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The candidate calls current and past issues revolving around spouse Dana Long an irrelevant distraction, but questions abound about her transparency. ....
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Jack Guerin Special to the USA TODAY Network Through our recent national traumas, we’ve learned the importance of the rule of law. No one in our society should be above the law including the Delaware General Assembly. As Thomas Jefferson warned, “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” Our lawmakers have used their lawmaking power to exempt themselves from the section of the Delaware Code known as the “State Employees’, Officers’ and Officials’ Code of Conduct” and from oversight of the Public Integrity Commission. In 2015 the Center for Public Integrity gave Delaware an F, ranking the First State 48th in systems to deter corruption in state government. The report characterized ethics enforcement in Delaware as “anemic.” ....
Following a hearing with the state’s Public Integrity Commission, Rehoboth Beach Planning Commissioner Rachel Macha has recused herself from the Clear Space hearing set to resume Friday, Feb. 26. Macha’s recusal comes after members of the public questioned her impartiality. She had independently contacted a sound engineer who submitted a report to the planning commission regarding potential noise levels from the theater’s two-building project at 413, 415 and 417 Rehoboth Ave. The report in question was submitted on behalf of a group of people who appealed, and won reversal of, the planning commission’s approval of the project back in August. City commissioners required the planning commission to conduct a second public hearing on the matter; the hearing was held Jan. 29. ....