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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending June 4, 2026
Just when I think that we’re pretty much done with intriguing new developments, I’m proven wrong. At least wrong enough so that I’ve got items for yet another political weekly. 1. Sen. Mantzavinos Gets A Primary Challenger. Well, I didn’t hear about this until this morning, but he filed yesterday. So…I’m counting it. One Jose Lopez […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 5, 2026
Incyte, BPG, The City Of Wilmington. What could possibly go wrong?: Less than two years after investing nearly $80 million into two downtown Wilmington office buildings, the pharmaceutical company Incyte sold the properties to the city’s most prominent developer in a deal that generated just 10 cents in real estate taxes, according to public deed […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 4, 2026
Not Better Late Than Never? I’m not so sure: The biggest legislative controversy of last summer is back before the General Assembly. Lawmakers are set to introduce a bill today that would indefinitely extend New Castle County school districts’ controversial ability to tax commercial and residential properties at different rates. Authored by Rep. Kim Williams […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The New Medical School Is A BFD. I think this is a win-win, and, yes, a coup for Gov. Matt Meyer: Delaware will soon have its own medical school, a first in the state’s history. The state is partnering with Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University to establish a regional campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College. It […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
It’s A War–It’s A Bore: For three months, President Trump has been deeply engaged in the Iran conflict, planning the 38 days of attack, struggling to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and proclaiming “a whole civilization will die tonight,” then backing away to declare a cease-fire and a naval blockage of Iranian ports. But […]
Q: Who Owns Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Dan Cruce, Krista Griffith And Ray Seigfried?
Answer, albeit only a partial answer, is a Third Party Advertising PAC now running propaganda for this Delaware Way Quartet. Almost certainly to be expanding in scope. Before I get to the particulars, first let me tell you that such a PAC cannot specifically urge you to vote for a candidate, and cannot coordinate with […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, June 1, 2026
Looks Like JFC Has Wrapped Up The FY ’27 Budget: The budget writing Joint Finance Committee’s mark-up hearings add $65 million in general funds to Gov. Matt Meyer’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2027. It takes the state’s spending growth rate to 6.3%, surpassing Meyer’s goal of keeping spending growth under 5%. The additional dollars […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May 2026
Perhaps not as much diversity as usual, but some real bangers. A month for rockers. Enjoy. June? You’re up. Here’s the alleged story of this song: ““In 1685 Alice Molland was the last woman to be tried and hanged as a witch in England, strung up on a ‘HeadTree’ just outside of Exeter. Now, from […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 31, 2026
‘I’m Gonna Talk’: With that, the vocally-reticent Marx Brother–speaks: Groucho was the cigar-chomping wit with the improbable moustache, Chico was the piano-playing rustic grifter and Zeppo played the straight man and the lover. But as any Marx Brothers fan knows, Harpo was the pantomime, who cracked up the audience without saying a word, dressed in […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 30, 2026
Everything Falls Apart–Trump Edition. It’s happening, folks: Trump Excised From Kennedy Center. Turns out he couldn’t just unilaterally rename it: In his ruling that President Trump’s name must be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a federal judge turned his attention to the statute passed by Congress in honor of […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 29, 2026
Just an idle thought–Mike Purzycki was eulogized as a man of ‘courage, compassion and empathy’ yesterday. Why did he choose as his successor someone who possesses none of those traits? Along with ‘vision’, which Purzycki had, but his successor… Judge: In Fenwick, LLC’s Are People. Sad part is–the judge may be right on the law […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending May 28, 2026
1. Lobbyist Bundling Party For Cruce And Nnamdi Postponed. Was supposed to take place on Tuesday at the Columbus Inn. Was postponed, no new date set. Was it postponed because it was a ‘bad look’? It really doesn’t matter. The same lobbyists, many of them carrying checks from literally dozens of their clients, will make […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 28, 2026
Satire Is Dead: Trump officials at the Treasury Department are pushing to create a new $250 bill with the president’s face on it – similar to a design shared by Rep. Andy Barr earlier this year–to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, according to a report. What’s Wrong With This Headline?– “U.S. Is Said To Open […]
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