All Posts Tagged With: "New Castle County"
Meconi Gets Gig in New Castle County Gov’t
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me three times, call it the Delaware Way.
24Dec2010 | nemski | 26 comments | Continued
The Firewall That Never Was
Developer opponent Mark Weinberg shut out by pillow talk?
18Dec2010 | nemski | 15 comments | Continued
Time For The Next Election
Just when you thought you could relax, here comes the next election – the race for New Castle County Council President.
5Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 53 comments | Continued
Who’s Running – County Edition
In anticipation of the July 13 filing deadline, we’re looking to see what county races are being contested.
1Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 12 comments | Continued
Mayberry This Ain’t
I’m not sure how closely you have been following the race for Sheriff in New Castle County. As small-time elections go, this one has the makings of the most interesting primary in New Castle County. Long-time Sheriff, Mike Walsh has held the office since Reagan was elected President. He is being challenged by NCC police [...]
22Jun2010 | liberalgeek | 24 comments | Continued
New Castle County Democrats Won’t Rest On Laurels
New Castle County Democratic Party Chairman Erik Schramm spends a few minutes with The Community News‘ Jesse Chadderdon to talk about past successes of the New Castle County Democrats as well as their future plans. Take a few minutes to read this interview. Schramm brings up the listening tour that Chris Coons held last year:
A [...]
Between Love and Madness Lies the New Castle County Council
Guidelines are now being created by the New Castle Country government that in time would allow businesses to advertise on county parkland reports The Community News. What types of ads, where the ads would go and what businesses the ads would be from are all part of the rules that will be drawn up between [...]
30Oct2009 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
We Are Marshallton (maybe)
Marshallton Village is thinking about moving to the Hometown Overlay (HTO) just as other unincorporated towns in New Castle County have done, reports The Community News. The other towns that have adopted HTO are Hockessin, Greenville, Claymont and St. Georges.
Antoni Pardo’s article does a great job detailing how the idea of HTO is dividing this [...]
Musical Chairs
Can New Castle County Executive Chris Coons keep a Chief Administration Officer? The answer is, apparently, no. Effective September 1st, Coons is on to his fourth Chief Administration Officer in four years, according to the Community News.
Current CAO Tracy Surles is returning to the Department of Special Services and, on Sept. 1st, New Castle County [...]
New Castle County Tax Increase: BS Patrol
I ran into one of the crochety old men that I sometimes run into at some functions. Invariably, our discussion turns to something political or social. This time we were discussing the current budget situation when he brought up that county taxes were rising 25%. I said, “really, it isn’t much money that we are [...]
1Jun2009 | liberalgeek | 15 comments | Continued
“This Session of New Castle County Council Has Been Bought and Paid For By…”
Just when you think the ethically-challenged members of New Castle County Council can’t look worse than they already do, they prove that you thought wrong.
According to Associated Press, WPVI-TV, and WDEL (anyone missing there?), New Castle County has voted to allow paid advertising on the Council website.
The story is sketchy. ‘Bulo tried in vain to [...]
New Castle County Special Election Today
If you are in the 5th district of New Castle County, today is election day. Stephanie McClellan has taken a job with the Markell administration, leaving a vacancy.
DelawareLiberal endorses Lisa Diller in this race. She is highly qualified and committed to constituent services. In addition, she is married to fellow blogger John Tobin.
Get out and [...]
A Challenger in the NCC 5th
A little birdie (named Rebecca) has told me that the Republican party will be challenging Lisa Diller for Stephanie McClellan’s council seat. The candidate is James Moulthrop Jr. of Old Post Farm.
I hope to conduct an interview of Lisa Diller next week. If you know anything about Moulthrop, let’s hear it.
Lisa Diller For County Council
Last Thursday I attended the meeting to determine the candidate that would replace Stephanie McClellan in the Council District 5. Two of the people considering a run for council decided to drop from the race, clearing the way for Lisa Diller. I had a few minutes to speak to her and she confirmed my impression that she is a smart and principled, qualities that are sorely lacking on New Castle County Council. The special election to replace McClellan is scheduled for February 19th.
Comment Rescue: Support Lisa Diller For NCC Council
I think John Tobin can forgiven for breaking his self-imposed blog-policy of not endorsing candidates for office.
http://www.lisadiller.com/
From her website:
“Lisa has been endorsed by Representative Terry Schooley of the 23rd District and Representative John Kowalko of the 25th District. Together, these districts make up 85% of the voters in the 5th County Council District.”
NCC Council Opening – Developers Wanted
Since Stephanie McClellen is leaving her position as a county councilwoman to work for the Markell administration there is a void in Newark. Apparently, there are three people vying for the chance to run as the Democrat in the special election. There will be a meeting on Thursday to select the candidate. I am not [...]
17Jan2009 | liberalgeek | 19 comments | Continued
Workforce Housing To Blow Up Into MAJOR Scandal
That’s how I read this section of Randy Nelson’s DTR blog post.
One of the major issues: the influence of Pamela Scott on New Castle County land use and development issues, particularly with respect to crafting the legislation. Scott, a partner in the law firm of Saul Ewing, who represents one of Delaware’s biggest developers, is [...]
Progress on Helping the Homeless
I have made some progress on helping the man that I wrote about on Sunday. We believe that we have a place for him to live, although there are a few more small hoops to jump through. My friend has identified a vacant rental that can be availed to this man for a few weeks. [...]
9Dec2008 | liberalgeek | 23 comments | Continued
Deep Thought: Paul Clark’s Vision for NCC
Ugly strip malls set back behind acres of surface parking only. No pedestrians allowed.
20Oct2008 | jason330 | 6 comments | Continued
Workforce Housing Roundup
Chuck Mulholland is doing yeomans work down below the canal. Hardly a day goes by that he isn’t mailing something out to a hundred people. He has been urging people to keep the comments section buzzing on the News Journal’s website, he has forced a statement out of Coons and Clark, and now he has [...]
17Oct2008 | liberalgeek | 3 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
