I’d like to dedicate this to the Good People Of Sharpley:
1. Rep. Krista Griffith Offers Ice Cream To The Residents Of Sharpley. Yes, it’s almost certainly some sort of violation of some campaign law somewhere. I remember that ex-Claymont Rep. Dave Brady used to hand out roses to the ladies after they departed the polling place. When he ran against Wayne Smith, one of Smith’s Rethug henchmen called the Office Of Elections to complain, and Dave was told to stop. However, this just strikes me as pathetic. Someone who hasn’t had to run hard for several election cycles and hasn’t in fact run hard, safely ensconced in the Dover Delaware Way cocoon, simply not knowing how to actually run against a grassroots campaign. Perhaps Sharpley residents will fall in love with Krista because she ‘brought them ice cream’. I don’t think so.
2. Third Time The Charm For R’s In RD 20? The first two to file both dropped out. This #3 guy has a long record of public service:
Georgetown Town Manager and Milton Fire Chief Gene Dvornick has filed to run for Delaware’s 20th Representative District.
According to the Delaware Department of Elections, Dvornick filed Monday as a Republican candidate for the Sussex County seat. Dvornick has served as Georgetown town manager since 2007.
Here’s a nice profile of him. On paper, a good candidate. However, incumbent Alonna Berry already has tough races behind her, is skilled at running grassroots campaigns, and, IMO, is doing a real good job in Dover. I’ve seen candidates like Dvornick come along in the past. In fact, in the past, candidates like Dvornick often won. That, however, was in Old Suxco, not New Suxco. The questions include–will he run like he has to win? What kind of support can he expect from the Republican Party and R’s in general? Berry will have to run hard. But, she’s done it twice, and has a primary against a faux D to get through to the general. At this point, I look for her to extend her winning streak. Twice.
3. His-And-Hers Third-Party Advertising Committees. We’ve already highlighted the third-party advertiser being coordinated by the law firm of Parkowski, Guerke, and Swayze. You know, the ones churning out shitty media for Delaware Way denizens with pretty much every corporate miscreant chipping in. Well, check out Delaware LEAD. The sole name on the paperwork? Linda Parkowski. Yes, the wife of Jim Parkowski, yes, that’s his law firm. The stated purpose of this PAC? ‘Third party advertising committee to influence legislation’. Best way to influence legislation? Elect legislators who you’ve paid for. All in the family.
4. Jose Lopez To Challenge Sen. Matzavinos. Rumored to be a candidacy backed by Jen Cohan and the non-union Associated Builders & Contractors. Former DELDOT Secretary is the President of Delaware ABC. Until further notice, I view this as a nuisance primary.
5. Mara Gorman Gets Her R Opponent In SD 8. One Shane Cavanaugh. A certified arborist and owner of a tree and landscaping company.
6. Norm(an)! That’s the name of the committee for one Dr. Anne Norman, who has filed as a D in RD 34. She has just retired from the State, where she served as the State Librarian Of Delaware and the Director Of the Delaware Division of Libraries since 2002. RD 34 is currently represented by R Lyndon Yearick. Why did she name her committee ‘Norman’? Don’t know, but it caught my attention. Perhaps that’s why.
7. Filings: State Rep. Jesse Vanderwende (R-RD 35); State Rep. Danny Short (R-RD 39); and Rep. Tim Dukes (R-RD 40).
That’s all I’ve got this week. What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?
I remember the days when Jimmy Maravelis and his goon squad threaten (and still does) people with primaries. Jen Cohan said “two people can play that game”
Glad to see the trade unions get smacked around. Until Jimmy bends the knee and puts pronouns in his bio, he should be considered a maga in a blue wrapper.
Jimmy sucks. Jen Cohan is a gollum looking ghoul. Another great John carney appointee!!
I’ve got some disagreements both with Jimmy Maravelias’s style and substance, but people hating on him so much when he’s absolutely thrown down for Shané Darby even as a challenger, and pretty much always supporting incumbent progressives with challenges and even some in open seats like Sophie Phillips, shows valuing style over substance and/or swallowing right-wing anti-union propaganda, probably both. Not to say he always gets it right ofc (e.g. data centers, Kathy McGuinness…) but there are a lot of people who get a lot more wrong who don’t catch nearly the heat for it.
He is not the doctrinaire anti-progressive that some folks on here love to villainize him as, but Cohan and the ABC are. Their national hugely supports Trump and they’ve actively tried to kick out incumbent progressives like Eric Morrison out of office, something I’ve never seen the Building Trades do. If Jimmy is MAGA in a blue wrapper, the ABC is ultra-MAGA and should be opposed at every turn.
Respectfully, you overlooked his support for Bethany Hall-Long, support based on mutual Delaware Way casual corruption.
Any support by him of Shane Darby can only be explained away by ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’.
He’s exactly who I think he is.
Don’t forget his support for Karen Hatley-Nagle too.
Don’t forget about Maggie Jones, the opponent he ran against Matt Meyer in 2020!
Oh boy you missed a lot. As El Som, said went to bat hard for BHL and KHN. Also has supported Hensley over Democratic challengers and also supporting a primary candidate against David Carter. Also check out his social media feed, it’s an unmitigated disaster for anyone who calls themself a progressive. Not impressed because he backs incumbent Democrats. It’s his cost of doing business. That guy is bad news and you won’t convince me otherwise
And let’s not forget his strong support of Aunt Jemima.
Speaking of “Jimmy,” Mike Smith for Treasurer is making a huge bet that Building Trades support will get him elected. Never seen a candidate for office so eager to travel to Dover to testify in favor of unpopular Marvelias bills.
Also if a sitting Democratic Senator gets their daughter hired by Marvelias as a Building Trades lobbyist……is that a conflict of interest to keep voting on his bills without disclosing that to the public? If not, are there any laws about conflicts of interest in Dover?
That ice cream truck stunt is verrry interesting for a lot of reasons:
1) Is it legal to bribe voters? Does it matter if you are friends with the AG?
2) The email was sent to us from the Sharpley Civic Association. Should they be getting involved in a political primary race?
3) The truck won’t come with a “paid for by” label… I guess we have to wait until late August to see who is covering this (if it even shows up in her report).
4) Is she already giving up canvasing and door knocking? Sharpley really is not that big, it can probably get done in a day with the team she keeps showing on her website. Why not meet voters at their doors? Did bringing around Senator Coons and Attorney General Jennings a few weeks ago not go as planned?