Delaware
Thursday Daily Delawhere [11.6.14]
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Meown Farm, on Pyles Ford Road in Centreville. The estate was built in 1930 by Isabella duPont, wife of Hugh Rodney Sharp, a DuPont executive. Photo by Xzmattzx.
Bored Blue State Democrats. Tanked Down Ballot.
Ok, many of you are not going to like this from a recent transplant from Texas no less. But I’m going to give you my truth as I saw it with my own eyes.
A Time For War
First off, I must admit, I was wrong. I was wrong in my national predictions. With all the polls in the competitive races close, within the margin of error and most within 2-3 points, I wrongly assumed our superior GOTV operation would make up the deficit like it had before. But our voters just did not turn out. And I am very pissed about that. Some of them are emo-progressives who feel it is their right to punish the party by not voting whenever they feel like the party has not been pure enough. Others of them just cannot be bothered unless the only politician that they know of, i.e. the national leader, i.e. the President, is on the ballot. To all of them I say, fuck you. I am almost tempted to argue that the Democrats in Washington should immediately repeal the entire social safety net, all regulations, everything that they take for granted, FDA, EPA, etc. etc. etc. and then let them all suffer horribly, just to prove to them that these elections matter, and that you actually are voting for policies and not people. Then I pull myself back from that. Because I know it is what the GOP wants. Not out of any respect or concern for my lazy and/or purist colleagues.
We lost last night for a very simple reason….
Wednesday Daily Delawhere [11.5.14]
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The old New Castle Academy, on 3rd Street at Harmony Street in New Castle. The school was built in 1799 and was meant to support a college. It remained a school until 1930. Photo by Xzmattzx.
Gambling News Not ALL Bad For Delaware
We’re attracting lots of degenerates from NJ and PA who just have to get their fill of betting on NFL games:
The total wagered on NFL games in Delaware _ with barely one-tenth the population of New Jersey _ was $31.5 million last year, more than triple the mark set in 2009, according to Vernon Kirk, the director of the Delaware Lottery. Kirk added that the state’s share was $5.2 million, with casinos and the state’s horsemen also getting a portion of the net revenues after expenses.
Your Polling Place Observations
Whether you are working a polling place as an election worker or campaign volunteer, or you are just voting, offer your observations and comments on what you see. How is turnout? Which candidates or campaigns are there? Any shenanigans?
Election Day Daily Delawhere [11.4.14]
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The New Castle Opera House, on Delaware Street in New Castle. The opera house was built in 1879, and is now used as a meeting space. Photo by Xzmattzx.
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A Kent County Example of a Lack of Clean Hands: Sign Stealing in the Recorder of Deeds Race
I warned Republicans not to get too triumphant and self righteous last Thursday when it was revealed that Dana Long, the husband of Senator Bethany Hall Long, was caught stealing GOP signs that threatened Delaware with a return to their Depression-causing economic policies. What Mr. Long did was wrong, and he will pay the consequence for his crime. But certain Republican Party officials and commenters here acted like all Democrats engaged in sign stealing, and no Republican ever did. I warned them because, at that moment, I was aware of an incident in Kent County allegedly involving Lamar Gunn, the Republican candidate for Kent County Recorder of Deeds, who allegedly and personally removed the signs of his opponent, the Democratic Recorder of Deeds, Betty McKenna. I commented that I knew some evidence had been turned over to the Delaware State Police at the Troop 3 barracks. We held off on publishing the allegations until I had the evidence in hand and reviewed it. I received it last evening.
First, we have a sworn affidavit of the witness, Ronnie Allen. And we have a video….
Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.2.14]
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The Washington Street Memorial Bridge, over the Brandywine River in Wilmington. The bridge was built in 1922 and was dedicated to Delawareans who served in World War I. Photo by Xzmattzx.
More on the Illegal GOP Mailers
We have multiple violators here. There is the House Republican Campaign Committee. The Delaware House Republicans themselves. The Reform Delaware Now PAC and the Common Sense Delaware PAC. Common Sense is funded by Delaware GOP National Committeewoman Ellen Barrosse. Reform Delaware is largely funded by Dan Anderson, Delaware’s version of the Koch Brothers. If you look at the Barosse piece propping up Bryant Richardson below, and the Reform Delaware now, you’ll see that the iStock images and graphics are identical. So even though these are two separate PACs, they are clearly coordinating with messaging. That is also illegal.
Please view each of the violating and illegal mailers inside. The sections of code they’re violating are also inside.
Each candidate on whose behalf these mailers were sent should immediately denounce this illegal activity, lest they be complicit in it. I await their press releases and condemnations by close of business today.
Saturday Daily Delawhere [11.1.14]
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Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, on Mill Creek Road at McKennan’s Church Road in Mill Creek Hundred. The church was built in 1853. Photo by Xzmattzx.
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