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Song of the Day 11/15: The Four Seasons, “Silence Is Golden”
Bethany Hall-Long is a too young to have been a fan of this tune when it came out in 1964 as the B-side to the No. 1 single “Rag Doll,” which like “Silence Is Golden” was a product of the Four Seasons’ hit songwriting team of Bob Crewe and Bod Gaudio. It didn’t get a […]
COMMENT RESCUE: Did BHL Raid Campaign Coffers To Pay Off Hubby’s Debts?
Oh, and then make sure said hubby filed inaccurate campaign finance reports to cover up what they did? This not only sounds plausible, but the commenter seems to know a lot more about this than we (or the press) do: TomTom: Definitely not at all tax deductible. Also, the accusation isn’t that she was giving […]
BHL’s Potemkin Village Campaign
If you don’t look closely at her run for Governor, it appears that it has all the trappings of a normal campaign. If you examine it, really examine it, it looks more like a Potemkin Village, with perhaps one or two people keeping the skimpy scenery standing. Presumably political hack Ann Farley and that guy […]
Is Collin O’Mara Running for Governor?
We’ve seen lots of chatter lately about former state Secretary of Natural Resources Collin O’Mara exploring a run for governor. I just can’t see it. Since stepping down from the Markell administration in 2014, O’Mara has been CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, an environmental nonprofit with 4 million members and an annual budget of […]
Arden’s Single-Tax A Cure For Urban Blight?
Detroit’s mayor thinks so: When Mayor Mike Duggan talks about his accomplishments in Detroit, the list is both impressive and sad. He had the streetlights turned back on, and reopened closed parks. In the decade since he took office, the city has demolished some 25,000 blighted homes whose rusty debris and incubation of crime drag […]
Delaware Political Weekly: November 3-9, 2023
1. Carney For Wilmington. First, even with the lowered journalistic standards that have become the new normal, I can’t believe that, as I’m writing this, not a single news organization has picked up this story. What I want to talk about, though, is a comment that Bane made in the Carney thread that got me […]
BREAKING: Carney Files Committee To Run For Mayor Of Wilmington
This is not The Onion, this is real life. He filed his campaign committee today. It’s obvious that this Delaware Way fix was in for some time. He promises to bring his same paucity of vision and unquestioning support for the Chamber of Commerce to Wilmington that he’s inflicted on the State of Delaware for […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2023
1. Candidates Can Now File For The Ballot. Some Have. We now have our first two official primaries for 2024: Karen Hartley Nagle vs. Marcus Henry for NCC Council President and George Smiley (Incumbent) vs. Michael A. Brown in NCC District 7. These are both Democratic primaries. Some brief comments: Karen Hartley Nagle is unfit […]
Delaware’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #1–RD 21
Frank Burns, who probably would have won in 2022 if Pete ‘n Val didn’t do everything they could to undercut him, returns for a rematch against Mike Ramone–if Ramone decides to run again. Ramone has done himself no favors since the election, not only by voting against the Bond Bill while holding the House hostage […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 20-26, 2023
1. Yo, John, About That Fundraiser… You will recall this chain of events: On Sept. 12, BHL officially announces her candidacy. On Sept. 13, John Carney endorses her. On Sept. 28, BHL ‘suspends’ her campaign to conduct an ‘audit’ of prior campaign finance statements. On Sept. 29, John Carney cancels a scheduled fundraiser on her […]
BREAKING: BHL Gives Her Own Campaign A Clean Bill Of Health
I call bullshit. Here’s the article: An internal audit of Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s campaign finances found the gubernatorial candidate and her husband did not accurately report campaign-related expenses when paid for with personal credit cards and loans, Hall-Long’s campaign announced Thursday evening. The results of the audit come a month after Hall-Long announced the […]
Bethany Beached: Day 37!
Kids, today we take a deep dive into Delaware Way cronyism. Dating back to 2017, featuring BHL and one of her political allies. The reward? Another job for which the crony was unqualified and was not required to go through a proper hiring process. Let’s first start with Tanner Polce, who is but a footnote […]
Bethany Beached: Day 36!
BREAKING BHL NEWS: There is none. I looked. I scoured. But not my kitchen. We’ll fill the gap with bon mots from the bethanyforde site. Her last two–tweets? I was excited to join Delaware State University today at their Homecoming Parade! Our HBCU has been a pillar of strength, education and empowerment in Delaware for generations. […]
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