Kilroy's delaware

• 60-80 million budget cuts for DE education FY2011

  My guesstimate for possible state budget cuts for public education for FY2011 is between 60-80 million dollars. Markell is pretty much all tapped out! I don’t forsee pay cuts for state workers including teachers. With 2010 being an election year it’s doubtful Delaware legislators will want to raise taxes. Markell “will” be forced to call [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Arne Duncan will help prepare students for the military.

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  Are too few young people fit for military service? According to an alarming new report, 75 percent of young people ages 17 to 24 are unable to enlist in the military because they fail to graduate high school, have a criminal record, or are physically unfit. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Obama busted with hand in cookie jar

  Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars “The administration can’t really tell states and schools what to do, since education has been largely a state and local responsibility throughout the history of the U.S. But the $5 billion grant fund, which was set aside in the economic stimulus law, [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Dave Burris returns to the battle field

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  Dave Burris has returned to the Delaware blog world energized and a man who marches to the beat of his own drum. For years Dave Burris has been the blog punching bag for the Republican Party and he did it with honor. I have a hunch Dave Burris is back to take [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:06am EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Obama’s clout in doubt

  With the big Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia a clear message has been sent to President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. That message is, walk the talk assholes! When I crossed party lines to vote for Obama and Biden I had a job and all was just fine. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:13am EST
  by kilroysdelaware