2018 – Page 75 – Delaware Liberal

Meet Chris Johnson Tonight!

By El Somnambulo April 25, 2018

Final warning! My candidate for AG will be in Arden tonight for a Meet and Greet at the Buzz Ware Village Center. Wine and cheese will be served, free of…

Activist Carter to challenge Powers for New Castle County Council

By jason330 April 25, 20182 Comments

WDEL is reporting that Dave Carter has filed for New Castle County Council, in a primary race to unseat Bill "No Show" Powers. A longtime activist is running for New…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 25, 2018

By El Somnambulo April 25, 20182 Comments

At least one gun-related bill is heading to the Governor's office following a unanimous vote for it in the Senate. This bill, which creates emergency protocols to remove deadly weapons…

Bill to take guns from mentally ill shows common sense gun reform is possible – time to press forward on gun control

By jason330 April 25, 20184 Comments

The NRA got its ass kicked on this one. That's good news for society and good news for all sane Delawareans who know that easy access to military assault weapons…

Song Of The Day: April 25, 2018

By El Somnambulo April 25, 20182 Comments

Yes, she performed at the Arden Gild Hall, and yes, she sang this song. Must've been inspired by the food we served. Or perhaps the cook. I understand he was…

Don’t let 1% of adults pick who runs our schools

By jason330 April 24, 20181 Comment

There are 140,000 students in Delaware’s public education system. Yet each year, just about 7,000 people make one of the most important choices about our schools: who runs them. On…

Meredith Chapman killed in apparent murder-suicide

By jason330 April 24, 201819 Comments

A former communications official at the University of Delaware who recently ran for state Senate was killed in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, Monday night in an apparent murder-suicide, according to multiple…

April 24 Open Thread: Panel Finds No Savings in Merging School Districts

By Alby April 24, 20184 Comments

A General Assembly task force put together to study merging some of Delaware's 19 school districts in search of savings couldn't find any -- the best they could do was…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 24, 2018

By El Somnambulo April 24, 20184 Comments

The House and Senate leadership teams may well be the most ineffectual that I can remember. In fact, I'm struggling to think who comes in second. This is not me…

Song Of The Day: April 24, 2018

By El Somnambulo April 24, 2018

The amazing Pullen-Adams Quartet was one of the great jazz bands of the -80's. Here they're joined by trombonist Roswell Rudd as they take a Monk tune into the stratosphere:…

Classic Coons Vote Moves Pompeo Confirmation Out of Committee

By jason330 April 23, 201840 Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Chris "Present" Coons. He really outdid himself on this one. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), who originally voted “no,” then said he would vote “present”…

Waffle House killer in custody, but accomplice Jeff Reinking is still at large

By jason330 April 23, 2018

Travis Reinking has been apprehended, but somehow his accomplice father, Jeff Reinking, the man who supplied the AR-15 for the murders is still at large.

April 23 Open Thread: Delaware Last in Election Security

By Alby April 23, 201812 Comments

An Axios article looking at ballot security in the run-up to the midterms notes that Delaware is one of only 5 U.S. states that lacks any paper trail of voting…