El Somnambulo Seeks Your Help…

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...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.

Penn State and UD Have Something in Common-And It’s Not Good

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Penn State is not officially a state institution per se, but a "state-related institution. As such, it now belongs to the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, and is not part of the fully public Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education." Among other things, this means that, in addition to the university collecting millions upon millions of dollars from the State of Pennsylvania, the Board of Trustees is not obligated, nor do they, make any proceedings/minutes of Board meetings public. That includes to state officials. I wonder if the Board is going to battle FOIA demands from the Feds once that investigation is under way. It wouldn't surprise me if it does.

Greg Lavelle: His (Ass) Holiness of the Year

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Monsignor (and Representative) Greg Lavelle, tireless defender of pedophile priests and the dioceses that protect them, has worked his law 'n order Jones into a Santorum-like creamy froth over the greatest danger to America today. Yep, the Occupy Delaware protestors. Let's just enjoy this Rethug Attack Dog waxing rabid over this issue. Click through.

John Carney Capitulates On His Democratic Principles, If He Ever Had Any

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John Carney, ladies and gentlemen, YOUR Democratic Congressman. You know what John Carney did yesterday? He literally signed away the principles upon which the Democratic Party has been built. Principles that have served working families, the poor, the elderly, and the middle class for over 80 years.

How did he do this? He signed a letter along with 60 Democrats and 40 Republicans to the so-called bipartisan 'Super Committee'.

‘Bulo On Al’s Show-Wednesday, Oct. 26

We'll be talking Occupy Delaware, the latest Wilmington mayoral developments, Nancy Cook, Michele Rollins and much more. The Al Mascitti Show airs every week day on WDEL-1150 AM from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. I'll be on at 10. I do believe that the masked sleepwalker may also make an appearance as well.

News-Journal Exposes General Assembly Pension Scam…More To Follow

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Every couple of years, retired state employees get something like a 2% pension increase. If they're lucky. If there's money for it. If the legislators are in a giving mood. However, for a not-particularly small, but select, group of state legislators, a pension windfall is realized whenever certain veteran legislators retire or, in the case of the ethically-compromised Terry Spence, are defeated.