So special we’re putting it up on Thursday. One of our own readers broke the embargo. So, we’ve been granted permission to break the following news:
1. LYDIA YORK TO PRIMARY PARK CITY KATHY FOR STATE AUDITOR!! She filed her committee yesterday. She is quite the accomplished person:
She started her career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand, a predecessor of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and becoming a Certified Public Accountant.She attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania earning an MBA with a concentration in Finance. She spent ten years working on complex financial products at Mellon Bank, N.A., Westinghouse Credit Corporation and Duquesne Light Company. Before switching to the legal profession, she helped a start-up internet company raise over $1 million. After graduating from Temple University Beasley School of Law, she clerked for the Honorable Phillip Lewis Paley, J.S.C. in the Middlesex Vicinage of New Jersey. At the conclusion of her clerkship, she completed an LL.M. in Taxation.
Lydia is admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Estates and Trusts Section, the Elder Law Section and the Tourism and Hospitality Section and the Multicultural Judges and Lawyer Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. She worked at Ciro Poppiti Law, Stewarts Law US, and at Mattleman Weinroth and Miller in estate planning before starting her solo practice in 2018.
Practice areas include estate planning, Medicaid planning, future care planning, probate, trust administration, adult guardianship and special needs planning.
Most importantly, she appears to be an ethical person. Not to mention, a CPA and an attorney. It doesn’t matter whether or not Kathy McGuiness is found criminally-culpable. Her ethics are not in question–she has none. Plus, York’s combination of skills suggests that she can understand and navigate even the most convoluted messes a state auditor might uncover.
I congratulate both her and any and all Party officials who might have aided in her candidacy. As soon as her website is up, I’m sure I won’t be the only person contributing to her campaign.
2. The Kop Kabal Battles Its Prospective Extinction, And–Members Of Its Own Caucus. Oh, sure, they might be able to claim plausible deniability. But the candidacies of ex-cop Michael Hertzfeld against incumbent Eric Morrison, and ex-cop David Thomas against Rae Moore would not be possible w/o the approval of Speaker Pete and the Kop Kabal. Oh, and the cops themselves. They understand that the reign of the House leadership could well be over if they don’t get reinforcements. Legislators look askance at leaders supporting primaries against incumbents. Oh, I might add the suspicious candidacy of LaVaughn McCutchen, who is in the 32nd RD race only to siphon votes away from Kerri Evelyn Harris so that the Chamber guy can win. Folks, this battle is real. Get involved.
3. A Worthy Successor To Rep. Kowalko. Cyndie Romer officially filed her candidacy this week. People who I trust have assured me that she’s the real deal. Here’s her platform.
What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?