If there is any wonder at the local disconnect between meaningful and collaborative relationships between the State of Delaware and Sussex County government, look no further than the actions of one Cape Region member of the General Assembly who recently lectured planning & zoning commissioners regarding her opposition to a construction project but did so, as was shared in this newspaper, by speaking as a citizen as opposed to her position as a member of the legislature.
When our local elected officials want to have it both ways, we can all blame ourselves for the lack of clout we currently have in Legislative Hall and the ever-diminishing allocations of state funding and resources that come to the Cape Region. Instead of using the position of power they were elected to use and bringing together the various departments and agencies that can work together at the county and state level to make improvements, the decision to lecture a group of properly appointed officials and doing so by first shunning the co-equal role shared as a partner and colleague, shows a level of vanity and grandstanding that sadly epitomizes our current state of politics.
Be it by incessantly dressing up in an antique baseball uniform or holding up signs protesting along the side of the road many Saturday mornings, the Cape Region will continue to endure its inglorious decline as ineffective local politicians act out of their own desires as opposed to those they were elected to serve.
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