The year's difference in Brookmont Farms is miraculous. The boarded-up windows have been repaired. Yards and shrubbery are cut. Most of the junk cars are gone. A combined effort of the Brookmont Civic Association, homeowners, landlords and county code officials has made a significant change for the good in this beleaguered town house community.
Residents take pride and it shows.
Once and for all House Bill 86, sponsored by Rep. Deborah Capano, R-Fairthorne, passed on a vote of 39 yeas, no nays and two absent. It became law, and as a result retired Family Court Judge Roxana Arsht was permitted to officiate at the wedding of her great nephew. Dozens of these bills every year are drafted, printed, copied, distributed and made part of state law, most to allow Delaware judges to marry people. It's an outrageous waste of time and resources. There was hope at one point when legislation was introduced to allow all levels of the judiciary to perform wedding ceremonies.