Time For The Next Election
Democrats may have had a terrible election nationwide but Delaware Democrats had a great night on Tuesday. But it’s no time to relax because it’s time to play musical chairs. Once Chris Coons is sworn in next week, he’ll resign as County Executive. By New Castle County’s very strange rules, the County Council President will become the next County Executive and a special election will be held to fill the vacant County Council President seat. The election must occur within 45 days of the declared vacancy, so that means late December or early January according to the News Journal. The nominees will be chosen by the parties by their own process.
So, let’s talk about the possible choices. I’ve already heard from two Democrats – Bill Dunn (who challenged Paul Clark in 2008) and current County Council Representative Tim Sheldon. Both have indicated in a formal manner that they plan to try for the nomination. I’ve also heard rumors about almost every current Democrat on the council but nothing formally from them.
On the Republican side, the names we’ve heard are Bob Valihara, Bob Weiner and Mike Protack.
What’s your take? How will this all play out? Who do you think will be the nominees and do Republicans have a shot? This is a special election so turnout is probably going to be abysmal. It’ll all be ground game.
What concerns me is the special election exhaustion that we saw last time. Diana McWilliams pretty much resigned right after winning and the Republicans got their act together better than we did. That can’t happen this time. The Bob’s and Flyboy are no Tom Kovach.
Yes, I think election fatigue will be a big issue, plus people will be voting around Christmas vacation time. Bad timing, but it can’t be avoided.
Bill Dunn got 42.7% of the vote (including mine) in the primary against Clark in 2008. I thought that was an impressive showing, especially since (if I recall this correctly) that he jumped into the race fairly late. Don’t know much about Sheldon, but I’m pretty certain that Bill Dunn will not be More Of The Same.
I agree with Cassandra. Bill Dunn made an impressive showing. Both Bill and Tim Sheldon would make excellent candidates.
Someone who thinks Tim Sheldon would make an excellent candidate doesn’t have to belong to a union to be a union stooge.
LOL. Oh, do tell, Geezer, why would Tim Sheldon not make a good candidate? Simply because he belongs to a union? Offer some PROOF for a change instead of making your usual bald assertions.
Let’s see: Protege of Tom Sharp/Tony DeLuca? Check. Pro-development, like every other member of a construction trade union involved in politics? Check. Your turn: Why’s he such a good candidate?
You are not done w/ your turn yet.
“Protege of Tom Sharp/Tony DeLuca?”
Proof? (I know that is hard for you.)
“Pro-development, like every other member of a construction trade union involved in politics?”
Proof that he favors all development projects or even most of them? You got any? No? I thought not. Moreover, not everyone thinks that ALL development projects in NCC are ipso facto bad. To think that is like ascribing to a creed, a cult like position. Besides, the reason why you hate development projects is apparent. Some union members might get jobs and that would put your panties in a bunch. You are totally transparent.
He moved up through the union ranks and was the party choice for the SEnate seat currently held by Karen Peterson. Got any proof he’s not?
“Pro-development” is not the same as “favors all development projects or even most of them,” though I guess it sounds sort of the same when you’re the sort of ideologue you are.
Union members getting jobs isn’t the issue. Union members setting public policies that hurt others in their quest for jobs is the issue. You of all people are in a poor position to be talking about “cult-like” positions.
I don’t hate development projects, but lots of people do.
Your turn, Mr. Nasty. If he’s such a good candidate, why are you stalling?
Tim Sheldon is as dumb as dirt. We have enough of that on county council already (George Smiley). I don’t really know Bill Dunn but lets run somebody with a brain!
I am not a union member. From my perspective, Tim Sheldon is a honest person, a man of his word and his legislative record on fiscal and development issues is sound. It is not fair to attack him just because he is a member of a union. If you look at what he has done, he is a hard working public servant. I know that there will be those who attack him…but attacks based on stereotypes are not fair or valuable. He is a Democrat. And his record on numerous issues is strong.
Sheldon absolutely was Sharp’s choice to replace him. Guess I don’t like campaigns where tires are slashed by union goons, as Peterson’s were.
This is all about union construction jobs, specifically casino construction and the kind of development proposed in the Greenville Stoltz project. Construction which makes a mockery of county land-use policies. Which is why it’s so dangerous to have an unfettered pro-development team like Clark and Sheldon.
Which is also why those opposed to expansion of casinos met the wrath of Brian McGlinchey’s Working Families Party. Of course, the joke’s on them, since the developers will screw the unions the same way that Lucy always pulls the football away from good ol’ Charlie Brown.
