Oct 19, 2026 · 20 min · 8 segments
Julia Keleher of 1st State Educate and Rob Martinelli of Today Media Join Rick to Discuss Delaware Senate Education Chair, State Sen. Laura Sturgeon's Refusal to Meet with Business Leaders
But this is something that somebody who's rather insular Senator Laura Sturgeon does not apparently want because she says, oh, no, no, no, no, your businesses, you can give us money and we're going to do the great job of educating kids.
And it's it surprises me that you have somebody who is the chair of the Senate Education Committee just saying, no, no, we're going to blow you off.
Yeah, and I think maybe time matters too, sort of how this conversation has evolved.
I think when the DEEP initiative kind of was first launched with the Business Roundtable and the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, there were some internal communications among those parties, among the business community, talking about what the business community wanted to do amongst themselves.
And it could be that maybe there was a misunderstanding of what the actual intent is.
So I think much like Representative Williams had had indicated, you know, there's willing to sit down.
So maybe maybe at first brush, you know, Senator Sturgeon didn't have a clear understanding of what it is.
And now as the details become clearer, she may be and I hope that she is someone who's going to support.
You're talking about somebody who is actually collaborative, who listens to people and actually does things to try to fix problems.
whether they're Republicans or Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, or whomever.
If they're Delawareans, that's who she is, as opposed to Senator Sturgeon, who writes this, and I'm going to move on to Rob, unless there's something you really want to say here.
And Sturgeon said, this is an email to you, Julia, as well as others, says, Dear Julia, I've always been and remain suspicious of business leaders' incursion into education.
But this is something that somebody who's rather insular Senator Laura Sturgeon does not apparently want because she says, oh, no, no, no, no, your businesses, you can give us money and we're going to do the great job of educating kids.
And it's it surprises me that you have somebody who is the chair of the Senate Education Committee just saying, no, no, we're going to blow you off.
Yeah, and I think maybe time matters too, sort of how this conversation has evolved.
I think when the DEEP initiative kind of was first launched with the Business Roundtable and the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, there were some internal communications among those parties, among the business community, talking about what the business community wanted to do amongst themselves.
And it could be that maybe there was a misunderstanding of what the actual intent is.
So I think much like Representative Williams had had indicated, you know, there's willing to sit down.
So maybe maybe at first brush, you know, Senator Sturgeon didn't have a clear understanding of what it is.
And now as the details become clearer, she may be and I hope that she is someone who's going to support.
You're talking about somebody who is actually collaborative, who listens to people and actually does things to try to fix problems.
whether they're Republicans or Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, or whomever.
If they're Delawareans, that's who she is, as opposed to Senator Sturgeon, who writes this, and I'm going to move on to Rob, unless there's something you really want to say here.
And Sturgeon said, this is an email to you, Julia, as well as others, says, Dear Julia, I've always been and remain suspicious of business leaders' incursion into education.
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