I liked the ’74/75 Steelers so I guess I’ll root for them because Chuck Knoll will be happy if they win.
Doesn’t Franco Harris look like Gabe Kaplan? They could be brothers.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Three of Two
My Parental Dilemma
Last night over dinner my 11 year old daughter announced that her science teacher doesn’t like Joe Biden. After exchanging a look with my husband I asked, “Why would you think that?” She then proceeded to explain…
“When we were watching the Inauguration in class Mr. XXXX said that finally Delaware is rid of him.”
Now this isn’t the first time this science teacher has brought politics into the classroom, and I ignored his previous antics since I wasn’t sure what he said about this email – but I could guess. But now I’m angry. I’m also in a dilemma.
The Scandal That Went “Poof”
I really thought that Pam Scott’s NCCo influence brokerage scandal would catch the public imagination and become a much bigger story.
Oh well.
The West Wing
Very cool floor plan graphics of The West Wing courtesy of the Washington Post. See where the Delawareans are sitting.
Three of Eleven
QOD
If you could ask Obama or Bush 1 question and they would have to give you a truthful, 100% honest answer, what would you ask them?
Day 2 Of Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware
Castle is in full spin control mode. I guess he is hearing from the majority of Delawareans that support the President.
Keep up the pressure. Call Mike Castle’s office TODAY and tell him to break with the stale, corrupt, partisanship of the GOP and vote with the people of Delaware and President Obama for economic recovery.
Wilmington Office
201 N. Walnut Street, Suite 107
Wilmington, DE 19801-3970
p: 302.428.1902
f: 302.428.1950
UPDATE: Castle’s sudden interest in fiscal prudence made me think of all of these that he cut for George Bush
Are You Kidding Me?
Karen Weldin Stewart is so in love with a 10 year old picutre of herself that it now graces the top of state’s Insurance Commissions web site www.delawareinsurance.gov. I could almost forgive her for using that picture when she was running for office because there was a kind of branding effect, but C’mon!
Not only that, but the entire top half of the home page is taken up by a picture of Stewart at her swanky Hotel DuPont Gold Ballroom swearing-in party.
I’m sure people who need Delaware’s insurance department help are please that their needs will be looked after by someone with czarists sensibilities.
(btw – Who paid for that party anyway? Do we know yet?)
$606,000,000 in the Red
Markell’s reality check is coming to a town near you.
“Government can no longer pretend that it has all the answers,” Markell said during the briefing in the Tatnall Building in Dover. “It has to be willing to ask the tough questions, and more importantly, be willing to hear the hard truth of honest answers and bear the cost of shared sacrifice. Failure to make hard decisions and the failure to examine with honest eyes every aspect of state government can carry an unbearable cost.”
I’m sure the reponse from some quarters will be calls for more corporate welfare and more tax cuts.
Lightening the Mood
Blue glasses are in!
SB 20 — Reapportionment of the General Assembly
Kudos to are due to Senator Blevins and Representative Kowalko and all of the co-sponsors of this bill to create an The Redistricting Commission for the State of Delaware — an independent commission to supervise the reapportionment of the GA after the next census. Really, this approach to reapportionment is all kinds of steps in the right direction.
This bill takes the work of redistricting out of the political hands of the Legislature and asks this commission to redraw the maps. The GA approves the maps by majority vote, with the Governor approving. In the event there is no agreement on the reapportionment by September 30 of the year the new census data is available from the US Government, there is a provision to hand the task off to the Chancellor of the State of Delaware and a Superior Court Judge, whose work product is binding when complete.
The Commission has eleven members — 10 appointed by GA leadership and the non-voting Chair of the Commission is selected and voted on by the appointed Commission. Each county and the City of Wilmington have to be represented. They are required to operate openly — they have the maintain a website, conduct all meetings in public, and be subject to FOIA. In addition, they may not be elected officials, party officials, may not be a lobbiest, may not run for office in the election following reapportionment and may not be recently retired from the legislature.
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