John Flaherty sent this along ~ (The Republic) AP - Randall Chase reports ~ Delaware chief justice expects more wrangling over constitutionality of secret arbitration A federal appeals court panel last month upheld a lower court decision declaring that a 2009 state law allowing chancery judges to preside over secret arbitration in high-stakes business disputes was unconstitutional because it violated the First Amendment right of citizens to have access to court proceedings and records. But Chief Justice Myron Steele said at...
Thursday, 21 November 2013
TDC's official business address - which they claim on their website is a Suite - is a mailbox in a Mail Boxes Etc UPS Store....A friend writes ~ 1554 Paoli Pike West Chester PA ---Does anyone know what this is the address for? Anyone? Anyone... Buller? Ferris Buller...? No reply... OK it is the address for The Data Centers LLC, the company who is building a 279 MW power plant in Newark and renting the UD campus to do...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
http://www.nonewarkpowerplant.org/Update: Lisa Diller has just confirmed with residents that she is voting NO on this resolution and she is meeting tonight with one Newark area community to listen to their concerns, Among those concerns is that the resolution is full of bad information on the project that TDC is spreading. Here are a few examples: Even according to TDC's own DEDO grant application, this resolution has the facts wrong. The avg...
John Flaherty sent this along ~CIAC sets public workshop on development of Vlasic Pickle/Pinnacle site for Thursday, Nov. 21 in Millsboro DOVER (Nov. 20, 2013) – DNREC’s Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC) will hold a public workshop Thursday, Nov. 21, on the potential redevelopment of the former Vlasic Pickle site at 29984 Pinnacle Way in Dagsboro. The workshop is scheduled from 3-5 p.m. at the Millsboro Town Hall, 322 Wilson Highway, Millsboro, DE 19966. Allen M. Harim Foods has entered into a brownfields development ...
Pick one of the many Stop The Filibuster petitions circulating today and sign it! Here's one from a favorite, The Pen ~In this one alert we are going to make an exception and depart from our standard policy of keeping our comments to Congress "respectful." For literally years we have argued, we have reasoned, we have begged, we have pleaded, we have cajoled, we have advocated, we have exhorted, and we have encouraged the Democrats in the Senate to...
Dr. Amy Roe's latest Freedom of Information Act request about The Data Centers LLC's plans for a power plant in Newark produced this map, from March 2013, which shows how existing and future power lines would be run through the STAR Campus.Plus a letter today ~ Data center doesn’t need the power plant In the ongoing debate concerning the STAR campus data center and power plant, it is essential to keep in mind that construction and use...
Update: (News Journal) Cori Ann Natoli reports ~ More pay for fast-food workers [Photo: Daisy Cruz, Mid-Atlantic District Director for SEIU Local 32BJ, reads a statement concerning the treatment and wages of fast-food workers during a meeting with the New Castle County Economic Development Subcommittee Tuesday. / JENNIFER CORBETT/THE NEWS JOURNAL]“Unfortunately ... a lot of folks have gotten filthy rich off the backs of others,” said Councilman...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Update: The NCC website shows that the meeting tonight has been cancelled.Kim Burdick sent this along ~ Please mark your calendar and DO come.11/19 Historic Review Board Agenda-Peter Alrich/Kux House 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in the New Castle Conference Room, Department of Land Use, 87 Reads Way, New Castle.App. 2013-08723: 14 Farm Lane, south of Port Penn. Demolition Permit application for c.1760 brick dwelling at...
Update: (WDEL) AP reports ~ Del. panel eyes drug testing for public works jobs - how about for all politicians too? [The] capital budget called for rules and procedures for enforcement of a state drug testing law to be publicized. The law calls for mandatory drug testing programs for all contractor employees and agents working on a job site in non-clerical positions. The budget bill provision directed the state budget director to convene the panel, which includes two representatives from the Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council...
Medard Gabel sent this along ~Wreaths for Peace UpdateThe Wreaths for Peace purchase deadline has been extended to November 22nd!Every wreath sold will benefit Pacem in Terris and support activities for peace and social justice in our community and throughout our world. New deadline for ordering is now November 22, 2013. To order a Wreath, visit Pacem's website here, or send an email. Pacem in Terris Has Moved! Why? Pacem in Terris is now...
State Rep. Kim Williams sent this along ~There are two important updates regarding the Enrollment Preference Task Force:1. The November meeting, scheduled for this Wednesday, November 20th, has been cancelled. The Department of Justice is still working on answering the legal questions that were submitted on October 22nd, 2013. 2. The December meeting, scheduled for Thursday, December 12th, will need to be rescheduled due to a double-booking by Buena Vista....
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