And back date it to apply to all transactions starting after midnight, January 1, 2011….
A giant 248 MW power plant is going into a residential neighborhood. That is unheard of. We know Rowan jumped out of a similar deal.
Every human being in Delaware should demand (because they will soon breathe the toxins) that the UD lose its proprietary status, and that we find out what is really going on.
They were up front with Rowen and Rowen said no thank you… The University of Delaware is sitting on valuable information required by all to make a balanced decision, without which a gigantic lifetime mistake could occur….
Obviously they want that mistake to occur…
So, to fight back, they should lose all future protection from FOIA requests… All it takes is a change of one sentence…..
A statement (not a rhetorical but an action that has grave consequences), needs to be emphasized: that if you want of fuck with the citizens of the town of Newark, it will cost you. It WILL cost you…..
Here: John and Paul….
04/15/2014 | ![]() |
Long Title: | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEFINITION OF PUBLIC BODY. |
Synopsis: | This bill would include the President’s Offices of the University of Delaware as being defined as a public body, and would therefore serve to open it to all FOIA inquiries. Furthermore this bill would reach back to midnight January 1, 2011 and require the University to legally fulfill all FOIA requests for information dating henceworth that period in time. |
Section 1. Amend § 10002(h), Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining as follows:
(h) ”Public body” means, unless specifically excluded, any regulatory, administrative, advisory, executive, appointive or legislative body of the State, or of any political subdivision of the State, including the University of Delaware, but not limited to, any board, bureau, commission, department, agency, state university, committee, ad hoc committee, special committee, temporary committee, advisory board and committee, subcommittee, legislative committee, association, group, panel, council or any other entity or body established by an act of the General Assembly of the State, or established by any body established by the General Assembly of the State, or the University of Delaware, or the Presidents Office of the University of Delaware, or appointed by any body or public official of the State or otherwise empowered by any state governmental entity, which:
and… Section 1. Amend § 10002(l), Title 29 of the Delaware Code
(i) ”Public body,” “public record” and “meeting” shall not include activities of the University of Delaware and Delaware State University, except that the Board of Trustees and all offices of the President of the University of Delaware and the Board of Trustees and all offices of the President of the Delaware State University shall be “public bodies,” and that the University and University documents relating to the expenditure of all private and public funds shall be deemed “public records,” and each meeting by the President or of the full Board of Trustees of either institution shall be deemed a “meeting.” This action will apply retroactively to January 1, 2011.
We may all die of asphyxiation, but we won’t die without fighting back……
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April 13, 2014 at 5:13 pm
John Kowalko
I did introduce a bill with Rep. J.J. Johnson which declared UofD a public institution for purposes of FOIA but it was stopped from moving forward by this Administration and House leadership. I have often pushed for legislation that seem exercises in futility because powerful people tend to protect powerful interests but I do not have the time at this moment in this session to neglect other, perhaps doable, enterprises.
I cannot speak for Rep. Baumbach.
John Kowalko
April 13, 2014 at 5:24 pm
John Kowalko
I wasn’t trying to be curt or dismissive but considering the statements of support and the obvious willingness of this Governor to unequivocally support the Power Plant combined with current leaderships unwillingness to challenge or question this administration and to “carry its water” an “exercise in futility” does not adequately express the improbability of success.
John Kowalko
April 13, 2014 at 6:43 pm
kavips
Thank you John. Could you give us a bill number if there was one designated?
As with all other business enterprises sponsored by this administration, the successful tactic is to run around the wall defense created by the administration and House leadership, by going directly to the public. I think this football analogy holds up well, because as left tackle, your own options are by definition of your position, rather limited. However those of us in the back field have a lot more options open to us, and winning over the crowd is what we do best, despite all opposition… 🙂
A bill number would help, and if you could modify it to match the above and resubmit it, the publicity would help us get boots on the ground…Anything along those lines of course would be helpful…. and hopefully (fingers crossed) take less than 5 minutes of your time.
It doesn’t need to pass…. Just having it there and tabled, would be enough of a political message to let the people in New Castle County know that this administration and this House leadership do not care about real human beings in New Castle County… which thereby will undermine everything they say in the future….
For how can anyone say they care after reading of all the lethal toxins asked of DNREC to approve? Toxins which will then lay on top of everyone’s house, pets and car, perhaps as even as far as Rowan…