BREAKING: Gay Agenda — 1,593,422; Shaun Fink — 0

BREAKING: Gay Agenda — 1,593,422; Shaun Fink — 0

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I've probably undercounted the Gay Agenda wins. Still. Mr. Fink has resigned his position on the Indian River school board, surrendering to the vastly superior ground and air forces of the Gay Agenda. No word yet when the Gay Agenda will actually control the Board:
Shaun Fink, an Indian River School District school board member who spent much of the school year debating against the merits of teaching homosexual terms in the district's middle and high school classrooms, has resigned. "I've decided to resign because of acquiescence to the homosexual agenda within the district," he said.
Wilmington’s Leadership and Education

Wilmington’s Leadership and Education

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It is pretty normal to go to any Wilmington civic meeting and have at least part of that meeting focused on a discussion of improving educational opportunities for kids in the city. This is a good thing, because it is pretty clear that residents know that education is important for this kids; they know that the city is full of kids who need some additional help here and they know that it will be easier for the city to stabilize if it has great schools available to all of its kids. City Leadership from both the Administration and the City Council enthusiastically join in these discussions, carving out their own place in the Amen Corner here and showing themselves as on the same page with what their constituents want. It is a bad thing because none of these meetings is a school board meeting and I have never witnessed one of these discussions where any government official: 1) explained that the City of Wilmington has no authority over the schools in the city; 2) encouraged people to actually take all of this energy to a school board meeting where something could be done to address those concerns or 3) encouraged people to get out to vote in a school district referendum.
“We’re Not Going to Let This Commission Take Credit for These Ideas”

“We’re Not Going to Let This Commission Take Credit for These Ideas”

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That's a paraphrase of what Wilmington's Public Safety Liaison, Mr. Douglas Iardella, told one of the attendees of tonite's Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission. This, unfortunately, is the only thing that can explain the Administration's continued and obvious delay in talking about implementing the recommendations of the Commission's report. Tonight's meeting was expected to feature Chief Bobby Cummings discussing the report's recommendations that the WPD would implement and discuss the path forward. Many community members came out (again) to be a part of the discussion and several of Wilmington's GA delegation came as well.
UPDATE: When Bad Math Emerges from the Bunker

UPDATE: When Bad Math Emerges from the Bunker

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The Tuesday Town Hall meeting had a couple of handouts, apparently. I only got one that didn't make much sense, but there was a packet that I missed that had some additional data not on my handout, ostensibly showing the percent decrease in Class A crimes in the city. One of folks attending this meeting was Clayton Stacey, a Cool Springs resident who was brutalized in a robbery about a month ago. Mr. Stacey got one of these other handouts and he took a good look at the stats presented. And then he checked the math:
Sunday Open Thread [5.24.15]

Sunday Open Thread [5.24.15]

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I feel like a Kremlinologist. So there is this AP tidbit that Vice President and Dr. Biden are staying in Washington this weekend, which is rare since they usually go home to Delaware on the weekends. It goes unmentioned in the article, but obviously they are staying close to the Walter Reed Hospital, which is a quick trip up 16th Street from Massachusetts Avenue and the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory. We have to assume that Beau Biden is still admitted to that hospital, since we have no information to the contrary. The highlight of the AP article is that the Vice President golfed yesterday afternoon with the President. So Beau's condition is serious enough that it has kept the Bidens in DC and Beau still in the hospital after four days, but not critical enough that the Vice President can't go play golf.

The Weekly Addresses

In this week’s address, the President commemorated Memorial Day by paying tribute to the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service to our country. Divider In his weekly message, Governor Markell discusses a statewide effort to end homelessness among veterans in Delaware by the end of 2015. Divider House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst discusses the infrastructure improvement funding bill the House passed. The proposed Division of Motor Vehicles fee increases would raise $23.9 million that would fund infrastructure projects throughout Delaware. Many of the fees identified have not been increased in more than 20 years.