Day: August 10, 2011

My biggest complaint about Delaware is the lack of online district maps. The General Assembly website tries but they post these almost unreadable PDF monstrosities that are all unconnected. Yeah, go over to the redistricting section of the General Assembly's website and you will find no complete full map that puts all the districts together for easy viewing. So I make my own.

Talk about your local, sometimes non-political news stories here, or talk about the political stories we aren't talking about... yet.

We receive anonymous tips, and sometimes anonymous questions: "In light of the most recent scandal involving the corrupt insurance commissioner, wouldn't it be more topical to ask whether the Delaware IC should be appointed rather than elected?"

How does one veto a bill from 5,000 miles away? Yes, yes, I understand the modern wonders of email and airmail, and air travel and the like. Does he take out a veto stamp on the rim of a volcano, dip the stamp into the lava and laugh maniacally as he stamps the bill repeatedly?

Sorenson v. Sokola. Katz v. Lavelle. Staton v. Deaver. Miro v. Manolakos. Redistricting creates two interparty showdowns and two possible intraparty showdowns, all so Tony DeLuca could get his retaliation on Progressives. And who is retiring? McBride? Gilligan? Venables?