Carney Cashes in On Corporate Welfare
Check out who is paying for Carney’s Inaugural soiree. No foreseeable conflicts-of-interest here, nosiree:
“Thank you to our Sponsors*
Platinum – $10,000
AT&T
The Chemours Company, FC, LLC
Comcast
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Morris, James LLP
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP
Saul Ewing LLP
Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor
Herbert & Patrice Miller
Diamond – $5,000
Aetna Inc.
Artesian Water Company, Inc.
AstraZeneca
Citigroup
Delaware State University
Delaware Trial Lawyers Association
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP
DuPont
Highmark, Inc.
MD-DE-DC Beverage Association
Meetings By Design, Inc.
MetLife
Microsoft
PBF Energy/Delaware City Refinery
Pfizer
PSEG Services Corporation
United Health Group, Inc
W.L. Gore & Associates
Gold – $2,500
Byrd Group
Computer Aid, Inc.
Conaway Associates
Delaware Asian American Business Association
DirectEnergy
Duffield & Associates
FedEx Corporation
Nationwide Healthcare Services – Regal Heights & Regency Healthcare
Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze
Progressive Software Computing, Inc.
Richards, Layton & Finger
Sobieski Enterprises
Tidewater Utilities, Inc
Silver – $1,000
50 State LLC
Amazon
Anthem, Inc.
Assurance Media
The Danneman Firm, LLC
Kathy Andrus & Gary Traynor
Waste Masters”.
BTW, I went through the entire campaign w/o knowing that Carney’s campaign slogan was, wait for it, “A New Tomorrow”. Which, of course, is only technically true in the sense that every tomorrow is new.
The Truth-In-Advertising slogan?: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
I get that feeling of being an ant scurrying around under the feet of giants.
Where is the Rodel Foundation? HAHAHA
You can’t even fit all of those sponsors on a NASCAR jumpsuit.
And some people wonder why a populist, even a phony one like Trump, found a market. And many of those people still hold their positions of influence in the Democratic Party.
How do we fix this. It’s beyond political party
How do you fix it?
Easy.
You call Carney and say you’ll pony up 10 grand if he’ll give 10 grand back to JPMorgan Chase.
If all of us do that, the problem will be solved.
It’s as simple as emptying your wallet, maxing out your credit card and overdrawing your checkbook.
Well, if the incoming governor wasn’t so beholden to the corporate community, he would see how bad this looks, and maybe have a day of service instead of a corporate-sponsored party to celebrate…him.
But he indeed is that beholden to the corporate community. Hey, he probably spends a few seconds each day polishing up that award that the Chamber already gave him.
If what we see is what we get, we ain’t gettin’ much of anything.
Del State University for 5K? Really now?
Is anyone surprised? Carney plucked his chief of staff straight from one of the state’s top lobbying firms and no one batted an eye. Markell did the same thing with his first chief of staff, too.
It’s business as usual, in every permutation of that phrase.
It’s the Delaware Way, it sucks, and it’s what we need to work to change.
It’s also why the Delaware Democratic Party has virtually nothing in common with the traditional constituencies of the party. It’s a Third Way party.
@chris Del State University for 5K? Really now?
Pretty sure this is a misprint–should read DSU Foundation, which is a separate fundraising entity, and it’s essentially ransom money.
Good point. Motives for ponying up: Bribery or extortion.
Both of which used to be crimes.
Now, they’re commonly accepted fundraising methods.
Wow, NOTHING from Bloom Energy????
@stewball: Re Carney’s chief of staff: Doug Gramiak is a former News Journal editor who Carney originally hired when he was Lt. Gov. He also served on Carney’s in-state staff for a while when Carney was in Congress. While technically true, not fair to characterize this as hiring a lobbyist. They have a long association.
@Anono: Bloom Energy isn’t beholden to Carney. More likely they’ve set aside some cash to throw a going-away party for Governor Jack.
But really, what can we do? Would phone calls at least put him on notice that people have indeed noticed? What would be the best way to say something like that?
This adds up to $219,500.00. Should we call on him to donate $150,000 to the Delaware Food Bank or Child, Inc., or Delaware Planned Parenthood?
A campaign to write letters to the editor of TNJ?
This all makes that conflict of interest argument awkward and confusing. Inconvenient, &c. Well, never mind good brothers and sisters. Meryl Streep may soon deliver some universally shared digital stuff around which we may briefly rally We’re good till the weekend.
@Paula: What, you don’t think they’ll spend all of that on the party?
So they need to pay for event space and the arts performers. That’s only fair. But what other expenses does this have? The Dover Downs shindig has a $35pp price tag, which I assume covers the food. What am I missing that would require $220,000? This is Delaware, for crying out loud.
Or does that pay for transition expenses as well?
DSU and it’s Foundation are both 501c3. I guess maybe you could argue that this is lobbying and not political?
Yes. And Rose Mary Woods could argue that she really inadvertently erased those tapes.