WDEL: Coons To Take Leadership Role Of ‘Progressive’ Organization From Jack Markell

Filed in National by on May 13, 2021

I can’t make this up.  Who is this Sean Greene who wrote this joke of a story?:

Delaware Senator Chris Coons will step into a role held by former Governor Jack Markell leading a national progressive organization.

Coons has been promoted from Honorary Regional Chair to Honorary Chair of NewDEAL, which its website describes as “a national network of rising state and local elected leaders who are pro-growth progressives.”

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan told WDEL that Coons brings a lot of useful traits to the organization, that looks to connect politicians to policy and private sector leaders.

“He’s such a leader on so many issues from service to workforce development to many more. We’re really looking forward to having his partnership and his mentorship for these state and local leaders throughout the country.”

Coons will take lead, along with Washington Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin, of the May 26 Ideas Summit, where Bultan said they hope to share what is working well in various areas of the country and government.

“Help the leaders around the country talk to each other, share with each other best practices, a lot of leaders are looking at broadband, child care, and housing as places were some of that investment needs to be made to make transformational change going forward.”

Well, actually, he is to become the ‘honorary’ chair, which is different from leading this organization.  Former Markell flak Jonathon Dworkin is part of the leadership team, and wrote the press release that Green quoted.

By definition, Markell and Coons are not progressives.  The NewDEAL team reads like a bunch of Washington insiders.

Sean? Don’t put ‘progressive’ in the headline just b/c a press release says so. That’s ‘typewriting’, not reporting.

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  1. In fairness, perhaps Sean is new to Delaware. Might I suggest he read this piece that Jack Markell wrote in his very own words for The Atlantic? It’s as mind-boggling today as it was on the day that it was printed:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/americans-need-jobs-not-populism/391661/

    I also highly recommend Delaware Dem’s evisceration of that piece in DL:

    http://delawareliberal.net/2015/05/11/markell-punches-the-hippies/

  2. Alby says:

    Sean has been here for years, but until WDEL started shedding payroll he was their sports guy. Now he does news and traffic in addition to sports.

  3. bamboozer says:

    Coons, Carper and the mysterious and near invisible LBR are all not so closeted conservatives, the servants of the rich and big business. That’s all we’re allowed in Delaware, should we get rid of one the next one will be no different.

  4. jason330 says:

    The notion that words have meanings is an illusion.