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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Cotton is being GROWN AND HARVESTED IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT!!!
AHH So many secrets and treasures.
Here is a clue to the cotton field.
It's close to a Historical Old Carriage Path,,,
One that council chooses to ignore.
Hint two,,,, same BORO OWNED ALLEY, council made public promises about but never followed thru.
Hint three,,, we pay taxes for it and it's used as if it's privately owned....
Yes the cotton field is 100 feet from the Famous Historic Avenue J, between south second streets 100 block and Bank AVENUE....
NOW CAN THEY ADMIT, , THEIR IGNORANCE?
OH YEAH, AND PARK OF UNDERGROUND RAILROADS HISTORY.
Ahhhhh 400 signatures in favor,,,,
Now how many signatures against????
3 years and counting....
In the GHETTO
Odd how things work in this BORO
Columbia is out of CONTROL...
CALL THE EXTERMINATOR