Markell Is Now Giving Weekly Addresses.
What, does he think he is, the President of something? All kidding aside, I do think this is a good idea, because it is always a good thing for our government to be informing us of what they are doing in our name. And if we don’t like it, we vote them out, and if we do like it, we keep them. That is how America works, unless of course you are a violent Republican teabagger terrorist, but I digress.
The first radio address [was] at 8:05 a.m. [this morning] on WDEL/1150 and then be posted on the governor’s Web site and can be downloaded from iTunes as a podcast. Transcripts of the two- to three-minute messages also will be posted. Beginning in mid-April, video messages will be carried Friday evenings on WHYY/12/64. The video also will be uploaded to http://www.youtube.com/user/GovernorMarkell.
“I want Delawareans to get as much information as they can about what we are doing to … move Delaware forward,” Markell said.
And that is the correct motivation. Even in a state as small as Delaware, we really don’t see our Governor unless you are political junkies like us and attend political events, or you may seen him out at summer parades and carnivals, but that is really it. Otherwise, unless you seek him out, you are not in contact with him. This will change that.
As long as these messages don’t go on robo call I’m fine with that. And I’m warning every politician, all sides now, KNOCK IT OFF w/ the robo calls–don’t dump your campaign funds in that annoyance.