May 15, 2012– House Bill 314, sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski, has passed the House of Representatives. The bill deletes all references in the Delaware Code to the Margaret S. Sterck School for the Deaf and now references the Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind.

Rep. Osienski speaks on behalf of HB 314

Rep. Osienski had the chance to sit down with Comcast Newsmakers earlier this month and discuss meeting new constituents as well as a DSWA hazardous household waste disposal event taking place on June 16.

Rep. Ed Osienski on Comcast Newsmakers- May 2012

I was one of the 21 volunteers who took part in the New Castle County CERT (community emergency response team) training class at the Brookside Community Center on March 6, 2010.

My children and I have lived in the 24th District for the past twenty three years and are very proud to call the Newark area our home.  We reside in Scottfield where I currently serve as Vice President of the Scottfield Civic Association (www.scottfield.org).  Being an officer in a civic association has given me direct experience working on the issues that are of direct concern to homeowners and I have learned just how important it is to have a state representative active, supporting our needs, and present at every meeting.  When neighborhoods struggle with issues such as vandalism, speeding motorists, deteriorating streets, crime and drug activity, our state and local representatives need to work together with the homeowner associations to keep our community’s safe, clean and protected.

There are almost 30 civic/maintenance association within the 24th District and as your next State Representative, I plan to work diligently with those organizations, attending meetings, advocating for our district needs and working with public and private agencies to keep our communities safe and strong.  I will work to increase funding for the Community Transportation Fund, which is used to repair the streets in our neighborhoods, and continue to support programs like the Crime Prevention Area Watch (CPAW, www.cpawde.org) to empower every home owner to actively get involved in these efforts.  In addition, I will forge strong partnerships with our local law enforcement agencies to better communicate our needs and protect our communities in the 24th District from crime.

Working with you, my goal is to provide everyone the services, help and support to ensure that every neighborhood is a place we can feel safe and proud to live and raise a family.

Thomas D. O'Malley and Ed Osienski

PBF Energy CEO Thomas D. O’Malley and Ed Osienski meet Monday June 1 2010 at the Delaware City Refinery to discuss the final settlement on the company’s $220 million purchase of the refinery and the $130 million refurbishment. Some 500 full-time employees and 200 full time contractors are expected to work at the plant once regular operations resume.

As a single parent raising two children, I know that having a job that provides a living income and solid health care benefits is absolutely critical. Fortunately, I make a living income and have quality benefits, but I know that not everyone is so fortunate.

The state has lost major providers of well paying jobs; GM Boxwood Rd. Plant, Chrysler, Avon, Westvaco, Valero and big cuts in the financial services sector, as well as other smaller businesses that supported those facilities. The residents of the 24^th district have been severely affected by those losses. Along with those jobs also went a major part of the state’s tax base and that will affect Delaware schools, roads, services and more.

I will work hard to make sure that we replace those jobs with high quality, living wage jobs that represent growth and new opportunities for workers in the future, in areas such as energy, technology, bioscience and health sciences. We need businesses that provide us the opportunity to earn living income with quality benefits so we can afford a home, provide our families with health care, provide our children with activities that will help them develop into healthy, happy adults, and still have enough to save for their college years.

Governor Jack Markell has proven we can attract businesses here that provide good living incomes and quality benefits. He was successful in attracting Fisker Automotive to locate at the closed GM Boxwood Rd. Plant and PBF energy to locate at the closed Delaware City Refinery. These two successes are a good start but we still have a lot of work to do. If I am elected I will support the Governor in being responsive and pro active to attract more businesses to start, relocate, and expand here. I know that our

state will only get stronger if we work to bring quality employers with well paying jobs back to Delaware. That is why I am running for office and that is what I will devote my full energies to if I am elected.

with Joe DaMour Chief Financial Officer (left) and Bernhard Koehler Chief Operating Officer (right) from Fisker Automotive, Inc.

I met with Joe DaMour Chief Financial Officer (left) and Bernhard Koehler Chief Operating Officer (right) from Fisker Automotive, Inc. to discuss the retooling of the closed GM Plant on Boxwood Road in Wilmington. They assured me that the retooling would be done with Delaware contractors using Delaware workers. Once the retooling is complete, Fisker Automotive, Inc. intends to employ 2000 laid off Delaware UAW workers to assemble the electric hybrid vehicle, the Nina. The Nina is planned to be in showrooms in late 2012. The jobs that will be created by Fisker are critical to maintaining a strong manufacturing sector in Delaware and restoring our local economy in the future years.

Delaware City Refinery

An extensive overhaul of the former Valero plant in Delaware City is expected to begin in July as the new owner, PBF, estimates that they will spend approximately $150 million and create hundreds of jobs on this critical project. I attended a meeting with refinery representatives John Launchi and Wayne Hopkins where they stated that Delaware contract workers would do the majority of the project and that production could resume as early as April 2011. The new operations at the refinery would require up to 500 full time employees, providing opportunities for many unemployed Delaware workers.

Dennis Rochford the President of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

I meet with Dennis Rochford the President of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay to discus the deepening of the Delaware River Channel and the impact on the Port of Wilmington. The port supports, directly and indirectly, over 4300 jobs, injects nearly $500 million a year into the local economy and provides nearly $28 million in state and local tax revenue. The Port of Wilmington competes with facilities up and down the east coast and with the channel deepening we will be in a better position to compete and expand the port.

The deepening will provide at no coast to Delaware up to 2.0 million cubic yards of sand for the Broadkill Beach for erosion and storm damage prevention valued at over $35 million and provides about 2.2 million cubic yards of sand to stabilize and recreate wetlands at Kelly Island valued at over $45 million.

The fact that the project is now underway is influencing large customers, such as Dole (who supported the deepening) to enter lease extensions that will keep them at the Port of Wilmington well into the future, protecting and creating well paying, blue collar jobs in our state.

On March 19th 2010, Edward Osienski filed his candidacy for State Representative for the 24th District.

Filing for Candidacy