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Yet Another Cover-Up From DOC And the State Of Delaware
Delaware is the Secrecy State. You don’t have the right to know when cops, corrections officers, and/or entire agencies screw up to the max. Or let out their frustrations on people who get beaten just b/c they are there. Enter the News-Journal, which at least is covering the prison story superbly. If little else. Here’s […]
R. I. P. Steve Amick
Former Newark legislator Steve Amick, who passed away last week, was one of the finest legislators to serve in the Delaware General Assembly during my time there. Yes, he was smart, one of the most intelligent legislators to ever serve in Dover. An attorney by training and practice, he got his JD from Dickinson College. […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes, January, 2019: Part Two
More great tunes, arranged alphabetically by artist, to start the year: A damn great musical month, by even my high standards.
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: January, 2019: Part One
Some musical years start slowly, with January’s new songs not measuring up to those on the Best Of The Year lists. This, however, is not one of those Januarys. Plenty of real good songs, loads of diversity, a great way to start the year. With a two-fer, in fact. Presented in alphabetical order by artist […]
Here’s How To Deal With Extortionists
We start this story with one of the poorest excuses for journalism ever to clear the e-keyboard of Scott Goss, which is saying something. This story. It’s all about Delaware Rethugs crying crocodile tears over how their efforts to bargain in good faith are being destroyed by the perfidious D’s. And we’ll get right back […]
Is Anyone Else As Not Scared Of Howard Schultz As I’m (Not)?
Let him run. An avowed Third Way middle of the road white guy in this political climate? Who made his fortune peddling overpriced burnt coffee? He’s like a moneyed version of Sean Barney: Asked if he would consider changing his mind and run as a Democrat, he said, “I feel if I ran as a […]
GGW: Guards Gone Wild
Delaware is the Secrecy State. Especially when it comes to actions by so-called enforcement officers of every stripe. Keeping secrets is one way of controlling the narrative, as in blaming everything on the actions of those who are being ‘enforced upon’. Which is precisely what has happened in the aftermath of the uprising at the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 24, 2019
Even the Rethugs knew that they were on the wrong side of yesterday’s defeat of HB 3 in the Senate. Serial bloviator Colin Bonini said this: “I will personally write a check to start the GoFundMe page if people want to do this to help these folks,” said state Sen. Colin Bonini, R-Dover South. “But […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 23, 2019
Richard Collins. Shannon Morris. Bryan Shupe. Jesse Vanderwende. Remember those names. Yesterday, the Delaware House Of Representatives enacted emergency legislation designed to lessen the burden of federal workers who have been caught up in the government shutdown. HB 2 (Schwartzkopf), well, let me just post the synopsis in its entirety: This Act creates the Delaware […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 22, 2019
Man, that Carney State Of The State was downright sad. Read it for yourself if you don’t believe me. Half-measures on everything except tilting the playing field to the advantage of businesses, regardless of what protections need to be sacrificed along the way. And the half-measures reflect Carney trying to get away with as little […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 17, 2019
The Delaware ERA is now part of the Constitution, with the only opponents being the endangered species, aka The Angry White Guys From Lower Slower. That’s pretty much all that happened yesterday. See for yourself. The decks have all virtually been swept clean for Gov. Carney’s State Of The State Address. With one exception. The […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 16, 2019
Can we start with John Carney’s Group Hug? Trying to stay one step ahead of the posse, er, courts, John Carney announced a commitment to provide $60 mill in funding over three years to ‘educate English language learners and low-income students’. Great. No, I mean it, it’s great. Of course, we’re talking about $20 million […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 15, 2019
Didn’t take long for one of the most dubious deals in recent legislative history to resurface. Featuring, at the least, the ethically-bankrupt trio of Val Longhurst, Nicole Poore, and Dick Cathcart. And the Fabled Underground Shangri-La At Ft. DuPont. Time for the newbies to catch up. From 2014: A particularly-sketchy ‘redevelopment’ project headlines today’s House […]
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