New blog post! Outlining my research on corporations that vote, in Delaware. Facts and figures you didn't know you needed!
In Delaware, corporations can vote. So can LLCs, partnerships, and trusts, provided they own real property within the municipality where the election is taking place. In "The Company State,” capital n...
I HAVE FINISHED EXAMINING ALL 57 MUNICIPAL CHARTERS IN DELAWARE 40 municipalities (70%) grant corporations the vote in some cases (annexations, bond referenda); 3 (5%) fully enfranchise them. NB: Corps are enfranchised only if they own (or, in some cases, lease) real property in town.
I went to see Suffs in New York a couple of weeks ago and was really taken with suffragist Ruza Wenclawska. I was disappointed with the lack of biographical info about her online. No one even knew when she died! So here's the result of my research so far. medium.com/@JanetLinden...
Note: Ruza Wenclawska used several different names in various aspects of her professional life, including Rose Winslow, Ruza Wenclaw, and…
Another entry in "why I hate the bluebook." 39 Prof’l. Admin 13. Is it Professional Administrator or Professional Administration? Which of the several journals with those titles is it? I figured it out eventually but why are we still using these pointless abbreviations?
I think I've confused Lexis AI with my very first question.
They warn you these Sweeney Todd lottery seats are obstructed view and they really are. Can’t complain for the price though. Plus you get a good view of the orchestra.
Today I thought, Why do I never enter the Sweeney Todd lottery? So I entered today for the first time and I won! Now I have to get myself to NYC tomorrow.
Does anyone know if this early Lexis terminal is a UBIQ terminal? I'm trying to date the photo. It's obviously the 1980s and I'm thinking 1981 or 82?
Two really important articles out today from Meredith Newman at Delaware Online. First, an in-depth look at Delaware's forced sterilization program. It ran thru the 1970s & affected ~1,500 ppl – one of the highest per capita rates in the US. Black women & girls were disproportionately affected.
Throughout the 20th century, Delaware forcibly sterilized people at one of the most aggressive rates in the country.
