Having run not-for-profit organizations for the better part of my life, I have come to appreciate something that might take others a lifetime to grasp. You see, I never owned the places where I worked. It was very clear to me that, be it a school, an arts center, a tourism bureau, a ...
In response to Oren Spiegler’s Wednesday letter, “Trump is a divider, not a uniter,” I won’t defend divisive comments the former president has made. However, let me count some of the ways that President Biden has divided our nation. I only need to look at the polls to see how he has ...
The contrast between the two major-party presidential candidates couldn’t be clearer. One is a father, long experienced in government, who still openly loves his prodigal son, though he won’t use the power he has to make his son immune from the consequences of our justice system. The ...
The importance of transparency in county government cannot be overstated. Transparency increases public trust by providing residents with up-to-date information on government decision-making. It is critical in everything from public emergencies, like the cyber attack on the county’s computer ...
Small businesses are struggling in Pennsylvania. Just ask any restaurant or retail business owner, and they will rattle off the financial challenges they face every day. Labor, food and energy costs, as well as operational expenses, never decrease; instead, they keep going up. In many ...
Captain Kirk, initiate the tractor beam – Dave Ball left reality again in his June 17 column. I don’t know if Ball doesn’t know how to properly research his columns, or perhaps he doesn’t care about the truth. Let’s start with this fact: In New York City, Donald Trump was found ...
