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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On another note....still say that the School Board needs to step up to the plate & do the right thing....wth....hearing stories of all kinds of WRONGDOING....the Columbia Borough School District needs to combine with another school district and move on. It has to be better than continuing as it does. We can not afford to pay top 3 administrators $$$$$$$$ ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN MONEY....PLUS HOW MANY MORE IN BENEFITS.......THERE IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NO REASON FOR ALL THESE ADMINISTRATORS.....NONE...what the heck do you NOT understand? And on top of that....you make up rules as you go along.