June 30, 2015 – Delaware Liberal

Tuesday Open Thread [6.30.15]

By Delaware Dem June 30, 20155 Comments

We have a lot of polling information that I collected over the last 10 days while I was doing battle with man-eating sharks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, so here goes....

Note to Wilmington City Council — Ready, Fire, Aim Is Not A Public Safety Strategy

By cassandra_m June 30, 20157 Comments

Last night there was a meeting of the Wilmington City Council Public Safety Committee and of the Committee of the Whole -- intended to discuss the budget amendment that would…

DL GOP Fantasy Pool Update – Christie promises to do to America what he did to New Jersey

By jason330 June 30, 20155 Comments

Christie informs GOP primary voters that HE ALONE can tell the hard truths, ruffle feathers, and make the beltway Pharisees gnash their teeth with dread by speaking bluntly about how poor people have too much money and rich people, not enough. He is ready to lay some straight talk on the people and if they don't like his version of straight talk - they are probably residents of New Jersey who are so familiar with the real world impact of all of Christie's daring candor. Anyway, if you are a glutton for punishment (at or about the same level that Christie is a glutton for donuts) watch this nausea inducing video:

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 30, 2015

By El Somnambulo June 30, 201521 Comments

"HOSTAGE-TAKERS WIN. YOU LOSE."

That will likely be the headline from the last day of session barring something unexpected. Especially with the Rethugs seemingly determined to abdicate any responsibility to be, um, responsible. For purely id(iot)eological reasons, the R's have tied any willingness to cooperate to screwing workers through their obsessive need to push for 'right to work for less'. They have also abandoned any pretense of thinking for themselves, leaving all talking points to their ALEC overlords. Check out their refusal to stop the escalating infrastructure crisis from getting any funding. Check out the result. Greg Lavelle perhaps cemented (the use of 'cemented' is deliberate) his position as the Worst Legislator in the General Assembly by his phony demands for 'reform' which, for anyone paying attention, simply is a transfer of administrative costs from the Transportation Trust Fund to the operating budget w/o providing a mechanism to pay for it:

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [6.30.15]

By Delaware Dem June 30, 2015

Comes the "Kathleen" by Mike Mahaffie on Flickr.