Please keep your union bashing in perspective, some are higher on the food chain than others. In the past five years there’s been dozens of jobs that only a single union trade is represented. We have a couple trades that must travel over 500 miles for work because they aren’t awarded the contracts here. Another point, Delaware trade unions don’t get residential work usually, my hall not at all; if you’re looking to screech about sprawl, leave us out of your argument.
And they WON’T be awarded contracts on the casino and Stoltz projects either. Just watch. The fat-cats are treating the unions as ‘useful idiots’. And no one in Delaware defines that term more accurately than Brian McGlinchey.
My choice would be Penrose Hollins. He was the yin to Clark’s yang, and just barely missed beating him in the initial fateful primary for Council President. He also has enough goodwill and clout to defeat any R that would be put up. And he doesn’t like Clark even a little bit.
“He moved up through the union ranks and was the party choice for the SEnate seat currently held by Karen Peterson.”
That’s it? That’s the best you can do? He’s a “protege” of Sharp and DeLuca because he moved up through the union ranks and because he was the party choice for a state senate position? That’s what passes as proof for you?
“Got any proof he’s not?”
If your shoddy standards for “proof” and evidence weren’t enough demonstration of your logical disabilities, asking me to prove a negative makes the demonstration unassailable.
““Pro-development” is not the same as “favors all development projects or even most of them,” though I guess it sounds sort of the same when you’re the sort of ideologue you are.”
This has no meaning. But it’s an apparent dodge. You are dodging giving any demonstration (proof) that he is pro-development.
“Union members getting jobs isn’t the issue. Union members setting public policies that hurt others in their quest for jobs is the issue.”
Like what for example?
“You of all people are in a poor position to be talking about “cult-like” positions.”
Surely, you are scrapping the bottom of the barrel here. Me ascribe to cult like positions? I’m not even a theist. What cult like positions do I ascribe to?
“Your turn, Mr. Nasty. If he’s such a good candidate, why are you stalling?”
Oh, that’s easy. I think Tim Sheldon would be good in the office because he believes that one of the primary functions of government is to create a political and economic environment that positively effects the job opportunities and wage levels of lower and middle class people (which–now catch this salient point, sport–happens to be MOST people living in our area). Bill Dunn also thinks that, and he also would be fantastic in the office.
I realize that bettering the wage levels of those (to use your term) “ignorant” laborers might bring them up to an income level that rivals yours. So, God forbid, that anyone less intelligent and cultured as you make as much or more money than you. Isn’t that right, snob?
“if you’re looking to screech about sprawl, leave us out of your argument.”
If you have followed county politics for 30 years, you know that unions in the past bused hundreds of members to meetings to argue in favor of projects. I have no idea how many union members got jobs; I’m talking about their power within the Democratic Party, and their willingness to use it in ways detrimental to lots of other people, often including me.
I understand your request that I not lump them all together, and that’s fair. But let’s not pretend the AFL-CIO picks and chooses which of its members’ positions it backs. Have any unions come out against the deepening of the Delaware River and Bay shipping channel? Have any come out against amending the UDC in New Castle County? Have any come out in support of charter schools? Did any stand against the pipefitters and boilermakers when they testified before DNREC against putting scrubbers on the smokestacks at the Delaware City refinery? And let’s not even get started on the public workers’ unions.
My point is that unions are “progressive” only when it doesn’t gore any of their numerous oxen.
“Sheldon absolutely was Sharp’s choice to replace him.”
So that makes Sharp a protege? If that is what you are suggesting, it doesn’t follow. On its face, it merely means that Sharp supported him.
“Guess I don’t like campaigns where tires are slashed by union goons, as Peterson’s were.”
When I heard about this, I asked around about it. One of the first things I was told was that no one was ever identified as the tire slasher. No charges were filed against anyone. Also, the union people I talked wished that the tire slasher, union or not, had been caught and charged with crime. They hate the suspicion that it was a union member who did it, and they don’t want that kind of criminal behavior associated with unions. That is what they told me.
Geezer, you got me there.Being a member in good standing,my head is held high with pride but my heart does carry the shame of letting environmental impact getting gored. The funny thing about your anecdote inre the refinery, the boilermakers are one trade that has to travel far and wide to get work.We are going to be pushed out of Delaware City soon and you’ll get the same standards they run with down in Texas. Ka-boom. The trades may not come out publicly against projects such as the river dredging but I know my B.A. has spoken to both Minner and Markel against it. It will do NOTHING for jobs in Delaware. When it comes to these issues the leadership cuts their own path and we dissenters fall back to becoming citizen activists.
