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THE ISSUE: âLancaster County commissioners are hoping an undeveloped plot of land along the Conestoga River in Lancaster Township will be the location of a new county prison,â Carter Walker reported in the May 6 LNP | LancasterOnline. âParts of Lancaster Countyâs current prison at 625 E. King St. date to the decade before the Civil War, with the most recent portions built in the 1990s. Building a new prison has been discussed by a succession of county leaders for nearly 20 years, and there is broad agreement among elected and appointed county officials about the need for a new one.â
Lancaster County has needed a new, modern prison for decades. So last weekâs development must be welcome and gratifying for everyone who has worked to raise awareness of the deficiencies at Lancaster County Prison.
In my view, Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons is mistaken if he believes it is not his role to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (âOfficial hints at closing site early,â April 28 LNP | LancasterOnline).
Isnât it his job, and that of his fellow commissioners, to make sure that the county thrives? How is that going to happen if too many people choose not to get vaccinated?
There is a role for government to play in defeating this pandemic, and encouraging people to get vaccinated is probably first and foremost. People donât always act in their own self-interest, and I believe that Parsons has a responsibility to push them to do the right thing. That doesnât make him part of the nanny state. It makes him a competent leader.
I sure do miss the comments section on the LNP | LancasterOnline website. It was the only place that I could contribute extemporaneously to an item that I saw in
THE ISSUE
âShots could be going into arms at the COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Lancaster County as soon as Wednesday, when the soft launch is slated to open,â LNP | LancasterOnlineâs Nicole C. Brambila reported Friday. The former Bon-Ton store at Park City Center has been transformed by the concert and event staging company Rock Lititz into a site that, when operating at full speed, will deliver 6,000 vaccinations a day, its organizers hope. Itâs the product of a partnership between the Lancaster County commissioners, Rock Lititz, TriStarr Staffing and four health care systems led by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.