Appointee:
|
Appointed
by:
|
Appointment
Date:
|
County
|
Rep. Earl
Jaques
|
Speaker of
House
|
New
Castle
| |
Rep. Lincoln
Willis
|
Speaker of
House
|
Kent
| |
Sen. Patricia Blevins
(Chair)
|
President Pro
Tempore
|
08/08/2012
|
New
Castle
|
Sen. Karen
Peterson
|
President Pro
Tempore
|
08/08/2012
|
New
Castle
|
Mr. Andy
Lippstone
|
Governor
|
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Hetti
Brown
|
Public
Member
|
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Jennifer
Ranji
|
Public
Member
|
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Kathy
Gallagher
|
Public
Member
|
New
Castle
| |
Dr. Caroline
Hughes
|
Public
Member
|
New
Castle
| |
Mr. Verne
Smith
|
Public
Member
|
New
Castle
| |
The Hon. Ed
Kee
|
Dept. of
Agriculture
Secretary |
Sussex
| |
Dr. Morgan
Dawkins
|
DE Veterinary Medical
Assoc.
Windcrest Animal Hospital |
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Kristin
Dwyer
|
NCC Policy
Coordinator
|
New
Castle
| |
Mr. Michael Petit de
Mange
|
Kent County Levy
Court
|
Kent
| |
Mr. Hal
Godwin
|
Sussex
County
Deputy County Administrator |
Sussex
| |
Mr. John
Rago
|
City of
Wilmington
Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor Baker |
New
Castle
| |
Mr. Patrick
Carroll
|
DE Humane
Assoc.
|
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Jane
Pierantozzi
|
Faithful Friends
Animal Society
|
New
Castle
| |
Ms. Anne
Gryczon
|
Safe Haven Animal
Shelter
|
Sussex
| |
Ms. Anne
Cavanaugh
|
Delaware
SPCA
|
New
Castle
| |
Mr. Kevin
Usilton
|
Kent County
SPCA
|
Kent
| |
Dr. Michael
Moyer
|
UPenn Shelter Animal
Medicine Program
|
Out of
State
|
NCC – 15
KC – 3
Sussex – 3
Next Scheduled Meeting:
Thursday, Sep. 20th at 2:00 p.m. will be held at Appoquinimink State Service Center (122 Silver Lake Rd., Middletown, DE 19709)
The following meetings are scheduled with the Buena Vista Conference Center
Thursday, Oct. 18th at 2:00 p.m. in the Buck Library
Thursday, Nov. 15th at 2:00 p.m. in the Dining Room
Thursday, Dec. 13th at 2:00 p.m. in the Dining Room
Friday, Jan. 18th at 2:00 p.m. in the Buck Library
Thursday, Feb. 21st at 2:00 p.m. in the Buck Library
New Castle County To The Rescue?
It was bad enough that the task force ignored common sense appointments referenced in my previous post, by not including those that enforce the law and protect the public safety, like other grown up states do. Now we find out that 15 of the 22 members are from New Castle, and that Kent and Sussex were only afforded 3 members each. And to no surprise, ALL the meetings are scheduled to be held in New Castle County. Sadly, nothing surprises me anymore.
So lets review where most of the problems under CAPA have occurred.
- The shelter most impacted financially was Kent County SPCA in Kent County, since they handled dog control for all 3 counties until recently.
- What county didn't have dog control for several weeks when our county chose to hand over dog control to a shelter that isn't open yet - Kent County.
- What counties residents have to make an appointment pick up their dog 40 miles away if it gets loose, because the shelter Safe Have took over our dog control contract and has missed another promised open date (mid August) - Kent County.
- What county has had to watch cats suffer longer, since to the new contractor handling dog control that has no moral compass to help a suffering cat, even though they are the ones with officers patrolling our county - Kent County.
- What county has a shelter with a number of board members and law abiding citizens that previously volunteered, who walked away because they question the practices of that shelter - Sussex County.
- What county has a resident charged for cruelty because she dropped off 2 cats at an animal shelter, which is generally an accepted practice in the normal world - Sussex County.
It's ironic that state leadership thinks Kent County and Sussex County residents should trust the same legislators and governor who brought us their brilliant CAPA law, and the resulting issues that are impacting our counties. Isn't it nice that they brought in the New Castle County folks, so they can save us below the canal Delaware hicks with more of their bad tasting medicine.
