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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They also forgot to mention the problems with needles and heroin use!
So yes sad and true!!!
They have a no drug zone great yet a registered pervert can live less then 2 blocks from the school where little children have to walk past in many cases unattended by an adult. Perhaps Columbia Boro could create a "No Registered Pervert Zone? Perhaps maybe the kids here in this town are worth that much? If Marietta can do it and they did just ask ex-lawmaker Tom Armstrong so can Columbia there is no excuse in my opinion for not acting on our kids behalf. Except maybe lazyness.....? The boro can fine a person for there grass growing so I'm sure they too could do something to fix innocent children haveing to walk past the convicted perverts on their way to and from school eh?