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DL Open Thread: Friday, May 17, 2024
The C. Montgomery Burns Of Maryland? $62 Mill couldn’t buy Total Wines’ David Trone a Senate seat: Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) spent $62 million of his own money on the race, only to lose to Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks by double digits. The current results show Alsobrooks winning 54 percent to 42 […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 16, 2024
The Big Story: Senate Considers Hospital Cost Review Board Today. Among other changes, the compromise amendment ‘(r)emoves the penalty provision for hospitals who fail to adhere to a budget that was approved or modified by the Board.’ Oh. Well, that’s a compromise, all right. First, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Nothing unexpected happened. The Hospital Review […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 16, 2024
RIP: Rep. Joe DiPinto. It would be difficult to find a more civic-minded Wilmingtonian than Joe DiPinto. To me, he was a public servant in the best sense of the word. From former Mayor James Baker: “Joe knew that this position gave him the opportunity to directly help the people of Wilmington through development agreements […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 15, 2024
The Big Story: Open The Floodgates–Great Bills Coming Through. Today’s Senate committees are full of ’em. You’ll have to wait just a little longer to revel in all that goodness, though. Looks like the Rethugs objected to preventing unfettered towing of cars by unscrupulous operators. HB 351(Osienski) as amended passed the House by a 24-14 […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Big News: Compromise, Compromise. Apparently, compromises have been reached on both the Hospital Cost Review Board and the Wilmington towing scam bill. Of the two, I’m most skeptical of the towing bill, which had been held up by city officials who had expressed concerns about the bill. Well, it was, after all, their scam. […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter. More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? “Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner,” as […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 11, 2024
State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza. Can’t anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel had likely violated international law yet remained eligible to receive U.S. military aid — has left President Biden increasingly isolated on an issue that has […]
Delaware Political Weekly: May 3-9, 2024
1. Have The Governor’s Races Changed Over The Last Week? On the R side, which doesn’t particularly matter, the answer is a clear yes. On the D side, I think the answer is yes, but it’s less certain. It will become decidedly ‘yes’ if Collin O’Mara can run a campaign that builds on his momentum. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 10, 2024
Let Your Grass Grow. Not that kind of grass. Anybody who’s driven past my yard knows why I draw inspiration from this piece: Your vibrant green lawn may look lush, but it’s actually an ecological wasteland. “The idea for that ideal lawn is that nothing else can live in it,” said David Mizejewski, a naturalist […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 9, 2024
Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. You will note that the two bills addressing high school athletics policy cleared committee and were passed in the Senate unanimously. Carney wasted no time in signing the bill naming the ‘Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper’. Today’s House Agenda features HB 200 (Longhurst), which […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., May 9, 2024
Everything Falls Apart–In The Carney Administration. Another scandal, another attempted cover-up: A former Delaware Department of Labor supervisor embezzled more than $181,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in 2023. The state did not reveal the theft publicly until officials were contacted by WHYY News, following a tip that money had been stolen from […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 8, 2024
I guess the biggest news is the number of absentees in the House yesterday. Six in all, with several roll calls having at least eight absences. Allergies? Also, the two House bills mandating insurance coverages for certain costs received a large number of R no’s and not votings. I can understand why on HB 274 […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
The Big Story: Senate Executive Committee To Consider Hospital Cost Bill Today. Hearing starts at 4 pm. Here’s how you can listen and/or participate. I wonder if the Senate will run this bill on an agenda this week. I wonder whether Carney will sign it. He almost has to, if, for no other reason, to […]
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