Delaware

Sunday Daily Delawhere [4.5.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 5, 2015 • 0 Comments

Trinity Episcopal Church, at Delaware Avenue and Adams Street in Wilmington’s Trinity Vicinity. The church was built in 1890, and is the descending congregation from Old Swedes Church. Happy Easter!

Saturday Daily Delawhere [4.4.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 4, 2015 • 0 Comments

An often flooded road to Prime Hook Beach in Milton, DE. Photo by Mike Mahaffie on Flickr.

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on April 4, 2015 • 0 Comments

President Obama address the Iranian Nuclear Agreement between the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Iran that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and will make our country, our allies, and our world safer.

Governor Markell explains the importance of global trade and the state’s Strategic Export Plan in his weekly message.

Here is this week’s Legislative Update features a bipartisan group of women lawmakers from the House and Senate unveiling a package of bills this week that address issues facing women across Delaware.

Friday Daily Delawhere [4.3.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 3, 2015 • 0 Comments

Winterthur Staircase. Photo by Mike Allen on Flickr.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [4.2.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 2, 2015 • 3 Comments

Houses on Shallcross Avenue in Wilmington’s Forty Acres neighborhood, the city’s historically Irish section. Photo by xzmattzx.

Governor Markell to Hold Open Auditions for Lt. Governor Vacancy

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on April 1, 2015 • 1 Comment

From the Press Release:

Dover, DE – Recognizing the obvious void felt following the departure of former Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn who was recently sworn in as Attorney General, and his anxiety about a possible Jeff Bullock term as Governor, Governor Markell announced today he would be holding open auditions to fill the Lt. Governor vacancy. Candidates must be Delaware natives, have a 5th grade reading level or a degree from Yale Law School and children more photogenic than the officeholder.

“During his tenure as Lt. Governor, Matt spent a majority of his time at elementary schools or attending events I was ‘too busy’ to attend,” said Governor Markell. “One of his most endearing qualities was his ability to blend in with the crowd – whether it was a bunch of 3rd graders or a knitting club in Long Neck. Any respectable candidate should embody that same quality.”

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [4.1.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on April 1, 2015 • 1 Comment

Yes, this is not an April Fools Joke. This Mushroom-looking House at the Winterthur Country Estate and Museum in Montchanin is actually called the Tulip Tree House, and it is located in the Enchanted Woods portion of the estate’s gardens. The Enchanted Woods and Tree House were built in 2000 and 2001 as a family-friendly, […]

A Modest Proposal

Filed in Delaware by liberalgeek on March 31, 2015 • 13 Comments

I have been following the charter school/high-stakes testing/Priority Schools debacle for the past few years. My proposal is that we use the same model for another daunting and complex problem: Crime.

We have a major crime problem in Wilmington and other locales around the state. I think we can solve it with a few transformations of the way that we structure our public safety. The key is to use the invisible hand of the market to reduce crime.

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Week of March 31-April 2, 2015

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on March 31, 2015 • 10 Comments

Kids, imagine that you’re the governor of a state. Assume that you’re, oh, around 54 years of age. Imagine that you’ve grappled with numerous issues of enormous complexity during both your private and public careers. Imagine that debate over the death penalty has been a constant during your entire adult life. Is it plausible to […]

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [3.31.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 31, 2015 • 0 Comments

The old New Castle County Courthouse, on Delaware Street in New Castle. The courthouse was built in 1730 on the site of the 1689 courthouse that was burned in a 1729 jailbreak. Now that’s badass. You break out of prison and then burn it to the ground. Probably easier back then when the jails were […]

Monday Daily Delawhere [3.30.15]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 30, 2015 • 1 Comment

The last remaining lock of the original Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is in Battery Park in Delaware City. The lock was built in 1825, and was rebuilt in 1854 when it was widened and lengthened. In the distance is Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island, built in the 1850s with the threat of the Civil […]