Barney to speak at PDD Meeting Tomorrow at 7 pm
Democratic Treasurer candidate Sean Barney will be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 5 at 7 pm. The meetings are held at the Delaware Democratic Party Headquarters at 19 East Commons Boulevard in New Castle, which is off Rt. 141 next to the News Journal building, south of the I-95 interchange.
Finally a breath of FRESH air .Go SEAN . Good luck.
If by fresh air you mean a puppet being pushed by the gov. then, yeah.
I think Capes meant ‘breath of FRESH air’ as in ‘he won’t be an embarrassment’.
To the State or to himself.
You know what? He won’t.
Lol.. Sussex, don’t forget, El will support almost anything the Governor shovels our way.
Sean Barney is the ethical choice against the crook.
Hopefully if Sean wins he won’t abandon Chip’s new traditions of putting all of the Treasurer’s office documents on fake fancy parchment and referring to himself in the third person as “The Treasury.”
Yeah, Black Cobain, you must be a diligent reader of this blog.
Nobody has kissed Markell’s butt more than I have.
Let’s hear what Barney has to say before we decide who’s the bigger embarrassmen, or who is ethical or not. I hope the orogressive Dems have some progressive questions for him that will reveal some answers.
I actually laughed out loud when I read Black Cobain’s comment!
AMEN, breath in ,breath out and open mind. Go ahead SEAN.
Knowing everything we know today – what questions would you ask Treasurer Candidate Tom Carper? We have to make sure we aren’t creating another Carper/Coons/Carney for the next generation.
Exactly, puck! We already have the next Janet Rzewnicki in power.
Puck, I think he will be asked those questions tonight. It is not exactly a warm and loving crowd.
Hell, Puck… you should attend and ask those questions yourself!
I can’t attend, unfortunately. Perhaps some progressive can ask him if he is still a member of Third Way, and if he supports Third Way’s call for a reduction in Social Security benefits and the Bowles Simpson proposals From 2006:
In local issues, I hope someone asks if he would support a modest marginal tax increase on the top brackets in Delaware – or does he think that would be “anti-growth.”. Maybe someone can ask him about topping up Delaware’s “heat and eat” program for SNAP. And – would be be willing to call for CPMB reform, specifically disclosure and/or term limits?
That mother fucker. I knew I hated his leatherneck ass. But seriously folks, I’d ask those excellent questions but I expect to be too mesmerized by his dreamy blue eyes, and his solid grasp of ‘Milton Friedman’s work on liberating corporations to pursue profits and the myriad of social benefits that flow from that freedom.
His recent fundraising letter is filled with just as many platitudes as the video on his website. The letter sounds like someone who didn’t read the assignment and gets called on by a teacher
“As treasurer, I will be treasurer to ensure the treasury has, ya know, treasure in it?” Or something like that.
In other words, I will do what the Gov. wants and not rock the boat, despite said Gov. being quite the boat rocker back in his days as treasurer.
“As treasurer, I will be treasurer.”
If only Chip had stuck to that mission statement…. *sigh*
Yeah its not like previous treasurers haven’t tried to expand and reinvent the office.
I must be the only one seeing the irony in Markell taking on the Treasurer with a primary for challenging him. I mean, Markell CERTAINLY didn’t ruffle any feathers with Minner now did he?
I am sure Tom Wagner thinks hes doing the job as auditor, too.
Barney is either being used by Markell or Barney is using this to leapfrog up the DelawareWay ladder and be the new face of the “moderate” (read practically republican) wing of the Democratic party to carry on the “good name” of Carper and Markell.
I see the later. (ladder)
So how was the meeting?
Was it anything like an open thread on this blog, where a state legislator might pop in to yell at people?
While it was nice for Barney to address a PDD meeting (full disclosure – I didn’t attend), this is not the primary you are looking for. Since we now accept that Delaware is a one party state, we need primary elections that challenge the status quo. Primaries in which “the little guy” is represented by at least one of the Democrats.
This primary will not replace someone who is locked into Biden/Carper’s patronage system with someone who is not locked into the Biden/Carper patronage system. It is a sideshow.