Lancaster county tourism under fire for commercialism concerns
A reading of an opinion piece from the Charlotte News notes growing traveler criticisms of Lancaster County attractions. Critics warn that billboards and synthetic tourist sites mar the countryside near Lancaster, urging restraint to preserve the region’s appeal and avoid tarnishing its famed image.
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Charlotte, N.C
Lancaster
PennDOT budget plea urges new revenues to save highways
Secretary argues the ten year funding scheme has imperiled Pennsylvania highways. He cites rising costs for police, debt service and labor, flat revenue growth, and maintenance shortfalls. He calls for immediate revenue restoration and pay-as-you-go funding to preserve a 44 705 mile system.
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K. Leroy Irvis
Herbert Fineman
Penndot
Commonwealth
California
State Transportation Commission
New York
New Jersey
New England
Pennsylvania
Inflation and monetary folly in the American Revolution
An American Economic Foundation report recounts Congress printing vast Continental currency from 1775 to 1779, causing severe inflation and price controls, with shortages, army hardship, and eventual calls for sound money and balanced budgets led by Hamilton to restore credit. The piece notes key figures like Washington, Paoli, Brandywine, Yorktown, and the shift to defined dollars in gold and silver.
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Congress
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Percy L. Greaves, Jr
Washington
Battle of
Brandywine
Anthony Wayne
Paoli
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Continental
Yorktown
Alexander Hamilton
American Economic Foundation
Charles Hull Wolfe
Freedom study tests Pennsylvanians on freedom beliefs
A Penn State led survey of 1,000 Pennsylvanians finds nine in ten view privacy as a real threat to personal freedom and cites concerns over permissiveness in schools and homes, pornography, and government growth. The Erie area Behrend College conducts the Town Meetings as part of a statewide Bicentennial project "Freedom Then Now and Tomorrow."
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Pennsylvania State University
Erie
Behrend College
Commonwealth
America
Carl A. Lindsay
Penn State
Lindsay
Penn State College of Liberal Arts
Pennsylvania Field Research
University
Roots of
Pennsylvania
Norman A. Graebner
Edward R. Stettini
University of Virginia
Public Committee For the Humanities In
National Endowment For the Humanities
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Crawford
Warren
Robert Schenker
Behrend
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Lancaster County
Vale of
Kashmir
Colonial Williamsburg
Virginia
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Pennsylvania Assembly
Freedom Project
Hubert Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Nixon