Delaware Liberal

Monday Open Thread [7.9.12]

Political junkies all over Delaware are trying to suss out what the primary field will look like starting at 12:01 tomorrow, which is the filing deadline. El Som has put up an Open Thread for you to post news, rumors, and speculation about last minute candidate machinations. I’m particularly interested in what is going on in the City — the City Council field promises to be large, with plenty of controversial candidates and there is, of course, the Mayor’s race.

So what else is going on today?

I’m still following the LIBOR scandal — where banking executives from Barclays actually felt compelled to resign when the UK government started looking at this seriously. Today, the NYT has a great piece detailing how the Brits may actually be getting tougher on their banks. Go Figure!

Plenty of breathless predictions on how the internet would die today did not come true.

Budget cuts in Florida mean that they have not been able to respond adequately to a tuberculosis outbreak. Worse, is that while this outbreak started in April, Floridians did not know until June and there are now outbreaks in other parts of the state.

Do tax cuts help you respond to emergencies? Apparently not, according to this story from Bloomberg. But then, the Feds will come and save them from themselves. A prize to anyone who finds a media type opining that the people of Colorado Springs should move away to someplace with less fire risk.

What interests you today?

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