […]

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New Era staff writer Ad Crable says stink bugs have become quite the problem here.
Indeed, populations of unusual brown stink bugs, the latest overseas invader, are exploding in Lancaster County. One local exterminator this week declared the smelly, armor-plated bugs to be flying insect public enemy number one, replacing Asian ladybugs and box elder bugs. […]

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From the office of state Sen. Lloyd Smucker:
In celebration of President’s Day, the James Buchanan Foundation, Lancaster County Historical Society and Senator Lloyd Smucker will host an interview with President James Buchanan on Monday, February 16, from 1 pm to 2 pm.  The interview will be held at Wheatland, the Lancaster estate of the 15th […]

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So says Ed.
From the Inky:
The dust had not yet settled on the federal stimulus debate when Gov. Rendell said yesterday that Pennsylvania had escaped disaster. In fact, Rendell said, the state will get almost the full $5 billion he was seeking in budget aid over three years. “No major damage was done to us,” Rendell […]

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I know, I know. This blog is supposed to be about politics. About straw polls and all the haggling over the economic stimulus plan and the ongoing fencing match between Rep. Joe Pitts and Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray.
But come on. It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Let’s loosen up a little bit. Here’s a great idea, […]

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Breaking news from from Marketwatch:
U.S. retailers rang up their largest increase in sales in more than a year in January, rebounding strongly after six straight months of sharp declines, the Commerce Department reported. Retail sales increased 1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, the first increase since June and the largest percentage increase since […]

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Railing against the $1.1 billion line item in the stimulus package he says would “prepare the country for socialized medicine,” Lancaster County’s representative in the U.S. House said: “Using this so-called stimulus bill to move the country towards the agenda of the left is wrong. First the bailout. Now the stimulus. Millions of dollars in […]

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From Quinnipiac University this morning:
By a 69%-28% margin, PA voters oppose of Gov. Ed Rendell’s plan to allow counties to raise the sales tax by 1% and keep the revenue for local government. However, voters do support Rendell’s proposal to increase cigarette taxes by 10 cents per pack (67%-28%) and his plan to legalize video […]

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Lancaster County’s representative in the U.S. House, Republican Rep. Joe Pitts, continues his sparring match with city Mayor Rick Gray, a Democrat who took issue with the lawmaker’s reasons for opposing the federal stimulus proposal.
This is getting interesting. And fun. Here is Pitts’ letter to the Intell:
NEA funding won’t aid economy
TO THE EDITOR:
There was not […]

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Snarlin’ Arlen in an op-ed in this morning’s Washington Post:
“In politics,” John Kennedy used to say, “nobody gets everything, nobody gets nothing and everybody gets something.” My colleagues and I have tried to balance the concerns of both left and right with the need to act quickly for the sake of our country. The moderates’ […]

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