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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 27, 2019
Four D state reps voted against one of the most innocuous gun reform measures you could possibly imagine. Keeping loaded firearms away from kids would seem to be as cut-and-dried as you could get. Not to Andria Bennett, Bill Bush, Lumpy Carson, and Quin Johnson, it isn’t. Of the four, only Lumpy could even claim […]
Rethugs Looking For New State Chair
Mike Harrington is stepping down as Chair of the State Republican Committee. From Matt Bittle’s Twitter feed: Republican Party Chairman Mike Harrington is not running for a second term. “Unfortunately, a number of personal matters have stepped in the way. They are items that I cannot postpone. They will monopolize my time,” he writes in […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 26, 2019
Will the NRA once again kill common-sense gun reform? It’s possible. The House is scheduled to consider HB 63(Lynn) today. The bill: …revises the crime of “unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm,” an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed “unsafe storage of a firearm” to place emphasis on […]
The Biden Campaign Is Doomed Before It Starts–And Joe Knows It
The ‘tell’ is Biden himself. You don’t publicly muse about whether you’re too old, whether the voters will think you’re too old, whether you can raise enough money to be competitive, whether you should announce you will only serve one term, whether you should make a VP pick before you even get in, if you’re […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 21, 2019
Wellwellwell,guess what issue has resurfaced with no warning whatsoever. Yep, it’s the slush fund for Del-Tech, this time with no automatic property tax provision. The bill allegedly was reported out of committee yesterday even though no notice was provided that the bill would even be considered in committee. None. Which is contrary to President Pro-Tem […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 20, 2019
Two notable bills passed yesterday: The Senate passed SB 25(Townsend), which increases the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The House passed HB38(Bentz), which established early voting in Delaware. Uh, that’s not quite accurate. The Senate passed SS1/SB25, which was introduced in lieu of the original. The vote was 14 […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2019
Assuming that sick bay has emptied out, the Senate will consider legislation raising the permissible age to purchase tobacco products from 18-21 today. The momentum is clearly with the bill, and it would be difficult for prospective opponents, especially D opponents, to vote against the bill. If all the members are on hand today, the […]
THIS Is How You Respond To An Atrocity
You can read the letter that Mayor Pete Buttigieg penned to the Muslim community of South Bend in its entirety in this piece. I found his words to be deeply moving. I haven’t yet researched his background as much as I’d like, but what he did was…Presidential. Here are some excerpts: “As you gather this […]
AG Jennings Goes BIG!
I can safely say that no Attorney General in Delaware history has ever introduced a criminal justice reform package as sweeping as the one that was announced today. Here is the press release in its entirety: Delaware General Assembly Delaware Department of Justice Delaware Office of Defense Services For Immediate Release: March 14, 2019 […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 14, 2019
I guess that the ‘good news’ on a day with virtually no news is that several worthy bills previously discussed here cleared committees yesterday. Other than SB 17(Hansen), which addresses genetic discrimination in health insurance coverage, virtually every major bill discussed here yesterday passed out of committee. Including: HB 63(Lynn); HB 38(Bentz); HB 39(Viola); SB […]
In Which John Carney Becomes A Profligate Spender
Over $376,000-worth. What could possibly compel John Carney to spend that much taxpayers’ money? The answer: Defending Delaware’s quaint, but likely unconstitutional, requirement that state courts in Delaware must be politically-balanced. Matt Bittle has the story right here. First, this requirement is a crock, and everybody in the legal community knows it. Over the time […]
My Breakfast With Catherine Ciferni
Well, in my case, it was a ‘second’ breakfast, but I skipped lunch. I swear! BTW, I recommend the Sinclair Cafe as a nice breakfast spot in Newark. Catherine is running for Mayor of Newark and is the progressive Democrat in the race. Mayor of Newark has little in common with what we normally think […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 13, 2019
Senate didn’t do much yesterday. Doesn’t look like they’ll do much today. Yesterday’s scheduled agenda is still posted, but it doesn’t appear that the tobacco bill will be run today. Since Sen. McBride was out sick yesterday, perhaps Sen. Poore was supposed to prepare today’s agenda. Mission not accomplished. Take a look at what’s posted […]
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