Delaware
Comment Rescue: Et tu, Bryan?
“Dude,” writing about why Bryan Townsend should be primaried, posted this comment under El Som’s top 5 2026 targets. Because Townsend’s seat isn’t up until 2028, I’m reposting it here, because people should know that Bryan Townsend, like so many Delaware Democrats, is liberal as all hell when it comes to social issues, but when […]
My First Five Electoral Targets For 2026
There will be more. But I suspect most of our readers would agree with trying to get rid of this starting five for Team Toxic. 1. Chris Coons: Never a true Democrat, inherited his wealth and at least one job from his stepfather Robert Gore. Longs for an age of Senatorial comity that vanished somewhere around […]
Delaware’s Jimmy Carter? The Perils of Matt Meyer’s Big Swings
GUEST POST BY SALTY PEANUT: Delaware has always preferred its politics like its chicken: mild, no surprises, and easy to digest. Voters like governors who keep the lights on, the roads paved, and the corporate tax loopholes wide enough for a Fortune 500 company to slip through. Which is why the political establishment lined up […]
Meyer To Go After ‘Third Rail’ Of Delaware Politics?
That ‘third rail’ being the corporate golden egg that fills the state’s coffers: Delaware’s budget depends on more than $2 billion brought in by its leading corporate franchise work, which helps to keep the cost of living lower for residents. A recent spate of high-profile corporate departures has unnerved state leaders, however, and now reforms […]
BREAKING: Meyer–‘No More Foot-Dragging On School Funding’
As in, no more ‘we won’t be back with recommendations until today’s second-graders have graduated’. Sarah Mueller has the story: In an exclusive interview with WHYY News, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said he’s ordering his secretary of education to push to implement a new public education funding system by the start of the 2025-2026 school […]
Our New State Democratic Chair?
One can only hope–and/or become a delegate to the State Convention to make sure that the Betsy Maron Era is over. Evelyn Waters Brady, who recently served as Matt Meyer’s Transition Director, has been credibly linked to the post. In other words, credible sources are saying that she’s running for the position. I love her […]
DTI’s Growing Pains: A Measured Take on Internal and External Challenge
Guest Post By Another Frustrated but Hopeful Anonymous DTI Insider The recent op-ed published in Delaware Liberal paints a damning picture of the Department of Technology and Information (DTI). While it is true that DTI is not without its flaws, the piece leans heavily on hyperbole, personal attacks, and omissions that make it easy for […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Big Story: State Senate Prepares To Disgrace Itself. Man, I was wrong, didn’t think it would come to this: The Delaware State Senate is going through with hearing Bethany Hall-Long’s appointments to the Diamond State Port Corporation Board despite Gov. Matt Meyer’s request to dismiss them. During her two-week stint as governor, Hall-Long nominated […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 29, 2025
THE BIG STORY: End-Of-Life Options Bill Gets Its First Hearing Today. Should’ve been law already, but Delaware’s Worst Governor Ever couldn’t get past his own blinkered Catholicism. Didn’t try. Rep. Morrison has taken the baton from Paul Baumbach. HB 140 will be considered in today’s House & Human Development Committee meeting. 10 of the 16 […]
Delaware’s IT Department Is In Crisis–And No One Is Holding Them Accountable
Guest Post From An Anonymous IT Insider: Technology is more critical than ever in shaping government services. But what is Delaware’s state technology agency, DTI, doing? Unlike Delaware, states like Maryland, Washington, Vermont, and California use public-facing dashboards to track IT project performance and spending, ensuring transparency and accountability. Meanwhile, Delaware’s DTI operates behind closed […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Big Story: Can Matt Meyer And Bryan Townsend Smoke A Peace Pipe (preferably filled with homegrown Delaware herb)? They’re gonna have to. Looks like Meyer will have a pretty significant agenda, including items that he and Townsend have in common. Including the fact that both of them hate the Carney pension giveaway to retired […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Spotlight Delaware has today’s Big Story–aka Bethany Hall Long proves herself to be a political hack to the very end. I had seen the nominations to the Wilmington Port Corporation Board a couple of days ago, just assumed that Matt Meyer had made them–although I couldn’t believe he’d let Jeff Bullock anywhere near the site […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 22, 2025
The Big News: Senate Executive Committee Starts Three Days Of Hearings On Gov. Meyer’s Nominees. I’ll link to the schedules for the nominees later in this article. But, first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. SB 11 (Townsend), the second leg of a Constitutional Amendment addressing bail reform, unanimously passed in the Senate. I’ve listened to the […]
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