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News Post Cover Stories Exclusively Theirs: The Hamilton Club and the Rule of Lancaster May 16, 2008 They talked business at the Hamilton Club - that much we know. Even though taxpayers paid for the lunch, we will never know how many millions of our dollars were given away at the $37.37 meal shared between (the private) Penn Square Partners' (PSP) President, Nevin Cooley and (the public) Lancaster County Convention Center Authority Chairman, Jim Pickard. Since 1889, the Hamilton Club has been the location where many important business decisions have been made in Lancaster. So who are members of this exclusive club representing a little over 1/1000 percent of this county? (Click to read more) COBBLE-STOLEN? May 9, 2008 The Senator wasn't trying to hide anything. "Look on Google; you can see the circle in my back yard," said an excited Pennsylvania State Senator Sen. Gibson E. Armstrong and Appropriations Chairman over the phone. (Click to read more) Queen Peggy Steinman and the possibility of a casino in downtown Lancaster May 2, 2008 It's called the "Sport of Kings," but in the case of Lancaster Newspapers heiress, Peggy Steinman, it might as well be the sport of make-believe "Queens." Miss Steinman, 72, has more than dabbled in the $15 billion horse racing gambling industry. (Click to read more) Double Crossings April 25, 2008 Dale High moves behind the scenes to get taxpayers to help pay for his shopping mall. It's good to be Dale. Imagine you are Dale High flying over Lancaster. Look down. To the east you see your Greenfield Industrial Park, which draws businesses from the city. It prospers. In the center of town, taxpayers are building you a $76 million hotel beside an equally expensive publicly-funded convention center, which you get to use exclusively. Now, on the west end of town, you have a couple of friendly township commissions which are shepherding your $100 million shopping center, while pushing $25 million in taxpayer funds for road improvements so your customers can get there. The chorus of citizens protesting below? The sounds can't reach you from where you sit. (Click to read more) The Real Paul Thibault April 18, 2008 Paul Thibault glided to the podium before a small courthouse crowd. With his tailored suit, easy smile, sparkling eyes, and silver hair, as always, perfectly combed, Thibault's gracious manner and smooth baritone made him seem almost of royalty. This was December, 2003, and Paul Thibault's last public appearance as a Lancaster County Commissioner, and he was among friends. Thibault warmly thanked his staff by name, of course, and then spoke the only known public words about his pre-Lancaster origins: (Click to read more)

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