DL Open Thread: Fri., Aug. 30, 2019
Arden Fair Day tomorrow! Hope to see you there. I’ll be working as a beer narc from 12:30 to 2:30, so stop by and say ‘hi’. Just don’t try to smuggle any beer in or out of the Beer Garden…
DHS Blocking House Staff From ICE Facilities. Hey, it’s in ICE’s interests to keep anyone from seeing the disgraceful conditions children are forced to endure in today’s America.
General Mattis: The Man Who Couldn’t Take It Anymore. To be precise, couldn’t take Cheeto Christ ( huge h/t to Randy Rainbow) anymore.
Trump To Deport Sick Children. In so doing, signing their death warrants. I think he wakes up every morning, tweets, then decides how to inflict more pain on the most defenseless.
‘Wishcycling’: The Bad Habit That Is Causing The Recycling Meltdown. Read this and become a better recycler.
What do you want to talk about?
I found this odd today – News Journal omitted this DE Turf letter from today’s print version 8/30. They printed two of the three posted online.
Reader mail: Kent sports complex, school diversity, Second Amendment
Hard look needed at DE Turf
Before any additional money is given to DE Turf, there needs to be an independent evaluation of all the assumptions upon which the DE Turf is based. If within a few years the tournament sponsor fees can go up to $150,000, then why not up to $400,000 by 2021?
Backstory: A proposed tax, just for one nonprofit — behind the DE Turf bill
DE Turf is on the wrong end of the food chain! Eventually, you may likely have to offer your venue at little or no cost to meet the rising competition. Maybe the venue is a “loss leader” totally supported by Kent County & City of Dover but attracts $30 million a year.
We need to know the truth!
Is DE Turf really a dynamic economic development Engine? If we look at the last two years of DE Turf operation as a “proof of concept”, then where is the data detailing the $30 million of its annual impact? The hotel owners at the Forum did not sound enthusiastic over all the new money.
Finally, this whole effort has badly damaged the reputation of DE Turf. Most troubling is how a board member with insider information is actively involving himself in real estate deals on the edge of the property that benefits his interest. Only a fool would believe that the Paradee brothers don’t talk.
DE Turf needs to be an economic development engine for Kent County and not just the Paradee family!
—Thomas Pledgie, Dover
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/readers/2019/08/29/reader-mail-kent-sports-complex-school-diversity-second-amendment/2139842001/
Yeah, the Paradee family has its greedy paws all over this. So does Nancy Cook. She should be banned from Leg Hall–in the public interest.
Must just be a coincidence that DETurf board chair also is board chair at Bayhealth which recently opened new hospital down the road. Good friend to have if you need some construction work.