Delaware government corruption
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Delaware think tank launches school transparency website
The website contains budget data and performance measures for Delaware's K-12 public schools. It is accumulated for policymakers, school administrators, teachers, school board members, taxpayers and parents to access. One can search current and historical information for each of Delaware's 19 school districts. One can compare up to five school districts at a time.
The site only has only school district information, but it will be expanded to included school-level data.
The data on this website is directly from the State of Delaware Department of Education website. SunlightOnSchools.org is modeled after the North Dakota Policy Council's SunshineOnSchools.org, which had previously been emulated by the Montana Policy Institute, which hosts SchoolsOpenMT.org.[1]
Kramer keeps watchful eye on county council comings and goings
"He sits as far in the back of the room as possible, but he catches every word said – even the muttered ones – at Sussex County Council meetings.
Then at the end of just about every meeting, he saunters up the middle of the aisle like an usher getting ready to drop off the collection plate. But his weekly offering is usually one of barbed criticism on one matter or another discussed during the meeting. “This is Dan Kramer…” he starts off, although he needs no introduction because everyone who has attended more than one county council meeting knows him." Read the full article here.
House chips away at public records
"Fewer details about voters would be available to the public under legislation approved in the House late Monday.
H.B. 481, sponsored by Rep. V. George Carey, R-Slaughter Neck, would exclude voter lists from provisions of the Freedom of Information Act."
Rehoboth Beach planners did not violate the law
"The Delaware Attorney General’s Office has determined the Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission did not violate the Freedom of Information Act when it partitioned property at 507 Lee St. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint stems from a denial of a partitioning application for the Lee Street property in January. The next month, the applicant, Lee Street LLC, came back with a request for reconsideration of the decision and a new partitioning plan. City code states an applicant must wait 12 months before submitting a new application. However, at its March 7 meeting, the commission voted to waive the waiting period and proceed with the new plan.
The complaint, filed by Rehoboth resident Mable Granke, alleged that the agenda for the meeting said the commission was going to discuss reconsideration, not a waiver, and that reconsideration and waiver were two different things."
Democrat Jack Markell Calls for FOIA Expansion
Markell calls for the expansion of the state's Freedom of Information Act to cover members of the Delaware General Assembly.[2]
He also is campaigning to ban gifts from lobbyists to state officials, create a non-partisan redistricting commission, and prevent legislators from holding state contracts.
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