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Pay Per Pupil?

Filed in Delaware by on January 3, 2016 29 Comments
Pay Per Pupil?

Imagine if we paid for other government services on a per use basis. Fire companies. They can’t douse your burning home until you pay them. Paramedics can’t begin to administer emergency medical care until your form of payment clears. Police can’t come take your car accident report until they verify your credit card transaction goes through. They can’t investigate your home invasion until you remit payment. The 911 phone system. “The fee for this service is $2.99 per minute for the first minute, and $1.99 per minute thereafter, please enter your 16-digit credit or debit card number followed by the pound sign”. Transportation. I take Route 40 to work sometimes. Sometimes I take 896. Imagine if they set up EZ Pass sensors at every point where a secondary road connected.

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Volunteers Needed This Weekend

Filed in National by on April 19, 2010 0 Comments

As you may have heard, this week has been declared a week of service here in Delaware and it is National Volunteerism Week.  In that spirit, Delaware Liberal has volunteered to help out a regional charity, Rebuilding Philadelphia,  with a project for them this Saturday.  This is how the project was presented to us: This […]

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