Draft Agenda for April 11, 2016 Borough Council Meeting
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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Risk is on taxpayers.
Gains to businesses.
This must be funded by businesses NOT the taxpayers. There are more important projects in this borough that $105,000
could benefit.
PAY ATTENTION or THEY'll PAY ANYONE!
Get involved.
"Hey look - that's where the last shooting was, and if you look on your right, you will see one of Columbia's young entrepreneurs selling his wares on the corner!"
How about building a Mainstreet that has something for all to do before we jump into this. Bringing visitors downtown is impressionable on the first visit with structure. Give me $35,000 per year and you will get what it needs, business.
The interest from the LASA purchase should be used for the infrastructure, not time to play. Fiscal responsibility is why the Council members are elected to office, spending this money takes one employee off the payroll for the next three years.
The businesses or Chamber of Commerce should be flipping the bill on this Trolley. The visitors that park at the Experience or Columbia High School, usually have their trip itinerary scheduled for the week.
How many choices do we have for dinner or lunch downtown for our visitors? How many antique shops will you take your children in? I would rather see Columbia pay a part-time Business Director that can build our downtown with that money. Business + People=$$$$ (Then a trolley!)
As far as the plywood,, perhaps you would like to donate what's needed to save the original doors?
Another Negative Nellie,, yeah.
Negative!
The downtown is dead. We just won't bury the stinking corpse.
No, it isn't the pretty picture downtown developers want to think about, but it is the truth. Not narrow-minded at all. Just reality.
Downtowns are convenient, social interaction, pride, history, to many to waste my time spelling out.
So need to go,, perhaps.
Want, enjoy, anticipate, pride, passion many reasons to support local businesses.
God Bless
Perhaps one day you will NEED or WANT to support the local businesses.
I know the residents in our two High Rises enjoy shopping there and so will others.
Goodnight
It's more than just a door and more than your assumptions to repair.
I doubt they have easy in as you state. But you seem to assume you know it all.
Go lend a helping hand, Anonymous!!