The Secretary of State is a member of the Cash Management Policy Board. This is the same Board that Treasurer Chip Flowers is attempting to by-pass so that he can play with and more aggressively invest Delaware’s short term cash. At the bottom of this post is the landing page of the Secretary of State’s website. Clicking on the link to the Cash Management Policy Board comes up with the following from the Treasury’s (aka The Treasurer’s) website:
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Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help.
Taking the advice given, a web search of the Treasurer’s site for “Cash Management Policy Board” comes up with… “Nothing Found.” However, a search for “Cash Management Policy” comes up with the Treasurer’s own thoughts as to how to invest Delaware’s short term cash holdings.
I guess when the Treasurer spent a bunch of money updating his office’s website into a puff-piece, he neglected to check for other State website inbound links or inform members of the Cash Management Policy Board that he was purging all details of their existence from “his” site.
Oversight? Incompetence? Purposeful? You make the call…
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
The Secretary of State oversees an extremely diverse department with responsibilities in virtually every aspect of state government: economic development, finance, transportation, housing, education, culture and quality-of-life issues. In addition to providing direction such as budgetary and policy guidance to the various operating divisions of the Department, he also serves on the Board of Pardons as Secretary, is a member of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) and the Cash Management Policy Board and chairs the Delaware Stadium Corporation. The Secretary of State is traditionally one of the Governor’s primary advisors.
The staff in the Office of the Secretary provides financial, personnel, training and legislative services to the Department’s divisions. In addition, the office is responsible for approving notary public applications and for providing the administrative functions of the Board of Pardons.
Flowers just released a presser about Markell’s action taking a by-pass of the state treasurer’s authority by way of the budget bill. Ask Tom Wagner how he feels about all of this, Charlie. You may learn something.
Re: Talking to Tom Wagner. I guess the lyrics to “The Gambler” comes to mind. You’ve got to know when to hold them; Know when to fold them.
I have many conversations with many people and learn many things. The ability to keep silent when appropriate is a rare skill in politics. The Treasurer might want to learn that lesson.