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Deneice Berry To Run For 5th RD
Aka Melanie George Smith’s seat. Berry is but the first candidate to announce. There will be at least one more. She is a first-time candidate, and frankly it shows in her announcement release: DENEICE BERRY ANNOUNCES CANIDACY FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 5 Combined with my career, education, community outreach, and activism will help move the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 19-25, 2018
1. Melanie George Smith To Retire. There is a reason why she announced her retirement when she did. By the end of this weekend, we will all know why. Suffice it to say that her career was the product of legislative insiderism of the worst order. There was never a clamoring for her candidacy within […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 26, 2018
Mike Dinsmore’s fave R & B song. Sung by, IMHO, the greatest soul singer of them all:
Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 25, 2018
Last session day before the Joint Finance Committee meets. Meaning, today’s the day that Gov. Carney introduces his budget proposal, which then becomes the starting point for JFC deliberations. My expectations are low. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Cerron Cade is the new Secretary Of Labor. That’s about it. Little of interest on today’s […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 25, 2018
Mike Dinsmore brings you a point-of-view you don’t often get in a song, but should:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 24, 2018
Yo, Kevin Hensley: 1972 called, and it wants its Cadillac-drivin’, steak-eatin’, Welfare Queen racist stereotype back. Yo, Sen. Pettyjohn: Why don’t you wander over to Gerald ‘Loogy’ Hocker‘s store to see all the displays hawking empty calorie products? Maybe call him out on it. We all know that Rethuglicans peddle race as their primary political […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 24, 2018
We briefly interrupt Mike Dinsmore Week to bring you a song that, I hope, Mike Dinsmore would embrace and endorse. The South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela (‘Grazing In The Grass’) passed away yesterday. Here, from Paul Simon’s Graceland tour, is Masakela calling to bring Nelson Mandela back home to the streets of Johannesburg. Political folk […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Jan. 23, 2018
If you’re looking for quality day-to-day coverage of the General Assembly, Matt Bittle of the Delaware State News is doing the best job in Delaware. What a revolutionary idea for a paper–have someone cover the legislature as a beat. Get to know the issues and the people who populate Leg Hall. Report on what you […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 23, 2018
I’ve worked most my life at a prison nearby And I’ve raised two sons and a daughter I knew all along, as I watched them grow strong They had a need for adventure Nothing could quell the longing they felt From the back of our lonesome holler Still I hoped somehow, they could find […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 22, 2018
Mike Dinsmore Week commences. Listening to Mike’s choices, it’s clear that he favors folk music of a political bent. A broad palette of such songs. We head north to Quebec for a taste from ‘Quebec separatist and environmental hero’ Richard desJardins:
Song Of The Day: Jan. 21, 2018
A great band you never heard of: Coming next week: Mike Dinsmore gets his musical closeup!
Song Of The Day: Jan. 20, 2018
Needed a shot of adrenaline after an amazing show by Tinsley Ellis at the Arden Gild Hall last night. Paging the Blasters:
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