GSCB - Cookie Program - Tailgate for Troops

In 2004, my daughter became a Girl Scout. When January came around and it was Girl Scout Cookie selling time, I learned about a great program that the Girl Scouts were involved in.

This program was started in 2003 after the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council and the Girl Scout troops had many inquiries from the community on how to help the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces overseas. The result from that was a program called Operation Taste of Home. This program allows the Girl Scouts to donate cookies to the USO located at Dover Air Force Base. Since the year 2003,over 40,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies have been sent to our Armed Forces.

Thank you for your support.

By Sharon

Supreme Court Assigns a Special Master in New Jersey v. Delaware

The US Supreme Court yesterday, in case number 134, New Jersey v. Delaware, assigned Ralph Lancaster, Esquire, of Portland Maine as Special Master to assist in sorting out the land rights case that has been brewing in the background for many years.

The dispute has recently reared its head in the NJ quest to build a massive LP gas terminal in Delaware.

The News Journal reports that this process will delay the resolution for years more to come.

big blue blogs?

Julie Moran Alterio reported in this week's News Journal Business Monday, that IBM has adopted the use of blogs by its employees. Or have they? From my reading of the article, IBM encourages IBM staff to set up and use a bog on IBM's intranet, not on the internet. So, they are trying to contain the damage while making blogs an internal communications tool.

It sounds to me like IBM has made a savvy decision to join em, rather than be agin em. Most of the big corporations I see that even know what a blog is, have awoken to the realization that blogs are not just a geek fad. Blogs are the crest of a wave. So, going with the flow is not a bad idea.

Perseverance Pays Off

As reported in the LA Times, and located for us by Howard J. Basham of HowAppealing, the story is told of a 7 and a half year legal battle following a 50 year crime of art theft.

a voice is heard for those that are locked away in cubes of silence

As reported in the News Journal, A US Appeals Court has upheld a million dollar verdict in favor of a state doctor who spoke out for the mentally ill.

The verdict was against the "establishment" for wrongfully firing him. So... we the taxpayers are paying for this, and the years of litigation that led to it.

I too spoke up about problems at the Delaware Psychiatric Center, years ago when I raised an alarm about how the highest security building that we have for the criminally insane, was fenced by a security fence that was held together by twist-ties. It took more than a year for somebody to be sent to fix it.

The mentally ill in our community do not have an adequate voice as it is. When the government that is supposed to be protecting them turns out to be the silencer of the problems rather than the solution, the problem is compounded.

After more than 10 years of working for (representing) the mentally ill in the involuntary mental commitment process, I resigned because it became clear to me that by continuing to serve in that role I had become a facilitator of the state's negligence rather than a shield against it.

Lets face it, our State government handles problems only when they blow up in their face. Well, I hope this 1 Million dollar explosion is seen as a problem. But I doubt it.

Just When I Thought I Had a Clue

Denise Howell, of Bag and Baggage is also Denise Howell ofSound Policy Series on IT Conversations.

It is a very cool way to hear interviews by Denise of some very knowledgeable guests. This morning I found it handy while I was preparing for court, to listen to her interview of Bob Wyman

Delaware Register of Regulations

Here's the site of the Delaware Register of Regulations. Not extremely user friendly, but there. And that's an improvement!