Atkins gets weakest of four punishments

Filed in Uncategorized by on March 22, 2007

Here are the winners and losers:

John Atkins: Big Winner. You can now drive drunk and beat up you wife if you are a state rep. The precedent has been set.

Wayne Smith: Winner. He had to hurry up his quitting, but landed a big money job without having to piss off anyone at Leg Hall.

Ocean City PD: Losers. Atkins affair forced them to openly admit that they are screw-ups.

M.A.D.D: Big Losers. Rallying to the defense of the inept OCPD, they showed that they are a fund-raising outfit more than anything else.

Dick Cathcart: Really Big Loser. Censure shows that he is going to be a weak, caretaker majority leader. The Censure leaves the impression that Atkins threats to disclose Cathcart’s skeletons worked. What is Dicky hiding?

Delaware Citizens: Really, Really Big Losers. The “circle the wagons” feel to the Atkins censure shows that it is “us” against “them” and the “them” are our elected officials.

UPDATE:  Here is a link

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  1. anon says:

    Nice rundown. I cross posted part of this on in NJ’s comments section.

  2. Hube says:

    The full House does not have to accept this recommendation of the Ethics Committee. Even the News Journal pointed this out — that some legislators want Atkins GONE. WGMD is reporting that Pete Schwartzkopf (target of recent online gossip) wants Atkins out.

  3. motnewbie says:

    What about the other members of the committee? From the interview I heard on WDEL this morning, Rep Gilligan was quite satisfied with the recommendation. He alluded to the entire committee being in agreement.

    I haven’t heard anything from Lee, Spence, or Keeley, though.

    Like Hube said, the entire House now gets final say.