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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up For June 15 & 16

By El Somnambulo June 17, 201134 Comments

Unless they're corporate giveaways or tax breaks for the 'financial services industry', bills can run into trouble this time of year. Especially if (a) they cause turf wars or alleged…

No Post-Game/Pre-Game Today: A Musical Apology

By El Somnambulo June 16, 20111 Comment

Can't do the report today. Why?: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Typp86uij9E&feature=related[/youtube] And if that opening riff sounds just a wee bit familiar: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1VoCirpPw[/youtube] Coming tomorrow: A super jumbo-sized Post-Game Wrap-Up. Unless Time the Avenger…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 15, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 15, 20111 Comment

The big news is that the Budget Bill, HB 190, has been introduced, certainly the earliest introduction of the Budget that I can ever recall. Feel free to peruse it…

Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues. June 14, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 14, 201110 Comments

Casey Stengel, upon surveying the inability of his first-year expansion New York Mets to perform even the simplest of baseball tasks, once asked, "Can't anybody here play this game?" He…

HUGE Story: Tigani Pleads Guilty to Election Charges

By El Somnambulo June 9, 201137 Comments

The Delaware Way is beginning to crumble. The indictment and guilty plea of Chris Tigani, all taking place within a matter of hours this afternoon, could well hasten its demolition.…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 9, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 9, 20117 Comments

Cue the music: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi6wNGwd84g[/youtube] Here's something I've never seen before in all my years in Dover: DOVER – State Sen. Michael Katz caused a stir in Legislative Hall on Tuesday…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 8, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 8, 201131 Comments

We're a tiny step closer to the popular election of the President of the United States today. The House mustered up 21 votes to pass HB 55 (D. E. Williams),…

Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 7, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20117 Comments

Never let it be said that, when it comes to millionaires, the members of the General Assembly don't keep their word. While Medicaid assistance, college scholarships, and services to protect…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 2, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 2, 201117 Comments

It doesn't take much of a roadblock to derail a bill once the General Assembly calendar turns to June. When the NRA, which has at least half the legislators in…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 1, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20115 Comments

Catch-22 author Joseph Heller spent the bulk of his writing career vainly trying to come up with something that captured the public's imagination like his seminal anti-war novel. Upon releasing…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., May 31, 2011

By El Somnambulo May 31, 201130 Comments

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, I hope that Tony DeLuca enjoyed a terrorist-free Memorial Day weekend, and I hope that Monsignor Greg Lavelle stopped crying about…

R. I. P. Gil Scott Heron

By El Somnambulo May 28, 20112 Comments

One of our true visionaries. Never was able to successfully defeat his demons, although he tried. And tried and tried. Some samples of his genius: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk[/youtube] 'Winter In America' [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E&feature=related[/youtube]…

‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses: Only One Way to Kick Off Summer Edition

By El Somnambulo May 27, 20111 Comment

Bulo's Memorial Day Playlist to kick off summer with.