Speak Up: Legislative leaders criticize lack of transparency with surgeon general post

The Delaware Senate is slated to meet in special session this fall, to review several appointments by Gov. Matt Meyer. These nominations will likely be announced by Meyer over the next few weeks. The news of the special session was shared with the Daily State News in a statement by Senate President Pro Tempore Dave Sokola, D-Newark, on Aug. 6 — a day after he, House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle; controller general Ruth Anne Miller; and Delaware Department of Health and Social Services secretary Christen Linke Young met to discuss the Meyer administration’s plans for the state’s Office of the Surgeon General.

• Oh my God. Surprised face. Oh no. Matt Meyer has made a quarter-of-a-million-dollar job for a friend?! Oh my. — William Blasco
• They all stick together, while we remain out here struggling with rising prices. And they are still doing their same bull. — Danree Heath
• Don’t we need doctors in this state before we can have a surgeon general? — Kyle Hendrix