“I think Tim Sheldon would be good in the office because he believes that one of the primary functions of government is to create a political and economic environment that positively effects the job opportunities and wage levels of lower and middle class people.”
Sorry, I didn’t realize mind-reading would be acceptable. You’ve read mine, and now you’re reading his. He “believes” that? Where’s the “proof” you demand? Nice “logic” you’re employing. Did you learn that in the tent shows?
I also didn’t realize cribbing from campaign literature and union propaganda would be accepted. How is what you recited different from being “pro-development,” pray tell? It’s also far less specific than any of the evidence I have provided. If you want more evidence, ask Nancy Willing. Oh, that’s right — another person you couldn’t get along with. Funny, isn’t it, that you have turned every disagreement you’ve ever had in Delaware politics into a nasty personal pissing match.
It’s not enough that we disagree about the idea of charter schools, or union involvement in issues like environmental degradation and county planning and zoning. I have put forward the reasons for every one of my positions, but it’s not sufficient to explain my animosity. Not for you. Because, whether you still believe in what you used to preach or not, you have absorbed the manichean worldview into your bones, like flouride. You can no more debate without demonizing your “enemies” than you can breathe.
“I realize that bettering the wage levels of those (to use your term) “ignorant” laborers might bring them up to an income level that rivals yours.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if they already have such income levels. I couldn’t care less what they make, though I do object to the pay levels awarded on state and county jobs thanks to anti-taxpayer laws put into place by your union buddies.
“So, God forbid, that anyone less intelligent and cultured as you make as much or more money than you. Isn’t that right, snob?”
Wrong, as usual. Literally tens of millions of people less intelligent and cultured make as much or more than me. For the most part, we call them “Republicans.” And why “snob”? Because I wouldn’t invite you to my house?
If you want to talk, you know my number.
Ri-i-i-i-ght. Do you think they’d tell you anything different? And, uh, no charges were filed because NOBODY WAS CAUGHT. It DID happen.
Sharp and the construction trades were as tight as tight can be. Sharp sent his own personal consigliere, Mark Brainard, in to ensure that Tony DeLuca would win. Despite (or perhaps because of) that, DeLuca lost the first time (to the hapless Donna Reed), but won the second time in a vicious campaign on both sides’ parts.
While I never called Sheldon Sharp’s protege, being hand-picked to succeed Sharp certainly qualifies as a relationship of some sort. Are you raising semantic questions just to be cute, or do you have a point to make?
Joe: We have long since reached the point, at least in Delaware, where labor and management usually stand on the same sideline. I understand that refinery management dealt with its unions via threat and intimidation, and that its support of management was made under the cloud of those threats. Of course, Dana wouldn’t accept that statement, since I wasn’t in the room when those threats were issued.
“ no one was ever identified as the tire slasher. No charges were filed against anyone. Also, the union people I talked wished that the tire slasher, union or not, had been caught and charged with crime. They hate the suspicion that it was a union member who did it, and they don’t want that kind of criminal behavior associated with unions”
Absolutely,Dana.One thing about being thought of as a ‘union thug’ we are out loud and proud.We may not be the highest grade point earners but I can’t think of what damage to private property would accomplish. Back in the eighties my dad and our brothers overturned the contractor’s trailer at Concord Mall.No one hid, it was the right thing to do and they secured jobs after making the point. Tire slashing just isn’t our style.
“Are you raising semantic questions just to be cute, or do you have a point to make?”
Yes, he does. I disagree with him about unions, so I must be the devil.
The question to ask on the Sheldon-Karen Peterson election is why Sharp and other union-friendly Democrats were so against her candidacy, despite her long relationship with labor. Could it be that she was too progressive for them?
If you go back in time, some in labor supported Karen….
…But those who represented labor at the highest levels of the General Assembly wanted Sheldon instead.
Syl Wolford told me that Penrose Hollins is not going to run for Clark’s seat and I have heard that Weiner isn’t interested either.
I hope that the choice will be Dunn vs. Valihura. We DEFINATELY need some civic blood on the council. Bill got very decent numbers as was mentioned above. Let’s go with Bill Dunn. He has a track record of civic activism second-to-none and I would think he can persuade the DEMs that he deserves the chance at the job.
