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Delaware Political Weekly: March 4-10, 2016

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Delaware Political Weekly: March 4-10, 2016

Mayor Dennis Williams Just Won’t, Or Can’t, Grow Up.

You’re probably aware that there is a Wilmington mayoral debate on March 15. You may be aware that there are six filed candidates for Mayor.  You may also be aware that none of those filed candidates are named Dennis Williams.  OK, when the forum was scheduled, quite some time ago, one of the requirements for participating in the forum was that you must be filed as a candidate.  Didn’t seem unreasonable, still doesn’t seem unreasonable.  But, from a highly-placed source (wink wink) this caused Wilmington’s Embarrassment of a Mayor to go into high dudgeon…how dare they require that someone must be filed as a candidate to participate in a candidates’ debate?  Junior high school stuff. But, the organizers relented. So, if Mayor Williams, for one of the very few times since he’s been mayor, deigns to grace the crowd with his presence, he’ll be welcome.  Of course, if he had just filed, like a reasonable person, none of this faux-drama would have been necessary. But he just can’t help himself.

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