Posts by El Somnambulo

Happy Halloween!  Enjoy your--bug secretions?: Here’s a tip if you ever want to ruin a Halloween party. Seek out the most squeamish-seeming adult or child you can find in the…

Spotlight Delaware Highlights Most Competitive Legislative Races.  Good stuff. Spotlight Delaware Highlights The Two Key Suxco Council Races.  Good stuff. Our (Sometimes) Man In France Highlights Delaware's Latest French Connection:…

Escheat Is For Es-Cheaters.  Delaware Way insiders don't want you to know about its Unclaimed Property slush fund: A member of Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer’s administration expressed reluctance to openly…

This Year's Billionaires' Bill?  Say it with me, kids:  "We have to do this to protect Delaware's Corporate Franchise": A top congressional Republican is demanding information on Delaware’s plan to…

Wilmington City Council Wastes Yet More Money In Quixotic Challenge To James Spadola: The Wilmington City Council isn’t done trying to oust Councilman James Spadola, the Republican-turned-Democrat who kept his…

A Rare Good Day For Democracy: Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won re-election on Sunday, according to official preliminary results, punctuating a string of conservative wins…

When A Logjam Is A Good Thing: When we think of rivers, we imagine water flowing freely from source to sea. But for some of the world's great waterways, their…

 'Like Selling Wolves From Yellowstone'.  Something similar is happening in the Delaware Bay, something you should know about: Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre line goes taut. Somewhere…

Oops, They're Gonna Do It Again.  Reassess, that is: New Castle County intends to reassess every property in northern Delaware a year earlier than previously planned after a recent audit…