Ralph Nader: Dollar General's Treatment Of Workers Is 'Shameful'

In the note to CEO Richard Dreiling, Nader said he calculated that Dreiling earns more in one day than many of his employees do over the course of an entire year, a bit of math that Nader found "shocking." According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, Dreiling's 2012 pay package was $22.5 million. Surveys on sites like GlassDoor.com show an average wage for Dollar General store associates and cashiers of less than $8 per hour.

"Dollar General's treatment of low­-wage workers is shameful," Nader wrote. "Low wages not only hurt workers: they hurt all taxpayers, too. When large, profitable corporations like Dollar General employ workers at shamefully low wages, employees are forced to resort to public assistance programs to provide their families with necessities. Thus taxpayers end up footing the bill for your company's poverty wages."

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4414272

Columbians frustrated by school funding, taxes

We need an outcry. Maybe one could start here.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/929389_Columbians-frustrated-by-school-funding--taxes.html

Holiday Open House at Jonal Gallery

Jonal Gallery/Alverta Arts Shop

     653 Locust Street - Columbia, Pennsylvania 17512

         717-681-9400                jonalgallery.com

          OPEN: Thursday - Saturday 10am-5pm

      Here are the exciting specials and "give-aways" 

                 you have been waiting to see ...

                 Open House Weekend Specials 

                 valid December 14 & 15 only ...

ANDREA'S WHIMSIES

Etched copper and sterling wire jewelry by Andrea Barrier  ...

                         10% OFF all necklaces

        20% OFF all other "Whimsies" accessories

D.W. DESIGNS

The designs and art of Dale Weibley ...

          Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF*

                           Unisex textile fashion accessory designs ...

                  Choose from "SHAKESPEARES" or "LONGFELLOWS"

                                      the totally reversible fashion scarf   or   the totally reversible casual tie

                                   *second must be of equal or lessor price

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          Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF

                         Mix & Match D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden"

    Note Card Sets, Coloring Books and the all new "Magnolia" Cross Stitch Kit

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                     50% OFF SUPER SPECIAL*

                 D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden" Boxed Stationery Sets

             *sorry one set per customer at this special price - others available at regular retail.

EGGS-ACTLY RIGHT GIFTS

Delicate carved and crafted eggs by Sue & Tom Babec ...

                            10% OFF

GENINE ANTONELLI - JEWELRY DESIGNER

One of a kind jewelry designs by Genine Antonelli

                            20% OFF

SUN GEM DESIGNS

Jewelry designs by Fara Lampart

                           15% OFF

                       PLUS other unadvertised specials in the ALVERTA ARTS SHOP 

                    All specials are limited to in-stock inventories. No adjustments permitted on prior sales.

   ENTER* TO WIN - HOLIDAY WEEKEND "Give-aways" 

Bully's Restaurant & Pub - 647 Union Street, Columbia ............... $25.00 Gift Certificate

Hinkle's Pharmacy & Restaurant - 261 Locust Street, Columbia ... $25.00 Gift Certificate

Prudhomme's Lost Cajun Kitchen - 50 Lancaster Hwy, Columbia .. $15.00 Gift Certificate

Turkey Hill Experience - 301 Lindon Street, Columbia .................... 4 pack pass package

John Wright Store & Restaurant - North Front Street, Wrightsville ..... Vera Bradley Tote

              Courtesy of our community businesses - please support these fine local establishments.

Andrea's Whimsies - at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Necklace by Andrea Barrier

Eggs-actly Right Gifts-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Carved Goose Egg by Tom

Dale Weibley Designs - at Jonal Gallery . winner's choice -one- Hand colored

                                                         "Holiday Memories" print by Pen & Ink artist Dale Weibley

Sun Gem Designs-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery ...Bracelet created by

                                                                                                           Fara Lampart

      From our artists and artisans at Jonal Gallery - Please enjoy an exceptional Arts Shop and Gallery experience!

                              * No purchase necessary. See Gallery for restrictions and drawing policy.

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                    SEE YOU AT THE GALLERY - JOHN and DALE

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     VISIT OUR LABRYNITH GALLERY FOR OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT ...

                      "INKMEN VI - An INKMEN HOLIDAY"

                              Continues through December 28, 2013

                    Exciting and unique INKMEN Holiday Ornaments still available!

Snowy bridge

What I saw recently

Some photos from around town over the past week . . . 

 200 block of Locust

 Pillars at the River Park project

 Two trains side-by-side on parallel sets of tracks

 A sign of winter

 Ready for the alien autopsy

 Denizen of the darkness

 Fading in the fog

 Looking at the Wrightsville side

 Copper-topped clock tower at town hall

 The leak continues at the Columbia Plaza parking lot.

 Water has been leaking here for several years.  Could it lead to a sinkhole?

Nature's designs . . .

Signs of life?

A few new business signs have cropped up recently . . . 

 At the former United Telephone Company building on the first block of

North 3rd

 417 Locust Street

Route 462, near Royer's

The Knockout Game: Coming to a town near you?

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/928347_Knock-out-game--Disturbing--random-assaults-under-scrutiny-from-Lancaster-County-prosecutor--lawmaker.html