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Breaking: Civil Unions Bill Introduced With Governor’s Support
As intrepid commenter Paul Baumbach earlier today told us would happen, SB 30 has been introduced. We will post it once it becomes available online. Governor Jack Markell has already come out in support of the bill. Here is the entire press release from the Governor’s office: Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell announced his […]
Bulo On Al’s Show Today
Yep, I’m on the Al Mascitti Show, Tuesday, March 22 at 10 am. WDEL-1150 am, your LOCAL news and talk station. The usual trenchant analysis, cheeky irreverence, and, of course, the latest in wrestling news. Find out about the Parts Unknown Tour! There are 155 million reasons to listen. Al’s show is on every weekday […]
Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 22, 2011
The big news: $155 million. That’s right, DEFAC (Delaware Economic & Financial Advisory Council), the group that officially sets the estimated revenues for the state, came out and identified an additional $155 million in state revenue, about 50% in the current fiscal year, and 50% for the upcoming fiscal year. While this is not the […]
Time To Make The Districts-Part Trois
In which we create a new Senate district downstate. But…will the ‘new’ district be truly new? I propagandize, you decide. OK, kids, for those of you who came late to class, or just didn’t bother to show up, you will want to read these two seminal treatises on redistricting here and here. Well, perhaps not […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 17, 2011
The leprechauns are still at play in the General Assembly’s session reports–as apparently are the Legislative Council staff assigned to update them. We know that action took place yesterday, but we’ll just have to use sources other than the official record to tell you what that activity was. I understand why House committee reports are […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 16, 2011
The return of the Solomonic solons to Dover apparently took Legislative Council by surprise. Either that, or there were some new, very exciting, solitaire games uploaded to their computers. The supposed information and research arm of the General Assembly provides this detailed snapshot of what went on yesterday. That’s right, in legislative time, according to […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
They’re ba-a-a-ck, and so am I. The Delaware General Assembly reconvenes this afternoon in Legislative Hall, and they are primed for a run of about a month or so before the Easter break. Two topics will dominate talk in the Hall during that time–money and redistricting. I fully expect all four caucuses to discuss both […]
Time To Make the Districts: Part Deux
In Which We Create Two A Brand New Senate Districts. OK, some simple math. If you create two new senate districts, and if you leave the total number of senate districts at 21, then two existing districts must disappear. In our last, perhaps too much ‘inside baseball’- laced treatise, I identified Senate District 3, currently […]
Time To Make the Districts
OK, kids, time to play the political equivalent of fantasy baseball. Sign up now. This opportunity only comes along once every ten years. The numbers are out and the numbers have been loaded into the Leg Hall computers. John Tobin is likely to go days without sleep. I just can’t wait. To make sure we’re […]
Shared Sacrifice, My Ass
I tried. I really tried. I tried to understand and even rationalize Gov. Jack Markell’s argument that any additional taxation of the wealthy would work against his efforts to create jobs in Delaware. He made this argument in a meeting with Delaware bloggers a couple of weeks ago. He said, and I’m paraphrasing, that ‘these […]
‘Bulo on Al’s Show Tuesday
I’ll be on the Al Mascitti Show Tuesday, March 1 at 10 a. m. We’ll be talking the latest political and governmental issues, including the ongoing controversies facing Tony DeLuca, the bloggers’ meeting with the Governor, and whatever else you want to talk about. Al’s show is on WDEL-1150 AM from 9 am to 12 […]
Some Revisionist Pseudo-History From Tom Carper
I simply could not let this piece of self-aggrandizement from Tom Carper pass following the death of Russell W. Peterson. The News-Journal article noting Peterson’s passing and his many accomplishments featured this quote from Carper: “Just after his 75th birthday, Gov. Peterson came to see me in the governor’s office and said, ‘We ought to […]
The Further Misadventures of Tiny Tony DeLuca
In Which the Napoleonic Martinet Tries to Explain Away the Unexplainable…Not to Mention the Inexplicable. Which He Doesn’t. Let’s all first get on the same page. Please read the Alice in Wonderland News-Journal article which details just how the ever-shrinking Senate Majority Leader had a job created just for him and doubled his salary, courtesy […]
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