Delaware
Open Thread Nov. 16: County Council Clown Show
The News Journal is too busy dredging up the Capano case (it’s an anniversary thing) to bother covering New Castle County Council, but WDEL was there for an epic meltdown by council President Karen Hartley-Nagle when she was stripped of her last committee assignment by a vote of council. The back-and-forth with Councilman George Smiley […]
Will Joe Give It a Go? I Say No
A lot of people think Joe Biden is going to gird his loins for presidential battle one last time in 2020. He’s out peddling his new memoir, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,” and dropping lots of hints that he wishes he had run in 2016. As I noted this morning, […]
Delaware Political Weekly: November 3-9, 2017
1. Who’s In, Out, Or Otherwise In AG’s Race. D’s: Tim Mullaney: In Sen. Bryan Townsend: Out Rep. Sean Lynn: Likely In Chris Johnson: Likely In Charles Oberly: Considering, but will not be in race if Jennings runs Kathleen Jennings: Considering, but will not be in race if Oberly runs Ian McConnel: Was thought to […]
BREAKING: Townsend Will Not Seek AG Nomination, Will Run For Reelection To State Senate
State Senator Bryan Townsend stated today that he plans to seek reelection to the State Senate instead of mounting a race for Delaware Attorney General. Two D’s who might seek to appeal to progressives are considering the race and will likely decide in the next few weeks. State Rep. Sean Lynn appears poised to run […]
“Our State Has Decided to Allow Our Children to Become Transgenders”
That’s the opinion of one man, anyway, State Rep. Rich Collins, R-Bedrock, who vows not to let it happen on his watch. WXDE’s Rob Petree, who interviewed Collins, cited the policies at issue, including rules that “school districts and charter schools would be required to work with students and families on providing access to locker […]
Tom Neuberger Running For AG
Cites Tim Mullaney’s background, calls him dangerous: “I represented various people who wore the wire for the FBI back during the years when Tim Mullaney was the county attorney for New Castle County during the first [Tom] Gordon and [Sherry] Freebery administration–that’s when the county was buffeted by FBI investigations, federal corruption charges, criminal proceedings, […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2017
1. The Emergence Of Tizzy Lockman. Her candidacy for the 3rd Senatorial Seat currently held by Bob Marshall has become a rallying cry for grassroots activists. Notable not only for the candidate herself, but for the framework created by Network Delaware to facilitate her candidacy. Along with Rachel Blumenfeld and Laura Sturgeon, there are some […]
Opponents Play Rope-A-Dope On Marijuana Legalization
Cutting red tape for business only extends to providing get-out-of-jail-free cards to serial polluters, not to assisting proponents of creating a new revenue source. Gee, who didn’t see this coming? From the linked News-Journal story: “We’re pleased more time will be allotted,” said Cathy Rossi, vice president of public and government affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “The […]
Delaware Facilitates Money Laundering To Balance Its Budget
First, go read the News Journal article on how Paul Manafort used Delaware’s LLC and corporate law to launder tens of millions of dollars from the Ukraine. Yep, we balance our budget by enabling criminal behavior and, more specifically, the evasion of criminal behavior. In this case, at least nine Delaware LLC’s formed for the […]
Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
Wilmington City Council has been a backwater of favoritism and incompetence for so long that most of us ignore it, so it was easy to think it would molder out of sight forever. Apparently it won’t. Wilmington’s budget has been shrinking, making less money available for the minor, street-level, hire-my-relative corruption council specializes in. That […]
RIP: Roger A. Martin
Noted author/historian and perhaps less-noted State Senator Roger A. Martin passed away last Thursday. He has been hailed as an historian who traced the history of Delaware through the succession of its governors. As a State Senator, Roger struck me as a man out of time. It was as if he viewed the Senate through […]
Network Delaware Flexes Its Political Muscles In SD3
Elizabeth ‘Tizzy’ Lockman. Remember the name. She is running for Bob Marshall’s seat in SD 3. She is the first candidate to emerge from Network Delaware’s grassroots efforts. She is a candidate who does not appear to be someone who was obsessed with being involved in politics, in stark contrast to Jordan Hines, who has […]
Delaware Political Weekly: October 20-26, 2017
1. Rachel Blumenfeld To Challenge Deborah Hudson in RD 12. She’s a great candidate. An English Special Education Teacher in Delaware’s public schools. Here is a Delaware Voices piece she wrote about the need for reading specialists. While her campaign is geared up and ready to go (they’re doing canvasses already!), she officially kicks off […]
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