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It’s Official! Rysheema Dixon To Run For City Council President!
For all the right reasons: The dysfunction and infighting that’s plagued Wilmington City Council and its 13 elected members–putting it in the news for all the wrong reasons–is what really spurred Dixon, a Democrat, to run to lead the body. She said council could be far more effective. “You cannot get things done if you […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 9, 2020
House To Vote On Limiting Trump’s War Powers. Here is the legislation. Two Senate R’s have already indicated they’ll support such a resolution in the Senate. Let’s see if any House Rethugs dare to oppose Trump. Mnuchin Wants To Hide Secret Service Expenses Until After Election. All the bleeping money they’ve wasted, and oh by […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., Jan. 8, 2020
State Auditor Delivers Half-Assed Report On Odyssey Charter. She’s really terrible. Here’s an excerpt for the subscription-challenged: According to the Department of Education, the report isn’t what the Charter School Office asked for. In its request for an “investigatory audit,” the department had expected a report offering a more thorough indication of whether the Wilmington […]
Linda Gray And Coby Owens Headed To Primary…
for City Council District 1. Linda Gray, who was appointed to serve out the term of Nnamdi Chukwuocha, had been going back-and-forth about whether she would file. Today, she filed. I’ve already interviewed Coby Owens, and I like him. I think that Linda Gray has done a real solid job on Council and I’d be […]
Spiros Mantzavinos To Challenge Anthony Delcollo
You will note the lack of an exclamation point at the end of the hed. That is on purpose. At the risk of seeming hypocritical (I’ve been screaming for someone to challenge Delcollo), this smells fishy to me. Real fishy. I personally like Spiros. With that out of the way, he had been a corporate […]
Front Country Coming To Arden–Courtesy Of El Somnambulo…
…and the Arden Concert Gild. Who the bleep is Front Country, you might ask? Well, they won Best Band honors at both the RockyGrass and Telluride Bluegrass Festivals. Their lead singer, songwriter, and force-of-nature Melody Walker, won the Best Songwriting Competition at Merlefest. Here’s the thing, though–they’re not essentially a bluegrass band. Hey, why try […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., Jan. 7, 2020
‘Have Democrats Finally Found Their Own ALEC?’: I tend to doubt it b/c progressives have the capacity to think for themselves, whereas right wingers, um, don’t. Still, this is a positive step. Iran Targets…Trump Properties For Retribution. I don’t like this–it just gives Trump an excuse to skip out on his bills. Pompeo Will Not […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., Jan. 6, 2020
Wilmington’s Only Rethug Councilman Target Of Sexual Harassment Suit. Granted, I’d feel a bit more comfortable with this had the complainant hired anybody but Theo Gregory to handle the suit, but still. Trump ‘Created His Own Credibility Crisis’ On Iran. Not that he’s gonna try to make a serious case for, you know, war, in […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., Jan. 5, 2020
Officials Put Option Of Killing Suleimani Before Trump–So That He Wouldn’t Take It. Don’t they know him by now?: In the chaotic days leading to the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most powerful commander, top American military officials put the option of killing him — which they viewed as the most extreme response […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., Jan. 4, 2020
A ‘Just The Facts’ Version Of The Killing Of Soleimani From The Washington Post: What happened: President Trump ordered a drone strike near the Baghdad airport, killing Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s top military figures and leader of its special-operations forces abroad. Who Soleimani was: As the leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., Jan. 3, 2019
State Rethug ‘Leaders’ Under Fire–From R State Chair. Kudos, I guess, to Jane Brady. But she’s wrong when she says that this is not what her party stands for. Hate and resentment are pretty much all they stand for these days. An excerpt for those w/o a subscription: Brady issued a statement on Thursday saying […]
DL Political Weekly: Dec. 27, 2019-January 2, 2020
Well, the title is a lie. Yes, we will be going weekly from now on. But a lot more than I expected took place in the waning weeks of 2019, so we get a chance to play catch-up. 1. Bruce Ennis Gets A Primary Challenger. Her name is Kyra Hoffner, and she is quite active […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 2, 2020
The Mysterious Invasion Of The Drone Hordes: Rural Nebraska and Colorado are the sites of these sightings. Drones flying in formation. And nobody knows why: Unmanned drones, which have exploded into popular usage in recent years and can be used for everything from mapping to photography to farming, can be difficult to track. Operators of […]
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