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Back From the Philly March
Wow. Just…wow. We must have had at least 50,000 people there. My wife really wanted to go, and I was more than happy to tag along. My wife and I got to Philly around 9 and to Logan Square around 9:15. I’ve never seen so many clever signs. Many of them employing the vulgarism that […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 19, 2017
The first set of John Carney’s nominees sailed through the Senate yesterday. Republicans could not contain themselves from raining effusive praise on these nominations. And why should they? It’s basically the same set of characters with whom they did business during the Markell years. Which, at first glance, is what the Carney Administration appears hell-bent […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 18, 2017
OK, kids, this gets a little tricky. Yesterday morning dawned with Jack Markell as Governor. Today, John Carney is Governor. There are only two weeks until the General Assembly breaks for budget hearings. Gov. Carney wants to have his cabinet in place by then. What to do? Well, last week President Pro-Tem David McBride announced […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 17, 2017
Yes, today I offer you a brief respite from all of those ‘Markell legacy’ pieces emanating from…the Markell Administration. Which ends today. No, not the self-serving legacy pieces. The Markell Administration. Maybe this means that state workers can take off their body armor. I certainly hope so. When you take a closer look at the […]
Sen. Marshall Proposes Minimum Wage Increase
If memory serves, this is a far more modest proposal than in recent years. SB 10 provides for a 50 cent increase each year for the next four years, and then, post-2020, ties minimum wage increases to Social Security Cost-of-Living increases.
‘Bulo on WHYY TV-12 Tonight
I really hit my TV stride with this one. ‘First’ at 5:30 pm. Mark Eichman and I talk about the General Assembly and, specifically, the budget deficit. I’m pretty sure I managed to diss the current and future governor and most of the members of the General Assembly. In other words, I was on target. […]
BREAKING: Gov. Markell Submits Final Budget Proposal
Here is the press release: Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell today unveiled a balanced Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal that promotes increased job and educational opportunities for Delawareans, while maintaining fiscal responsibility that has repeatedly earned the state a AAA rating. The budget appropriates 98 percent of available revenues and sustains a fully funded […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., January 12, 2017
Exciting news! We have our First Agenda of the Year! There is one bill on it! The bill on this agenda pretty much defines everything you need to know about the General Assembly. It is a House Agenda. It is a House Bill. And, yes, the bill creates a new Special License Plate for veterans. […]
Delaware United Wants You!
If grassroots progressive politics is your thing, especially when you’re part of a group of real cool energetic volunteers, I’ve got just the opportunity for you. Delaware United is in the house! Who, you may ask, is Delaware United? I suppose I could be churlish (it’s not that much of a stretch) and merely point you […]
Carney Cashes in On Corporate Welfare
Check out who is paying for Carney’s Inaugural soiree. No foreseeable conflicts-of-interest here, nosiree: “Thank you to our Sponsors* Platinum – $10,000 AT&T The Chemours Company, FC, LLC Comcast JP Morgan Chase & Co Morris, James LLP Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP Saul Ewing LLP Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor Herbert & Patrice Miller […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 10, 2017
You wouldn’t know it from today’s News-Journal, which used to be a newspaper, but the 149th Delaware General Assembly will convene today for its first session. Technically, the State Senate met post-election to consider some gubernatorial nominations, but today marks the official start to the two-year session. The first day invariably consists of ceremony. The […]
The Legislative Pipeline Is Open
19 bills have been prefiled in the House. Several of which are important bills. Here is the full list. Here are the ones that jump out at me: The Rethugs are wasting no time in trying to get rid of the Estate Tax. Looks like David Bentz might be a progressive champion. His HB 11 […]
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