Delaware Liberal

Delaware’s Jimmy Carter? The Perils of Matt Meyer’s Big Swings

Economic Development?  He wants to keep businesses in Delaware, but he’s up against corporate lawyers who could tie up a simple parking ticket in litigation for a decade.

 

Carter faced the same battles—trying to fix long-term, systemic problems in a political world built for short-term, transactional gains. By the time he realized that real change takes longer than four years, he was already on his way to losing to Ronald Reagan.From County Executive to Governor: The Peter Principle in Action

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