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Spill, baby, spill

by Daniel Klotz on April 29, 2010

Digging for fossil fuel is never safe. It’s never safe for humans, and it’s never safe for the wild areas in which we humans allow the digging. The inconceivably massive oil spill we are witnessing on the Gulf Coast should (…)

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Card Check may be good for Central PA

by Daniel Klotz on December 7, 2008

“When it gets rough out there, a lot of business leaders get out of the car and say, ‘We’re OK with minor reform,’” Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s appointed chief of staff, recently told The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council. “I’m challenging (…)

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Lancaster County Community Foundation Grants

by Daniel Klotz on November 25, 2008

The Lancaster County Community Foundation announced its latest round of grants in a press release dated Friday. Here is what I consider to be especially notable. My comments are in italics below. From the press release: “Arts and culture non-profit (…)

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Democrats Gaining in Lancaster County Republican Territory

by Daniel Klotz on November 10, 2008

Three (really rustic) graphics: Together, they spell trouble for Republicans here in Lancaster County, PA, which has for decades been a dependable stronghold for the GOP. The graphics represent, in order, the outcome of the 2000, 2004, and 2008 presidential (…)

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Why I am voting YES for Home Rule

by Daniel Klotz on November 3, 2008

Tomorrow Lancaster County voters will decide whether or not to break out from under Harrisburg’s total control of our county government structure. Everyone will have the opportunity to vote either yes or no to a referendum question on the back (…)

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