John Carney Mad About the Fight Over the Dodd-Frank Rollback

John Carney Mad About the Fight Over the Dodd-Frank Rollback

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We already know that a provision to roll back the Dodd-Frank provision that forbid banks from booking their deriviatives in the the parts of their business that is insured by taxpayers. They would have to keep them in the portions of their business where losses were borne entirely by the bank and their shareholders. Elizabeth Warren led what Bloomberg called The Great Swaps Rebellion during the Cromnibus negotiations. And John Carney was peeved:
RIP: Popsy Dixon

RIP: Popsy Dixon

The Holmes Brothers, and the world, have lost the great Popsy Dixon.  Passed away of cancer at the age of 72. His butterscotch tenor/falsetto and drumming style will resonate in my mind and heart until the day I die.  Also, he, Wendell and Sherman were the nicest artists I ever brought to the Arden Gild Hall.  A very sad day for me.  Please remember him along with me....
Wilmington Education Advisory Committee Weighs In On Priority Schools

Wilmington Education Advisory Committee Weighs In On Priority Schools

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The letter inside was sent to Governor Markell yesterday. It is asking for the same thing most of us are asking - to slow down the process because more time is needed. One thing is clear. The more people learn about the Priority Schools Plan the more they ask for more time before implementation. The time frame is what frustrates so many - it simply cannot be taken seriously. The problems facing these schools are complicated, and ones we've ignored for years. Sadly, there is nothing in those MOUs that address, let alone acknowledge, the real issues facing these schools. And longer school days, getting rid of teachers and bringing in new "school leaders" (I hate that phrasing, btw) doesn't address the very real challenges these children, and the schools serving them, face every day. I stood on the steps at Warner when the Priority Schools plan was unveiled and, when the announcement was over, I walked away shaking my head. By the time I got home I realized that the main priority of the plan was the consequences of failure; that the only thing carved in stone in the MOU was the loss of our public schools. The time frame all but guaranteed that outcome. Hopefully, this letter will help slow things down.