I missed this story when it was posted at WDEL a couple of days ago: New Castle County Council President Karen Hartley-Nagle had a sit-down with party leaders Jan. 22 to air her side of the story. She had requested the meeting with
Democratic Party Chairman Erik Raser-Schramm, New Castle County Chair David Woodside, Wilmington chair Cassandra Marshall and state party staffers Jesse Chadderdon and Travis Williams. Raser-Schramm’s memo about the meeting doesn’t make it sound too terribly productive.
Amy Cherry caught up with Cassandra, who said:
“The council president has a lot of opportunity here, and we talked about that specifically–to revise this story and to get her to get what she needs to do back on track. While we still have a lot of concerns about where this process is right now, between the council president and the all of the other council members, there’s still an opportunity here to turn this thing around. …I think that it’s fair to say that Ms. Hartley-Nagle probably walked in the door with an unrealistic sense of what her job might be. But I think that, in terms of looking forward and trying to find places where she can be more positive….that was certainly our recommendation to her.”
I knew Cassandra was a great blogger and community activist, but I didn’t realize she knew how to put lipstick on a pig.