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BREAKING: Cyndie Romer Announces Candidacy To Succeed John Kowalko
I know two things: (a) she seems like a really good candidate on paper; and (b) Mike Matthews really likes her. Hard to imagine a stronger successor to Kowalko, but it’s still early. The release: Cyndie Romer Launches Campaign for the 25th Representative District (Newark, Delaware) – On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Newark mom and […]
I’m With Will.
No, this is not a blatantly naked appeal for page views (although if it works I’ll have no objection to it). I mean, of course he shouldn’t have slapped Chris Rock. However. Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia. She has publicly spoken about the condition since 2018. It is not a joking matter. It is an […]
N’Awlins Star Shamarr Allen Coming To Arden Gild Hall: Friday, May 13
He indeed has earned his monicker of ‘True Orleans’. He’s bringing his band The Underdawgs with him. His brand new single from his brand new album: Here is the 2nd Line he put together for the Quarantine Year: OK, why not? Here he is with the Underdawgs: Fuckin’ A!! Some official bio stuff: “Shamarr Allen […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 27, 2022
Fascinating Portrait Of Vladimir Putin. Why he is the way he is. Well worth a NYTimes subscription. Too much to even excerpt. Read it online, or try to find a newspaper edition. Basically, he hated being humiliated. OK, just one excerpt: In 1993, Mr. Yeltsin ordered the Parliament shelled to put down an insurgency; 147 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Rethug Congressman Found Guilty Of Lying About Illegal Campaign Contributions. Poor guy, after his conviction, he read a letter from his daughter saying how much she loves him anyway: A federal jury on Thursday convicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) on three felony counts for lying to federal investigators about illegal campaign contributions from a foreign […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 18-24, 2022
1. Whither SD 3? I’ve pretty much got only questions. I’m counting on you to provide information and/or speculation. Following her destruction of police reform, can or will Sen. Lockman run for reelection? I don’t think she can, but never underestimate the self-delusion of politicians. Who will run for the seat? I mean, you’ve got […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 25, 2022
Money For Nothin’. The coming-together of Carney’s brain-dead ‘budget-smoothing’, the lack of virtually any guardrails on that windfall of Federal money, and the cynicism of the Delaware General Assembly. Because there are apparently no problems that need addressing in Delaware. We have the region’s dirtiest streams and rivers? We’re overridden by pollutants? We have too […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Wow, a good day! Much of it memorialized in the press, which always makes my job easier. SS1/SB 101 (Townsend), which provides legal assistance to renters in landlord-tenant disputes, cleared the House Housing And Community Affairs Committee. Huge shout-outs not only to Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, Rep. Bud Freel, and committee chair Kendra Johnson, but also […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Looks Like The Manhattan DA Ran Interference For Trump: Trump ‘Guilty Of Multiple Felonies’: The question, of course, is why did this Alvin Bragg pull the plug on the investigation? One of the senior Manhattan prosecutors who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations” and that it […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
False advertising. At least for the most part. I couldn’t shut off my brain following what happened with LEOBOR Reform yesterday. I’m not sure my thoughts will make any more sense as I write them down, but I’m gonna try. In one inexplicable regard, what Tizzy Lockman did yesterday is unprecedented when it comes to […]
Meaningful LEOBOR Reform Was Dead As Soon As Sen. Lockman Took Charge
Talk about not learning from history. Tizzy Lockman chose the same failed path that Val Longhurst, for example, tried with the NRA and the Delaware Sportsmen’s Association. You know, involve ‘all the stakeholders’ in the conversation. As if you can negotiate with legislative hostage takers. Riddle me this, Batman. How many ‘stakeholders’, including community activists, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
We’re in a legislative holding pattern. ‘Some’ would call it a slog. Passing nothing of any real importance while waiting (in vain) for them to consider something of importance. Anybody remember police reform? It likely won’t happen. This session may well have peaked when Medical And Family Leave passed. Ho-kay. I’ll try to make this […]
Townhouses Of Russian Oligarch Traced To Delaware Shell Corporations
One of Putin’s most notorious oligarchs–Oleg Derispaka. He owns two Manhattan townhouses, or, more accurately, they are owned by two separate Delaware shell corporations. Betcha they aren’t the only entanglements. Is everybody OK with that? Shouldn’t the General Assembly at least call the Secretary of State and its corporate enablers before a panel and ask […]
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