Daniel Klotz

Here, in an online exclusive, is a sample ballot for Lancaster County, as it will appear when you go to vote on Tuesday. I encourage everyone to use the paper ballot, since the electronic machines do not create a paper trail (and are thus vulnerable to accidental or malicious tampering). [polldaddy poll=1061949] [polldaddy poll=1061953]

I’m working on a post about different views of consumer debt. In the meantime, here’s a fascinating social networking experiment that could serve as a much-needed boost to quality blogging: http://chuckwestbrook.com/great-content-no-readers/.

The state data center released a new map today showing how jam-packed we are. Or, in some cases, how far in the boondocks: Observation #2: The “buffer zone” of eastern Lancaster County remains impressively resilient. Lancaster is not about to be morphed into another Philly suburb any time soon. Given our rate of farmland preservation, [...]

[/caption] My friend Barb reminded me this morning that the big picture of reality never matches the big picture of our expectations. But, she said, when we focus on a smaller level, we can find bits of hope. The big picture of the global economy and how U.S. officials are responding to it is frustrating [...]

I think the recent U.S. Government economic bailout package was misguided and essentially socialist. As I wrote in my last post, I think the market would achieve a more sustainable strength if left alone to do what markets do. Here is some additional background thinking on why that has become my position.I know many of [...]