Jobs For Delaware Graduates = Jobs For Political Hacks

Jobs For Delaware Graduates = Jobs For Political Hacks

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Does anybody here remember the inception of Jobs For Delaware Graduates? I do. Pete duPont created this repository for some of his less-qualified lackeys back in 1978. It was basically modeled after other Federal jobs programs, but with the bar set so low that it could claim success even when said success was dubious at best, and would never have been accepted under federal requirements:
It was designed in 1978 by five working groups in Delaware, drawn from business, educational, workforce, labor union, and community leadership. The purpose of the organization was to address simultaneously with Delaware’s unemployment rate and the dropout rate (?).
So, you're saying to yourself, well, Steve, this is all well and good, but, so far your headline is false advertising. Ladeez & Gentlemen, meet the new President of Jobs For Delaware Graduates...STATE SENATOR NICOLE POORE. major conflict: Didja know that this ostensibly 'private non-profit' gets about $1.4 million annually from the Grant-In-Aid bill? Taxpayer money appropriated by the same General Assembly to which Sen. Poore belongs? And now she's drawing a salary from them. From the same $1.4 million?
‘Bulo On Al Mascitti Show Tuesday

‘Bulo On Al Mascitti Show Tuesday

We'll talk the 2014 Delaware election results, look at how 2016 might shape up, and maybe even look at the issues facing the upcoming General Assembly session. I'll even talk about how Tom Carper is showing some signs of vulnerability. All this and your calls, this Tuesday, 10 am to 12 noon, WDEL 1150-Newsradio.
Attendance Zone Decision for Cooke Elementary School Results In A Protest

Attendance Zone Decision for Cooke Elementary School Results In A Protest

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An ipetition landed in my email.  Here's what it says:
Protest of Red Clay School Board's Attendance Zone Decision for Cooke Elementary School We demand that the Red Clay Consolidated School District School Board reverse their October 15 decision to deviate from the Attendance Zone feeder pattern that had been presented by the Attendance Zone Committee and accepted by the community. This last-minute decision undermined six months of work by the Attendance Zone Committee and did not give the community an opportunity to voice concerns. The students of Lancaster Court Apartments will not benefit from this decision, and the decision contradicts the Neighborhood Schools Act. The Board's action was not ethical and the decision is not acceptable.
So... I made some calls to try and figure out what happened.  I'm piecing this together from various conversations, so if anyone has additional insight please let me know.  Here's what I heard....