Category: Legislative Updates

As pictured, on Sunday the 22nd I attended a dedication celebrating contributions to Delaware Ducks Unlimited at the Mike Castle Trail.  I joined a conference call with the board of the Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence on the 24th.  On the 25th I attended a meeting in Dover of the Education Funding Flexibility Task Force, […]

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On Monday the 10th I attended a legislative update by Christina School District on the Priority Schools initiative proposed by the Governor and state Department of Education.  That evening I attended the monthly meeting of the 23rd district Democratic committee, and I spoke before the Newark city council.  On Tuesday the 11th I attended the […]

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On Sunday the 19th I knocked on doors in the 23rd district, and also knocked on doors with Bethany Hall-Long in her senate district.  I attended and spoke briefly at the memorial for Mark Manno on Monday the 20th.  That evening I attended the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, the annual fundraiser dinner for the state Democratic […]

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On Wednesday the 1st I hosted my monthly coffee at Panera on Main Street from 7:30-9am.  The next one is November 5th.  I had a call with Secretary Coupe to discuss prison funding, to help me understand the conditions of the Howard Young (Gander Hill) and the James T Vaughn (Smyrna) prisons.  I had lunch […]

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On Friday the 19th I hosted a meeting to explore how the state and Newark-area non-profits serve our homeless neighbors.  Representatives from DHSS, the 211 call center, the state service agencies, the Delaware State Housing Authority and Emmaus House attended, and we are looking forward to additional productive meetings.  On Sunday the 21st I co-hosted […]

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On Tuesday the 2nd I attended a candidate forum in Hockessin in the evening.  On the morning of the 3rd I hosted my monthly coffee at Panera Bread on Main Street.  On Saturday the 6th I attended a homecoming ceremony for a division of the National Guard, and then attended the Improving Birth Rally in […]

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On Saturday the 16th I attended the annual picnic for College Park at the Edna Dickey Park, and then went to Leipsic for the annual Ennis/Carson Crab Feast.  On Monday the 18th I attended one of the two Christina School District back-to-school BBQs, at Kirk Middle.  I took the ALS ice bucket challenge on the […]

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I attended a regional state government conference in Baltimore from Saturday the 2nd to Tuesday the 5th.  I returned to host my monthly coffee at Panera on Wednesday morning, the 6th.  That afternoon I attended the Deferred Compensation committee meeting in Dover.  On Thursday the 7th I attended the fan event for the Sevens professional […]

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On Tuesday July 22nd I had breakfast with UD’s Rick Deadwyler, and then headed to the old New Castle Court House for the signing of several campaign finance reform bills, including two which I prime sponsored.  That evening I stopped by the community meeting for Country Hills, and then attended the quarterly meeting of the […]

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On Tuesday the 8th I attended a wrap-up session with the home-birth midwife advocates in Marydel.  On Wednesday the 9th I attended the signing of four bills which help ex-offenders better transition into our communities.  This includes SB 217, the bill which ends the automatic loss of drivers license for those with minor drug offenses.  […]

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