BTW I wouldn’t dignify most of Dana’s responses here if I were Geezer. It is much more fun to see him conversing with himself.
I, too, like Bill Dunn, but as the choice will be made by the party, Sheldon seems far more likely. For the record, I don’t think he’s a horrible choice. By all accounts he is far friendlier and more approachable than Sharp or DeLuca, and rh vouches for his honesty; I have never heard anyone say otherwise. My fear is that he will be beholden to DeLuca, who is a weak continuation of Sharp, who was anything but progressive.
There is more to progressivism, Dana, than wages, benefits and work conditions.
Joe, you are sort of making the point with your ‘vandalism by overturning a trailor was good and was making a point’ story that unions resort to such tactics as a norm.
If not slashed tires recently, certainly games with stomping down, slashing, destroying and or removing hundreds of campaign signs was in force against non-union county council candidate Andye Daley.
Nancy, way off. We were striking, in public, then we were provoked. There was a collective agreement that the contractor reneged on so the point was made that we are willing to go to great lengths to secure what is rightfully ours. What could we possibly gain if our actions aren’t witnessed by the public,punished by the law and owned by the responsible?
The tactics are far from the norm, it was the fear of fathers not able to feed their families. It was Ronald Fucking Reagan machinating against the labor movement. You can’t lay tire slashing in union’s lap because there was nothing to be accomplished.
“Sorry, I didn’t realize mind-reading would be acceptable. You’ve read mine, and now you’re reading his. He “believes” that? Where’s the “proof” you demand? Nice “logic” you’re employing. Did you learn that in the tent shows?”
My proof is that he has told me as much across a few conversations. No mind reading. Direct reports.
Tent shows?
“I also didn’t realize cribbing from campaign literature and union propaganda would be accepted”
I have no idea what you are talking about here.
“How is what you recited different from being “pro-development,” pray tell?”
What exactly did I recite? That I don’t think that one can exclude from consideration a development project merely because it’s a development project? If that’s it, you’re right. I’m not a true believer that all development is bad in NCC.
“If you want more evidence, ask Nancy Willing. Oh, that’s right — another person you couldn’t get along with. Funny, isn’t it, that you have turned every disagreement you’ve ever had in Delaware politics into a nasty personal pissing match.”
You mean the Nancy Willing who is my Facebook friend? LOL.
“It’s not enough that we disagree about the idea of charter schools, or union involvement in issues like environmental degradation and county planning and zoning.”
There you go again. Caricaturing my view. I agree that unions are wrong when they advocate for positions that would result in environmental degradation. I also thought they were wrong about the eminent domain bill.
I do think that charter schools are not the panacea that you and other teacher-union haters pretend they are. In fact, the only long term study of charter schools has shown that public schools are twice as likely to be more effective than charter schools. I would provide the link, but that would be evidence and you are evidence adverse.
“I have put forward the reasons for every one of my positions, but it’s not sufficient to explain my animosity. Not for you.”
You are right. It’s not sufficient to explain your animosity given the contrary evidence and facts that you deliberately IGNORE and would, if you took it into account, lead you to a measured view. You know, evidence like unions being an effective anti-poverty program, unions increasing worker safety, countries that provide their citizens with a better standard of living than the US in large part because a high percentage of the population belongs to unions, etc. etc. But you know all these things, but none of them temper your ire. That’s evidence that your animus against unions is irrational.
“Because, whether you still believe in what you used to preach or not, you have absorbed the manichean worldview into your bones, like flouride.”
You are telling me that I have a Manichean worldview, when it’s you that describes your blanket feelings about unions as “animosity.” That literally makes me laugh out loud.
“You can no more debate without demonizing your “enemies” than you can breath.””
Another lie. I debate people all over the net that I don’t demonize. It just feels like a lot of people to you because I’m calling you out on your shit.
“Literally tens of millions of people less intelligent and cultured make as much or more than me. For the most part, we call them “Republicans.” And why “snob”? Because I wouldn’t invite you to my house?”
Snob because I have heard you call members of the laborers union “ignorant” and make other remarks like that. You offered no qualification; you didn’t direct your comments to particular members. You made a blanket statement, just like a snob would.
It’s awfully narcissistic of you to think that I would call you a snob because you have never invited me to your house. The things that cross your mind are astonishing.
“If you want to talk, you know my number.”
Don’t hold your breath.
“Are you raising semantic questions just to be cute, or do you have a point to make?”
