At the June 15th Civic League meeting, a rousing conversation ensued about why the County Council is mostly rubber-stamping whatever the Executive's Department heads dictate. League Director Gary Warren reminded everyone that there was once an appointed citizen's Board to oversee the Special Services Department that provided some checks and balances.
I guess Gary has been talking to his friends on Council because the Special Services Committee co-chairs have suddenly decided to reconstitute the citizen's overisght Board:
(Newark Post) reports ~ Councilmen want to reestablish committee following Lea Eara Farms sewage treatment problems - New Castle County Councilmen William E. Powers, Jr. and Timothy Sheldon announced their intention to re-establish the NCC Department of Special Services Board, following the takeover of a waste treatment facility at Lea Eara Farms near Middletown.
The talk is that Bill Powers and Gary Warren are already making calls to hand pick some potential members that they think will support the proposed Artesian Water sewer project in Port Penn on the land owned by Gary Warren and Mr. Lester.
ReplyDeleteThe selection process should be open, transparent, and based on qualifications - or this committee should not be re-established.
The county executive is already dealing with Artesian and the eastern landowners. I got an email from Gregg Wilson today that verifies that. The Board will have to be free of politics and that is hard as hell in this county.
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