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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 25, 2018
At least one gun-related bill is heading to the Governor’s office following a unanimous vote for it in the Senate. This bill, which creates emergency protocols to remove deadly weapons from those deemed a threat to themselves and others. While I understand that there may be some concerns from the ACLU that could require litigation, […]
Song Of The Day: April 25, 2018
Yes, she performed at the Arden Gild Hall, and yes, she sang this song. Must’ve been inspired by the food we served. Or perhaps the cook. I understand he was really handy with his utensils:
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 24, 2018
The House and Senate leadership teams may well be the most ineffectual that I can remember. In fact, I’m struggling to think who comes in second. This is not me settling scores. This is a recognition of just how poorly they have mismanaged what should have been slam-dunk legislation to prevent mass carnage via deadly […]
Song Of The Day: April 24, 2018
The amazing Pullen-Adams Quartet was one of the great jazz bands of the -80’s. Here they’re joined by trombonist Roswell Rudd as they take a Monk tune into the stratosphere:
Song Of The Day: April 22, 2018
I spent an evening at the Broken Spoke in Austin, TX some 30-plus years ago. A great Texas honky-tonk. Couldn’t master either step of the Texas Two-Step. Guess I should’a worn boots instead of sneakers. Just stumbled onto this song that was recorded there, and I like it:
Song Of The Day: April 21, 2018
Headed over to the Hazardous Waste Disposal event at Mt. Pleasant Elementary this morning. Car’s loaded up with about 50 years of half-used paint cans. Just for context:
Delaware Political Weekly: April 13-19, 2018
1. Brandt Can’t. Won’t. Run. The ‘name on the ballot’ who the R’s convinced to run for the House seat currently held by Lisa Blunt Rochester is a name on the ballot no more. The, pardon the expression, aborted candidacy falls squarely on the shoulders of Mike Harrington, the out-of-his-depth Chair of the Delaware Republican […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 19, 2018
Senate President Pro-Tempore Dave McBride had an idea. It was, and remains, a good idea. He would post the Senate agendas for the entire week well in advance of Tuesday’s sessions. He has done so. Problem is, bills have been dropping from those agendas regularly. Yesterday, it was Ernie Lopez’s ‘DNREC, Get Off Of My […]
Song Of The Day: April 19, 2018
Dave Alvin is one of my musical heroes. When I’m searching for a song of the day, he’s a perfect musical default:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 18, 2018
Let’s start with some rare, if modest, good news. Ernie Lopez’s Sussex County ‘Damn Revenooers’ bill has been excised from today’s Senate Agenda. OK, back to reality. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Nothing surprising. Committee time, kids! Let’s investigate. Starting with the House. Just because. Highlights from today’s committee lineup: *HB 369 (Osienski) ‘expands the […]
Song Of The Day: April 18, 2018
Inspired by Kathy McGuiness’ chasing of that LLC lucre. Oh, also Motown’s first hit record See if you can catch the couplet about Ernie Lopez:
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