What you call a semantic question, I call a logical point. If if we followed Geezer’s illogic, mere support from someone means that he/she is your mentor. That’s preposterous, laughable in fact. That was my point.
“My proof is that he has told me as much across a few conversations. No mind reading. Direct reports.”
Really? That’s how Tim Sheldon speaks in private? “I believe that one of the primary functions of government is to create a political and economic environment that positively effects the job opportunities and wage levels of lower and middle class people.” He speaks like that in conversation? Now you’re really using a double standard for accuracy.
“Tent shows?”
Do you forget telling me about that?
“I do think that charter schools are not the panacea that you and other teacher-union haters pretend they are.”
Once again, you conflate “other teacher-union haters” with me. I don’t hate the union, I hated it using its power to try to quash the charter movement. I have never, by the way, offered charters as any sort of panacea. I have stated repeatedly that they, along with magnet schools, are the only public alternative to one-size-fits-all education. But keep on misrepresenting my statements, it’s what you do best.
“I’m not a true believer that all development is bad in NCC.”
Nor am I. But I don’t support projects or rules changes simply because they’ll provide jobs. You apparently do.
“It’s not sufficient to explain your animosity given the contrary evidence and facts that you deliberately IGNORE and would, if you took it into account, lead you to a measured view. You know, evidence like unions being an effective anti-poverty program, unions increasing worker safety, countries that provide their citizens with a better standard of living than the US in large part because a high percentage of the population belongs to unions, etc. etc. But you know all these things, but none of them temper your ire. That’s evidence that your animus against unions is irrational.”
None of those things have anything to do with union political activity in Delaware, which is why they don’t temper my view of union political activity in Delaware.
“You are telling me that I have a Manichean worldview, when it’s you that describes your blanket feelings about unions as “animosity.” That literally makes me laugh out loud.”
I’m not responsible for your twisted sense of humor. Yes, I describe my feelings about union political activity as “animosity.” It’s called “self-reflection.” You should give it a try sometime.
“Snob because I have heard you call members of the laborers union “ignorant” and make other remarks like that.”
I spent a summer working in the laborers union.
“It’s awfully narcissistic of you to think that I would call you a snob because you have never invited me to your house. The things that cross your mind are astonishing.”
It crossed my mind because I remember the hurt-sounding phone conversation in which you broached this subject. Perhaps you don’t.
“Don’t hold your breath.”
Oh believe me, I wouldn’t. You’re an interesting guy, Dana, but your misplaced rage is your problem, not mine. Good luck in the future.
“it was the fear of fathers not able to feed their families.”
Oh, that’s OK, then. Non-union fathers who lose their jobs have no such fears, do they? Oh, that’s right, what they don’t have is a union to post bail.
Where do we get these crazy ideas about union members, I wonder?
“If if we followed Geezer’s illogic, mere support from someone means that he/she is your mentor. That’s preposterous, laughable in fact.”
To quote El Som, “riiiight.” Because Tom Sharp was well-known for just “supporting” people he didn’t know or think would support his positions. And once Karen Peterson entered the race, he didn’t switch to a more experienced and, as proved, more electable candidate because — gee, I don’t know — Tim called ‘shotgun’?
Get back to arguing with your students. Maybe they’re impressed with your vast resources of logic and wisdom.
@Geezer, we all have our own cross to bear. When you run your mouth off here at DL, are you concerned about the non’union fathers not feeding their families because you decide that growth is bad?
I’m union, I support all workers, I fight for pay and safety standards to cross the board.
You fight against Paul Clark for what? You feed who? How many do you count in your numbers? I got a very high count.
Geezer: please fill us in on how Karen Peterson was labor friendly. What a farce! In her job in the Labor Dept. she most often went with corporations not the union worker, when the union worker was applying for unemployment. This is truly LOL.
Joe: I don’t think growth is bad. I haven’t actually voiced my view of development. I have pointed out the influence of unions on the process, and my disapproval of that. The development itself is a separate issue. Obviously, one person’s job is another’s sprawl.
Apparently union people can’t stand for anyone to say anything negative about them. Their problem, not mine.
“please fill us in on how Karen Peterson was labor friendly. In her job in the Labor Dept. she most often went with corporations not the union worker, when the union worker was applying for unemployment. This is truly LOL.”
Oh, I forgot. As the daughter of a labor leader, a Democratic leader of County Council and through 27 years in the Labor Dept., I’m sure she was hired because of her well-known anti-worker bias. LOL indeed.
