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Wilmington Mayoral Debates at Ezion Fair

By cassandra_m April 19, 201624 Comments

Last night was another big Mayoral debate, this one including the newly announced (but not filed) Maria Cabrera and finally showing up Dennis Williams. This debate was sponsored by the Complexities of Color Coalition, the Metropolitan Urban League Young Professionals, Interdenominational Ministers Action Council, Delaware Young Democrats Minority Caucus and Delaware Black and held at Ezion Fair church in Southbridge. This was really well attended and the audience was definitely there to be engaged. The NJ provides a bunch of the highlights of the evening, but I want to focus on some campaign themes emerging and a different cattle call at the end.

Wilmington Mayor Race Cattle Call — Show Me the Money Edition

By cassandra_m January 22, 201628 Comments

Campaign finance reports for the year ending 31 December 2015 were due into the Department of Elections by 20 January 2016, so let's take a look at what those reports might tell us about the race for Mayor of Wilmington:

Camden Gets the Kudos for Community Policing that Wilmington Could Have Had

By cassandra_m May 18, 2015

So you've heard me talk about the successes that Camden has had in bending the curve of their crime and violence issues -- and today, President Obama travels to Camden to recommend the Camden Community Policing approach as a national model. This accompanies the release of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing report today:

The report endorsed Thomson's view that "community policing cannot be a program, unit, strategy or tactic. It must be the core principle that lies at the foundation of a police department's culture. "The only way to significantly reduce fear, crime and disorder, and then sustain these gains is to leverage the greatest force multiplier: the people of the community," Thomson testified.

Wilmington Budget Follies

By cassandra_m May 29, 201313 Comments

For the past few weeks, the back and forth over coming to some agreement over the Wilmington budget for the next fiscal year has been a source of a great deal of cynicism, exasperation and a fair amount of entertainment. While there is not alot to be proud of here -- at bottom we have a new administration who seems to think that they can get things done by fiat. For all of the yelling and screaming about what the Wilmington City Charter says -- it still gives the Administration the power to spend the money that City Council allocates to it. That is pretty basic everywhere. Even though the Council spent much of its time rubber-stamping much of the Baker Administration's work, I wish I could be more hopeful in a more energized Council who will actually do what the Charter expects of them.

Wilmington Mayor’s Debate — Social Justice Edition

By cassandra_m April 23, 20123 Comments

Last Monday night, the candidates running for Wilmington Mayor met at the New Destiny Fellowship Church to take questions from members of the Black Clergy Consortium. All of the candidates showed for this debate, except for Robert Marshall, who, in spite of telling lots of people he's really in, is looking like he may not have the stomach for it. Selara Gatewood was also at this event, and this was probably the first time people got a chance to see and hear her.