Sunday Open Thread [3/3/2013]

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The end of the weekend Open Thread -- I went to the Home Show yesterday and had the chance to meet the great Jim Westhoff, who we liked ALOT for the DE House a few years back. Just the kind of candidate we need more of IMO, and he is a great guy, to boot. Today I'm thinking about all of the cool stuff we saw at the Home Show yesterday, and wondering if I should go buy myself a house with a proper yard so I can put a hot tub out there.

Massive Rudderplex Tower(c) Looms Over Little Dewey’s “Way of Life” Like a Death Star

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I'm not a big Dewey guy, so I'm probably out of line here, but I don't see how a massive cement tower in the brutalist tradition enhances Dewey's brand.
DEWEY BEACH — State Sen. Ernie Lopez praised the economic impact of the Ruddertowne construction project at a community meeting Saturday, saying it was one of the state’s most significant building efforts at the moment.

Sunday Daily Delawhere [3.3.13]

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The Green was the colonial core of the Dover, centered with the state house, seen on the right. The Old State House was built in 1792, after the state capital moved to Dover from New Castle in 1777, and functioned as the capitol until a new one was built in 1932.