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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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What ever happen to campaigning, stump speeches and town hall meetings? If you would have asked me if Kelly Murphy was a man or woman. I most likely would have said a woman, because there is no pamphlets or newsletters delivered or mailed to my home during election season.
All non profits suffer from the lack of volunteering. When you put your name on that ballot, make sure you are fighting for the citizens of Columbia. If you look closely the Council and School Board are stacked on agenda and nothing else.
If not for the Columbia Spy, Columbia News, Views and Reviews and Lancaster Newspaper we would have no clue on progress or regress on local government. Stop blaming the media!