DL Open Thread Tuesday July 26 2022
Shorter Pete: Kathy is innocent until a guilty verdict has been entered by the Superior Court and she is removed by the Governor.
From: Vella, Lauren (LegHall)Subject: Senate Concurrent Resolution 128- Auditor
Good afternoon Members of the Majority Caucus,
In light of the action taken by the Senate today with SCR 128, the Speaker responded to press inquires with the following statement cosigned by Majority Leader Longhurst and Majority Whip Mitchell. He asked that we share the full statement it with you directly as well. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I have attached the letter the caucus sent last week and the press release so you have it handy
“This isn’t taking decisive action: it’s political theater. I have no intention of calling the House into session to consider this resolution at this time. The Senate’s resolution would simply start a lengthy process to ultimately ask the governor to remove the state auditor from office – a request he’s not required to fulfill, and a request he’s indicated that he wouldn’t carry out at this time anyway.
“Going through this lengthy process will produce no different result than the letter our caucus members sent to the governor more than a week ago supporting him using his constitutional powers to remove the auditor at the appropriate time.
“The governor has stated that he intends to follow the Delaware Constitution, which clearly spells out the quickest and most direct process to remove a public official for misconduct: Once the verdict has been entered as a conviction by the Superior Court, the governor is required by law to remove the official. After the verdict in the state auditor case has been entered, the governor must remove her from office. That is as clear and simple as it gets.
“It’s important that the public understand that what the Senate is proposing is to start a process where the General Assembly would need to draft rules, give 10 days’ notice and then hold what amounts to a trial – where the auditor can be represented by legal counsel, call witnesses and present evidence. Afterward, each chamber would need a 2/3 vote to merely ask the governor to remove the auditor.
“Both options lead to the governor making the final call on removal, and he’s already said he intends to wait until a conviction has been entered, at which point he’s required to remove the auditor.”
Best,
Lauren
Lauren CW Vella
Project 2045
If you are stridently “Pro-Life” you are probably also a racist with pants wet with piss over the idea that white people are soon going to be going to be outnumbered in the United States.
It may not be immediately obvious how the fight over abortion rights is tied to the “great replacement” theory — the debunked conspiracy theory promoted by some Republican politicians who claim that Democrats support more immigration to “replace” white American voters. But the explanation for, say, an alleged gaffe that overturning the constitutional right to an abortion is a “historic victory of white life” or a concern that not enough white babies are being born in the U.S. can be found in the history of the anti-abortion movement.
The movement to end legal abortion has a long, racist history, and like the great replacement theory, it has roots in a similar fear that white people are going to be outnumbered by people believed to hold a lower standing in society. Those anxieties used to be centered primarily around various groups of European immigrants and newly emancipated slaves, but now they’re focused on non-white Americans who, as a group, are on track to numerically outpace non-Hispanic white Americans by 2045, according to U.S. Census projections.
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Of course. An oversight.
And oh yeah… Pete’s argument here is pure, 100% bullshit. He is mixing the impeachment avenue with the more straightforward legislative avenue. Thanks to REV & Bill for the actual journalism which lays waste to that sophistry.
Something interesting is happening in Southbridge. The community and a developer negotiated a mutually satisfactory community benefits agreement. The city and RDC had their own objections and are moving to kill the project. No offer of conciliation to the community. The Delaware Way of changing the rules to benefit the rule makers rears its head. Tax breaks targeted for favored developers, privatized eminent domain, renter’s rights and marginalization of communities in the development process are issues for the next two election cycles. It would benefit other community leaders to take a look at what’s going on in Southbridge.
Mark: Can you write an article about it?
We’ll post it over your byline.
Finishing the Alice Dunbar-Nelson piece right now but I’m following this. A good start is Amanda Fries article at delawareonline.
Wow. Mayor Mike and the Waterfront assholes are horrible excuses for human beings. Just check this article out if you can:
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/25/wilmington-opposition-to-southbridge-project-surprised-residents-developers/65379805007/
Producing a podcast on this in the next 2 weeks. Very good story Mandy wrote. I’m in touch with Haneef and the Southbridge folks.
Great comment, Mark, bringing folks attention to this.
Man, Mayor Mike and the RDC, who just got their undeserved property tax break, bigfooting the residents of Southbridge.
Who will bigfoot Mayor Mike in 2024?
Backroom talk has it that the developer failed to pay sufficient tribute to Big Mike and the development cartel. Recall that the new apartment complex along the river just past Krapf is 100% outside of the BPG/RDC sphere, but their head guy knew he had a ring to kiss.