Former Wilmington Land Bank director and City Council member accused of misusing office Xerxes Wilson, Delaware News Journal
Headlines April 27, 2021
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The former executive director of a publicly funded nonprofit charged with managing Wilmington’s inventory of vacant property has been charged with taking cash payments for properties he had no authority over.
A New Castle County grand jury on Monday indicted Bill Freeborn, who until last year was the executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank, on charges of theft by false promise and misapplication of property, both felonies, as well as official misconduct, a misdemeanor.
Division appears on Wilmington Council early: Here s how the first meeting shook out Jeanne Kuang, Delaware News Journal
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Competing factions of Wilmington City Council wrestled for control of the new term on Tuesday, hours before it officially began.
It appeared by the end of the night that a narrow majority, led by seventh district Councilman Chris Johnson and opposing an agenda set by President Trippi Congo, won out.
That faction was able to pass its favored internal rules and committee appointments for the session, limiting Congo s powers and setting the stage for how legislation will move through council.
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Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki today underwent heart bypass surgery at ChristianaCare Hospital near Newark.
A release from the city stated that Purzycki came through the surgery in good shape and is in recovery. Purzycki recently had his annual physical, and further testing this week indicated a serious blockage of his coronary arteries.
Washington said all affairs of government will continue normally with the mayor fully in control and giving directions and guidance from the hospital and then eventually from home as he recovers from surgery. Under the City Charter, City Council President Hanifa Shabazz was notified of the mayor’s surgery this morning in the event a matter of city government needed immediate attention.
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