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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 8 2017

By El Somnambulo June 8, 201733 Comments

After some 45 years as accepted law and practice in Delaware, the Delaware Coastal Zone Act appears to be on the fast track to being compromised as this bill cleared…

Open Thread For June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20176 Comments

Trump Nominates Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Timing purely coincidental, of course. BTW, Chris Christie was Wray's biggest cheerleader for the post. Why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Found No Protesters…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20177 Comments

A woman's reproductive rights will be protected in Delaware, regardless of what the US Supreme Court does. The House (barely) passed SS1/SB5 (Townsend), which protects those rights. The vote was…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show For Tues., June 6, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 6, 201716 Comments

Let's try to figure out what's going on with this shutdown of JFC. Whether or not the Joint Finance Committee intended it as such, I think the result was the…

Open Thread For June 4, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 4, 20177 Comments

How Climate Change Deniers Won Over the Rethugs: Start with Citizens United and the Koch Brothers and move on from there. Fake facts abound. Great piece in the NY Times.…

Open Thread For June 3, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 3, 20179 Comments

Prisons Report Consigned to the Friday News Dump. Bottom line: Yeah, the prisons suck, we know why, but we've got that $400 K deficit. You can go back to sleep…

Open Thread For June 2, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 2, 201710 Comments

Trump Cites Fake Facts To Justify Exit From Paris Accords. What R will stand up to this nut? How To Fight Climate Change W/O Trump? Wonder if Trump will try…

Mo’ Better Dems: Everybody Into the Primary Pool…RD 1

By El Somnambulo June 1, 201731 Comments

The incumbent: Charles Potter. District Registration: 12,665 D; 1,444 R; 2,626 I. Those are not misprints. OK, why should Charles Potter be primaried? First, he and his family have fed…

Open Thread For June 1, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 1, 201716 Comments

Legislative Cowards Surface to Stop JFC Cuts. Politics uber alles. Too many constituents are being hurt, say 'leaders' McBride and Schwartzkopf. So they're 'stopping' the JFC process to see what…

Open Thread For May 31, 2017

By El Somnambulo May 31, 20175 Comments

No, The Grownups Won't Save Us Or Trump. It's Dubya deja vu all over again. Sussex County Population Grows As Retirees Storm the Beaches. More 'takers' than 'givers' in that…

Most Dismal Legislative Session Ever?

By El Somnambulo May 31, 201744 Comments

By 'ever', I mean since 1983, when I first started working for the General Assembly. I've either worked for, or followed what's going on in Dover ever since. My answer…

Open Thread For May 29, 2017

By El Somnambulo May 29, 201714 Comments

WSJ Tries To Peddle False Equivalency On Kushner's Back Channel. Joy Reid Blows It Up. The false equivalency was 'Obama did it too'. Except he didn't. This, however, will be…

Open Thread For May 28, 2017

By El Somnambulo May 28, 20175 Comments

What Happens When You Keep Cutting Education Funds. Yes, it's Oklahoma. But when you blindly cut funds, it leads to this. Are you paying attention, Jellyfish John? Using a formula…