Delaware

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on August 2, 2014 • 0 Comments

President Obama:

Governor Markell:

Brenda Mayrack Lures ‘Bulo Out of the Shadows

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on July 31, 2014 • 8 Comments

Other than doing door-to-door with Bryan Townsend and hosting Mitch Crane at the Arden Fair, I’ve not been out front in actively campaigning for political candidates since I took my leave of the Delaware General Assembly.

Brenda Mayrack has changed that. To the extent that I’ll be on her Host Committee for this upcoming event:

Darley House Meet & Greet

Thursday, August 7, 2014 | 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Darley House (Corner of Philadelphia Pike & Darley Road)
3701 Philadelphia Pike | Claymont, DE 19703

Additional parking available next door at the Church of the Ascension.
Buy your tickets now.

Friend: $30 | Supporter: $75 | Host: $100

That’s right. As a host, I’m ponying up $100. Why?

Because, for all intents and purposes, we haven’t had an auditor, let alone a competent auditor, for however long Tom “Suspendered Disbelief” Wagner has been in office. I’ve argued on this blog for years that we really need a competent auditor. A competent auditor can and will save the state lots of dollars. It’s not even mostly about waste, fraud, and abuse, it’s about working with agencies to save the state money while not cutting services.

The Wilmington City Council Clown Show, Part Whatever

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on July 30, 2014 • 48 Comments

The effort to start getting Wilmington’s long-term budget problem under control had a major setback last night when they failed to override the Mayor’s veto of an ordinance that defunded 8 vacant WFD positions. Sherry Dorsey-Walker, Trippi Congo, Bob Williams, Justin Wright and Sam Prado were cravenly joined at the last minute by Darius Brown, who apparently thought that since this vote might lose, he should get off of the reform train.

“Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?”: Chapter, Oh, 1,000,000 and Something.

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Delaware by El Somnambulo on July 30, 2014 • 14 Comments

Wilmington City Council pays $1000 so that Councilman Mike Brown can fly back from Florida on the city’s dime to cast the deciding vote to override the Mayor’s veto of cuts to the Fire Department budget only to come up…TWO VOTES SHORT.

Oh, and for reasons that not even Mike Brown can explain, he lied about where he was vacationing. Why? I have no idea. Apparently, neither does he. From Amy Cherry’s WDEL story (watch and listen)…

The Latest Performance from the DE GOP Clown Show

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on July 29, 2014 • 14 Comments

Remember in 2012 when Jeff Cragg and Sher Valenzuela perfected the technique of campaigning for a Delaware office someplace other than in Delaware? That was seriously awesome, even though I don’t see those SE PA votes tallied anywhere on the Delaware Department of Elections site. But I digress. This cycle, Kevin Wade is taking that technique of campaigning for Delaware votes someplace else To A Whole New Level. Kevin Wade has gone to Israel:

on a week-long fact-finding mission in Israel, on the ground right now (July 29). Wade is researching the situation on the ground and interviewing many. Kevin Wade is also a co-host with the Conservative Commandos Radio Show. Wade will be posting interviews on YouTube from the war zone in Israel.

Carney Sides With Pesticide Polluters

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on July 28, 2014 • 9 Comments

To be fair, he hadn’t cast any real egregious votes for a few weeks now. That has changed. Carney sided with pesticide polluters who don’t even want to get a permit to spray in waterways. This despite the fact that there had not been a single complaint from a single state or provider urging a […]

Sunday Daily Delawhere [7.27.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on July 27, 2014 • 0 Comments

Saturday Daily Delawhere [7.26.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on July 26, 2014 • 0 Comments

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Friday Daily Delawhere [7.25.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on July 25, 2014 • 2 Comments

Far Right Rethuglican Organization Endorses…Dave Tackett!!??

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on July 24, 2014 • 18 Comments

This is truth, not fiction. The Delaware Chapter of the Faith & Freedom Coalition has endorsed putative Democrat Dave Tackett in the Democratic Primary against State Sen. Bryan Townsend. Tackett was endorsed along with a bunch of R’s. The Faith & Freedom Coalition is the home for the usual suspect right-wing nut jobs. Ralph Reed is the founder and chairman. Their endorsers include Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, Marco Rubio, the Christian Broadcasting Network, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, and Ted Cruz, among many others. This group, this group, has decided to endorse Dave Tackett. For those who doubt me, here is the press release….

Sen. Colin Bonini Diverts State Bond Funds to Private Religious Institution

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on July 24, 2014 • 6 Comments

We all know Colin Bonini. The Senator who votes against the Budget pretty much every year and publicly scolds the General Assembly for failing to make the ‘tough choices’. Meaning failing to shred the social safety net while cutting taxes and screwing unions. This self-same Colin Bonini sits on the Bond Bill Committee. A superb […]