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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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We must support his efforts to bring integrity and transparency to the Board.
A group ,similar to the Concerned Citizens, needs to be formed to give voice to concerns of possible unethical behavior and conflicts of interest by some current and past board members which led to this reprehensible agreement with Elanco, which removed local control and created a job for a possibly unqualified and uncertified person.
The current Board president was not elected by the people. He was chosen, in a questionable manner, by certain members of the Board as a replacement for an elected member who resigned, after which he was chosen by those same members for president rather than the deserving Kathy Hohenadel.
Mr. Resch's letter must serve as a call to action by those who share his level of integrity and who are willing to work to correct this current, unacceptable Board behavior.