The Top Delaware Political Stories of 2009
The News Journal is soliciting our ideas for the top Delaware political stories of 2009 on Twitter (@DialogueDelaware). Here is my top 10 list. Feel free to argue and add your own ideas!
10. Mike Castle announces plans to leave his U.S. House seat to run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Joe Biden
9. Mike Castle and Crazy Eileen preview the upcoming Summer of Spittle
8. Democrats take control of the Delaware House, Republicans win the special elections
7. Delaware passes the Open Government law
6. Plants close in Delaware – GM, Chrysler and Valero
5. State budget woes
4. Delaware sports betting begins, the courts strike down single-game betting
3. Death of Thurman Adams
2. Joe Biden becomes Vice President of the United States
1. Jack Markell sworn in as governor of Delaware
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Workforce Housing
Eminent Domain finally passes (which I already tweeted back on).
HB 5 (forgot the Senate number) finally passes, making it illegal to discriminate against LGBT folks.
|Was their lobbyists piece in 2009? they had a nice little on that
Your order is interesting. I would drop the Jack Markell inaugaration off the list. I would add HB 5 and Senate bill 121 or whatever it was. I would move Biden to 1. I would agree with Eminent Domain. I hope that this year we will say the ending of the DSTP is on the list. The Death of Senator Adams had to be the worst event of the year.