Why Is Colin Bonini Sending $$’s To Sam Guy And Charles Potter?
Let’s first establish the long-standing relationship between Sam Guy and the Potters. Guy, who lost his license to practice law for 18 months, was the attorney who tried to enable the Potters to get out of paying a contractor for work on their Brandywine Hills home. Both Sam Guy and Velda Potter have publicly lobbied for more dollars. Guy, for his council district slush fund, and Potter, for a salary increase. The Potter family and Guy have been in and out of ethical hot water forever. Velma lost her nepotistic job with Dennis Williams for misusing her office. The Potter family and Sam Guy are people who run for office to fill their pockets full of coin. They are the most unethical of the unethical.
Enter Colin Bonini, Dover-area Rethug state senator and occasional candidate for higher office. Now, kids, remember that the State Senate is currently comprised of 11 D’s and 10 R’s. There is not a single race out there where a D seat could realistically flip to the R’s. Unless…Sam Guy gets elected and caucuses with the R’s. Can you imagine the rewards the R’s would lavish on him? A spot on JFC or the Bond Bill Committee with the concurrent spike in salary? Access to all sorts of largesse from big-$$ R donors? I mean, he wouldn’t be going to Dover to represent the people who live in his district under any circumstances. Why not pile up the rewards for his four-year term and then exit laughing? Oh, and the R’s would probably force a ‘right to work for less compromise’ to permit any budget to even be considered. And they would tear a hole in the social safety net. I mean, look who the governor is. He doesn’t give a shit.
Here’s what Bonini did. On August 13, 2018, Bonini donated $600 to Sam Guy’s Senate campaign. On August 14, 2018, Bonini donated $500 to Charles Potter’s House campaign.
Guy and Potter are a package deal. Potter has contributed $400 to the Guy campaign. For $1100, Colin Bonini has placed a bet that Sam Guy will flip and caucus with the R’s if elected.
Anyone willing to take the chance that he won’t?
All the Ralph Taylor signs in Dover are in yards alongside Ken Simpler and Rob Arlett signs. The DE GOP seems to have picked up on a new strategy.
If Sean Lynn gets knocked off in a primary by a Trumper it is a huge loss to the state.
Jason:
https://delawareway.blogspot.com/2018/09/31st-rep-district-dem-ralph-taylor.html
It was a strategy pioneered by Pete Schwartkopf.
The “relationship” between Bonini, Guy, and Potter actually goes back quite a ways. When Chip Flowers beat Velda in the Democratic Primary for State Treasurer and faced off against Bonini in 2010, I can remember both Charles and Sam going on Channel 28 and throwing their support behind Bonini so I’m not surprised he threw them a couple hundred….
Sam Guy and Charles Potter would do any thing for money Nnamdi raised $25,000 in 3 weeks and that really shook up Potter because is was on Channel 28 all day on Sunday. He was spitting out a lot of bull shit. He said that a person should not vote for someone because you like them. That is so dumb .I thought that’s why you vote for someone because you like them. I hope Velda know that she can’t use her City car on primary day that is a NO NO. I don’t think she needs to be in the News Paper again. I think in the last year and 9 months she has been in enough.
The News Journal has just discovered the Bonini contributions:
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/04/delaware-republicans-contributions-wilmington-democrats-raises-questions/1189885002/
We did, however, learn something new in the piece, or at least I did. Former Rethug National Committeeman John Matlusky is Bobbie Cummings’ campaign manager. You may remember Matlusky as one of Dennis P. Williams’ top aides until things went south. Cummings claims to have no knowledge of Matlusky’s R ties, which says quite a bit about Cummings, one way or another.
That guy works both sides of the street and, IMHO, can’t be trusted. Guess I’m all in for Darius Brown, by the process of elimination.
Some one took my comment off this site. Maybe it was Mr. Potter or Guy
It’s still here.
Nancy’s run down of all the shenanigans is well worth a read:
https://delawareway.blogspot.com/2018/09/31st-rep-district-dem-ralph-taylor.html
I hope Dover Dems don’t fall for this transparent bullshit.
I just read the news Journal article and I would have to say that it put a nail in Potter and guy coffin. I think Bonni set them up.
These are Rasputin characters. Let’s not dance on graves till they’re in them.
Then, we dance.
Looks like Stephanie Bolden is headed to reelection:
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/09/04/state-representative-candidate-arrested-after-break/1192354002/
An arrest isn’t the whole story. But this is not good, no.
Nice write-up El Som