@Geezer ” I don’t think growth is bad. I haven’t actually voiced my view of development. I have pointed out the influence of unions on the process, and my disapproval of that. The development itself is a separate issue. Obviously, one person’s job is another’s sprawl.”
so glad you approve of chamber of commerce
I have no idea where the Chamber of Commerce stands on development. If I’m in agreement with them, I’ll be surprised, but I’m not going to change simply because of their position, just as I won’t oppose something simply because the union supports it.
Example: I have no problem, or rather a minimal problem, with putting another casino in Wilmington. I have a big problem, though, with putting it at the site the city wanted on the Riverfront. And I have an even bigger problem with the union throwing its weight behind the city’s effort to evict property owners through eminent domain (even Dana agreed with me on that one).
Just like Tim Sheldon, I think each project deserves consideration on its merits. But I object to the “workforce housing” dodge, the decoupling of mass transit from high-density development in South NCCo, and other changes that were made to eliminate barriers to development. I think construction trades people, union and non-union both, are deluded if they think any of these changes will lead to construction jobs before the housing market recovers. We have sold protections in exchange for jobs that won’t materialize until they’re no longer desperately needed.
Geezer I’m with you up to the point where you decree the negative for union brothers and sisters fighting to secure their fiscal responsibilities to their families but offer no financial support to non-union workers. My struggle envelopes both while you leave all workers out of the consideration.
The best thing to do would be to abolish county council. The minimum fix would be to reduce it back down to 7 members.
Seriously, what does the county council even do? And how much do these guys get paid?
Some years back the Assembly commissioned a study of replacing the current overlapping government infrastructures in NCC with a metropolitan government. We ought to take that out and shake it.
This has been a pretty interesting thread to read and I appreciate all the nice things people have said about me. I’m glad some of the organizations I’ve participated in and efforts I’ve made on issues have resonated with the interests of many who follow this blog.
Having said that, the pressures that are being applied to the people who are making the decisions has begun and it appears that local union leadership has decided to back “one of their own” with Tim Sheldon, without ever even attempting to discuss County issues with me.
For the record, I have NEVER said anything derogatory about unions, I have been a member of a union, I supported the contribution they made at that job and most of all, I have the greatest admiration for how unions have contributed to the overall stability and expansion of the middle-class since the 1930’s.
In light of today’s economy, I would think they would want to expand the number of people who may want to champion their issues. I think I have a couple of great ideas that could have a positive impact on unions in the region, yet their leadership won’t return calls so that we can arrange to talk about how I may contribute to their efforts.
Nonetheless, I will continue to pursue my Party’s nomination for New Castle County Council President. I believe that all residence and homeowners value the things that I value like nice parks and libraries, an excellent public safety system and the efforts that have been made to streamline County government. Having said that, I also believe that many of us support building and growth, when it’s done responsibly and that growth respects the fact that the individual homeowner’s have paid dearly for that support. We also want a continuing effort to control spending and when possible, tax relief as the economy permits.
Thanks again for your nice words and maybe DL will give me some time for a one on one so we can discuss my candidacy and County issues.
Bring Tom Gordon back.
I consider it my responsibility to read these threads but it takes me days, because the anon backbiting confuses me. I wish we had a filter that would simplify these things to give me some access to what exists as fact.
Most of you can get hold of me by phone, email, or twitter. I would sincerely appreciate your case for your candidate before I go into discussion on this, Wednesday. Thank you.
I consider it my responsibility to read these threads but it takes me days, because the anon backbiting confuses me. I wish we had a filter that would simplify these things to give me some access to what exists as fact.
Speaking as an actual anon, WTF?
You are saying this under a pseudonym yourself, so you too are an anon. I don’t have the time or the inclination to research whether you are also a backbiter.
Most people who blog or comment as a pastime have better-than-average reading ability, and faster too – faster by an order of magnitude. If it took me a day to read this blog I would go to the doctor and get myself checked out. If you are slower, more power to you for sticking with it, but don’t tell us you are somehow being imposed upon.
You do have filters. Your brain, your eyeballs, and your down arrow key.
anon, a brilliant demonstration of the kind of crap that makes this difficult to use as a resource for decision-making, on some threads. Thank you.
As I’ve said, the people here with info know how to contact me. If they wish to do so, I’ll be thrilled. 🙂
heragain – What meeting do you have scheduled on Wednesday?
If you want a private forum, Twitter beckons. And email.
Well if there was some large meeting in which the nominee was to be selected, it would be helpful for openness if that were public.