Another tough week to pick just three. Tom Carper was going to make the list this week with his Bush telecom criminal loving FISA vote, but his last guest post gave us the impression that he really means business. (Aside to Tom Carper: I hope you enjoyed the case of Scotch. Please let me know how I can be any further service to you Sir.)
Anyway, here are this week’s winners.
Worse: Unnamed Taser Happy NCC Police Officer
Some people go into police work because they like to play the bad ass. They like bossing people around and get off on the fact that they can shoot people. This type of cop seems to be at work in the NCC police force as we found out this week that while searching for an armed sex offender an unnamed cop found a 19 year old Smyrna HS student listening to his iPod. And oh yeah, he was wearing clothing that resembled the sex offender.
This student, who had the audacity to be dressed in clothing, ignored police commands. Which means the macho cop came up behind him, because I don’t care how thick your teenage carapace of cool is, or how much your rocking out on your iPod to Korn, you are going to notice a cop coming at you with his taser out and his dog ready to bite you.
Long story short, after tasing and allowing the police dog to bite this bystander another suspect was arrested and charged in the rape about an hour later.
Oopsie.
Police have apologized to the student. All better.
Worser:
Charlie Copeland makes the list again. This week we found out that Copeland is either lying and was a party to the discussions aimed at killing off the wind power deal by bringing the final deliberations into the legislature OR he is a big pussy who got rolled by the majority leader.
Either way he tossed his constituents (and the state really) under the bus making him the first back to back Worst Person in Delaware list maker.
Worst
Who could not see this coming…. Thurman Adams. Yes he may have strong-armed Copeland into becoming a Wind Power foe, but that is just the tip of a giant iceberg of malfeasance.
It seems Adams said that he would talk about the FOIA bill (SB-4) in the Democratic Caucus in January. The last January caucus time comes and goes and Adams is all “say what?”
Anyway, no SB-4 discussion in the Dem caucus so the only way SB-4 is getting out of committee for a vote is by petition from the Senate.
This is bad news for OOGA people since it would take eleven signatures to force it out and Bruce Ennis could be a crucial swinger. (First time Ennis was ever called that I’ll wager.) Bottom line: I’m not jumping up and down in anticipation.
So let’s tally it up.
– Adams strong arms Copeland (maybe/probably) into being against wind power and for Gary Stockbridge’s insatiable greed.
-Adams says his constituents are so stupid that they don’t WANT to know what is going on in Leg Hall, but
– Adams says he is going to let SB-4 out of committee, and then
– Adams says “screw this open government shit.”
Making Thurman Adams the WORST PERSON IN DELAWARE.
Congrats Thurman !
I have your framed certificate sitting in my desk drawer.