Columbia's decision to ban former employee from its property may be 'unconstitutional' [Lancaster Watchdog]
Chris Vera [Columbia Spy file photo] The following information is excerpted from a December 6, 2025 LNP Watchdog article by LNP | LancasterOnline reporter Jade Campos. Still reeling from an abrupt firing from his role as head of the Columbia Market House in March, Chris Vera was surprised to get a letter in the mail from a Columbia Borough attorney two weeks later telling him he was banned indefinitely from borough property. The letter gave no reason for the ban. Nine months later, Vera, who has served as president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society for more than a decade and has helped with the borough’s comprehensive plan, is still banned from borough property. He believes the ban includes borough parks, which is part of the reason he moved his annual Albatwitch Day festival, which celebrates the myth of a local cryptid, to Wrightsville. Vera said he’s not sure why the borough went to such lengths to keep him away from public spaces given his termination from the borough s...





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to NOT OWN AND CONTROL OUR OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO.....YOU MAY AS WELL START NAILING ALL THE COFFINS...THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A GHOST TOWN. LASA made statements at these mtgs that now this ---- is trying to explain away. i can NOT believe that council just sits and doesn't say anything.,they don't correct the misinformation.. WE NEED TO TAKE BACK OUR TOWN YESTERDAY - here is what cola news views says:
Last night, the Columbia Borough changed the flow of sewer discussion and decided, in a 5-1 vote, that the borough would enter into discussion with the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority for the operation of and possible purchase of the entire Wast Water Treatment System.
Council - you are supposed to act with the best interests of the residents at heart. NOT entertain Norm and all his whims. I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COUNCILORS TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES.... LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT !! THEY ARE THE SPECIALISTS !