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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 […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 10, 2019
Everything is in place to pass the Delaware Equal Rights Amendment by next Wednesday. HB 1 was released from the House Administration Committee yesterday. It will be considered in the House today. The Senate has already posted a notice that the bill will be considered in the Senate Executive Committee next Wednesday. Assuming, of course, […]
John Carney To Prisoners: “Drop Dead!”
Literally. That’s what happened when Vermont did what Delaware is now doing: Sending prisoners to the Camp Hill facility in Pennsylvania. Esteban Parra, in an excellent piece in today’s News Journal, lays it out in stark terms: Vermont signed a three-year contract in 2017 transferring more than 200 of its inmates to Pennsylvania in an […]
Big Announcement From Sen. McBride?
Yes, according to the News Journal’s Scott Goss: Scott Goss ✔ @ScottGossDel Being told Senate President David McBride is going to make “a big announcement” around 4:30 p.m. today. No one seems to know what it’s about — yet. I just hope that his health problems haven’t returned.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 9, 2019
Yesterday was All Ceremony. Congratulations to all. Let’s get down to business. According to press reports, the General Assembly has two must-pass bills for January: The second leg of Delaware’s equal-rights amendment, and legislation permitting the new arena for Delaware’s minor league pro basketball team to sell alcohol. Never too early to give Buccini/Pollin a […]
BREAKING: Laura Sturgeon To Chair Senate Education Committee
Of course, Exceptional Delaware had it first: Sokola Out As Chair Of Senate Education Committee, Sturgeon Will Be Chair Dave will still be on the committee, but, as chair, Sturgeon will have a lot of influence on the state’s education agenda. Tizzy Lockman is also on the committee, which includes Sokola, DelCollo and Lopez. Checking now […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., January 8, 2019
Please excuse me while I jump into the Wayback Machine to pay a visit to January 2017 in order to do a cut-n paste. Be back in a jif… …I’m back. Man, Nemski was really on fire early in 2017. But, I digress. OK, the General Assembly convenes for its first session tomorrow. So, first […]
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