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Did Tony DeLuca Resign From the State Senate And Not Even Know It?

Filed in Delaware by on December 14, 2011 105 Comments

I believe that the answer is yes. I believe that legal precedent established in this state also says yes. I believe that, according to law, Tony DeLuca is illegally serving as President Pro-Tempore of the Delaware State Senate and illegally serving as a member of the Delaware State Senate. I shall now proceed to explain to you why I believe this to be true.

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‘Bulo’s 2011 Top 10 MVPs (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause)

Filed in Delaware by on December 13, 2011 16 Comments

2011 was a mixed year for progressivism in Delaware. We saw tremendous strides on social issues, especially equal rights for all Delawareans. We also saw the ongoing embrace between prominent D elected officials and the Billionaires on the Hill, to the detriment of the other 99%. We saw the emergence of the ‘We Are the 99%’ movement via OWS which, nationally was the best thing to happen for the progressive cause since 1964. We saw ongoing corruption, inbreeding and cronyism in the Delaware General Assembly. We saw the first legitimate attempts to challenge the rot at the core of the Delaware Way.

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Don’t Forget: MVP List Unveiled at 10 A. M. Today

Filed in National by on December 13, 2011 0 Comments

To be released simultaneously here at Delaware Liberal and on the Al Mascitti Show on WDEL 1150-Newsradio. Followed by 2 hours of MVP talk on Al’s show. Why don’tcha click onto DL and follow along as we discuss the picks, the omissions, and the concept of ‘blogging as performance art’? What do I mean by that? All will be answered beginning at 10 this morning. For those new here, MVP is my annual Top 1o list of those who contributed the Most to the Progressive Cause in Delaware. Past winners were Karen Peterson and Christine O’Donnell. Who will it be this year?

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‘Bulo To Unveil His 2011 MVP List Tuesday, Dec. 13…

Filed in Delaware by on December 10, 2011 2 Comments

…and for the first time, it will be simultaneously released here at DL and on the Al Mascitti Show. We’re talking 10 a.m., folks, here and on WDEL-1150 AM. I’m putting my magnum opus together now, and it will be fraught with both fun and controversy. I’ve gotten more comfortable with my list as I’ve prepared it. Of course, I’ve changed my initial list twice now already, and I’m likely not done fiddling with it.

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Tiny Tony to Sen. Bonini: “Merry Xmas From Da Godfadda!”

Filed in Delaware by on December 9, 2011 28 Comments

You may remember the undistinguished Bonini pissed (and perhaps ate) away his shot at State Treasurer and, about a month later, flipped his vote to give Tony DeLuca the number needed to hang on to his spot as President Pro-Tempore. You may also remember the undistinguished Bonini as the ‘fiscal watchdog’ who ripped off the state’s taxpayers by not showing up for his job on the Joint Sunset Committee, yet still getting paid for it. As punishment for Bonini ripping off the taxpayers, noted ‘double-dipper’ Tiny Tony DeLuca, inexplicably the President Pro-Tempore of the Delaware State Senate, has given Colin Bonini a promotion. To the Capital Improvements Committee, or ‘Bond Bill’ Committee.

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Terror in Tiny Tony Town??

Filed in Delaware by on December 7, 2011 30 Comments

Turns out that Tiny Tony DeLuca’s personal employment records weren’t the only records being withheld by the Department of Labor. And, get this, turns out that the records being withheld, this time the “records and construction site visit logs of labor law officers to see which companies were investigated for allegations of workplace fraud and not paying the prevailing wage rates on the public works projects in 2010 and 2011″, are in the possession of one, wait for it, Tiny Tony DeLuca, head of the Office of Labor Law Enforcement.

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‘Bulo’s Best Tunes of 2011

Filed in National by on December 6, 2011 7 Comments

Next week, 2011’s M(ost) V(aluable) to the P(rogressive) Cause list will be jointly and simultaneously unveiled here at Delaware Liberal and on the Al Mascitti Show on WDEL 1150-AM. Still time for last minute nominations. For now, I have sifted, listened, and relistened to my faves from this year, and it’s time for my list […]

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More Clueless: Tom Carper or Evan Queitsch? YOU Decide.

Filed in National by on December 1, 2011 57 Comments

Is it a Democratic Senator who is merely Bill Roth with lousier constituent services, or is it Evan Quetsch, who thinks the University of Delaware is a branch of government.

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NFL To Welcome Another Tax Cheat to the Robber Baron Club

Filed in National by on November 29, 2011 12 Comments

The Jacksonville Jaguars are being sold. Long-time owner Wayne Weaver is selling his franchise to one Shahid Khan, should NFL owners approve. Who is Shahid Khan? Well, he tried to buy the St. Louis Rams a couple of years back after Georgia Frontiere died, but it turns out that he was a huge tax cheat.

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Help Program Tomorrow’s Al Mascitti Show!

Filed in Delaware by on November 29, 2011 20 Comments

El Somnambulo will appear on the Al Mascitti Show this Wednesday, November 29 at 10 a.m. 1150-Newsradio on your AM dial. For the first time ever, I’m giving you the chance to propose topics for the show. I’ve already got three lined up, but I usually go through five or six in two hours.

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BREAKING: Delaware to Vote No on Fracking!

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 17, 2011 25 Comments

Big news from Governor Markell’s office: Delaware will vote “No” at Monday meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission. Here is the press release, plus Gov. Markell’s letter.

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Charlie Copeland Has His Wilmington Mayoral Candidate

Filed in National by on November 15, 2011 18 Comments

Perennial loser Michael A. Brown, the only R on City Council. For those of you who may not know who he is, or may have forgotten, here is his commercial on behalf of Christine O’Donnell in 2010:

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El Somnambulo Seeks Your Help…

Filed in National by on November 11, 2011 51 Comments

…in assembling the Third Annual MVP List. This list honors those Delawareans who were (M)ost (V)aluable to the (P)rogressive cause in Delaware in 2011. In the past, I have generally limited this list to public officials. However, I am open to suggestions from outside the realm of elective public service.

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