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The Hard Reality Of Charter Schools
Steve Newton doesn’t pull any punches with his latest post entitled: A thought on the Pencader mess that will get me into trouble.
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Big Idea Wednesday: The New Jim Crow
I have wanted to do a regular post to motivate myself to come up with content that would stimulate discussion and make my brain move. I’m hoping that this will be that vehicle. This week’s big idea comes from my friend Phillip Bannowsky. Some day I’ll be drummed out of the corps for having him […]
41 days until election day – The Betting Lines
Since the Dem primary will settle the issue for many of the races in Delaware, election day is effectively just over a month out.
September 11, 2012 Primary Election
- Insurance Commissioner – Weldin Stewart/Crane/Others – Crane plus 1
- Wilmington Mayoral Race – Williams/Kelley – No line yet
- SD 1 McDowell/Brady/Martin – McDowell plus 2
- SD 6 Miller/Frederick/Staton – Staton plus 6
- SD 11 DeLuca/Townsend – even money
- RD 15 Longhurst/Burton – Longhurst plus 3
- RD 19 Dunn/Williams – even money
- RD 23 Baumbach/Bock/Grant – No line yet
- RD 32 McGlumphey/Bennett- even money
What is walking distance?
How far do you walk? 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile, 6 minutes, 30 minutes? What is distance you will walk before you start to think that maybe driving or taking a bus makes more sense?
It turns out that walking distance has more to do with what you are looking at, and less to do with how far you need to go.
Walk Appeal promises to be a major new tool for understanding and building walkable places, and it explains several things that were heretofore either contradictory or mysterious. It begins with the assertion that the quarter-mile radius (or 5-minute walk,) which has been held up for a century as the distance Americans will walk before driving, is actually a myth.
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The Political Event Calendar for the Week
On Wednesday, August 1, 2012, we have State Representative John Kowalko announcing his reelection bid at the Newark Senior Center, 200 White Chapel Drive in Newark. It starts at 11 a.m.
Later Wednesday night at 7 pm we have the monthly meeting of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware at the Delaware Democratic Party HQ’s, 19 E. Commons Blvd, in New Castle. Kathleen MacRae, the Executive Director of the ACLU of Delaware, will be speaking about efforts to repeal the death penalty in Delaware; and Erik Raser-Schramm, the director of the 2012 Coordinated Campaign, will speak on their efforts in the upcoming election.
On Thursday, August 2 at Timothy’s of Newark from 7 pm to 10 pm, there will be a fundraiser for Democrat Paul Baumbach for his race to succeed Terry Schooley in the 23rd RD. Here is a like to the Facebook site for the event.
‘Bulo On Al’s Show Today At 10!
I’m back, and I’m ready to talk the latest in Delaware political doings! From 10 am to 12 noon, today, WDEL-1150 with my favorite sparring partner, Al Mascitti.
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