Delaware

Thursday Daily Elsewhere [5.22.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 22, 2014 • 5 Comments

Wednesday Daily Elsewhere [5.21.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 21, 2014 • 6 Comments

The Scam of Wilmington Property Tax Increases

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on May 20, 2014 • 6 Comments

You may have heard that the Mayor’s office and the City Council have reached a compromise on the city budget. I think that it is the Mayor and Council President Theo Gregory who have reached the compromise, since no Council votes have been taken yet. Forgetting that detail, the 9.9% Hair on Fire increase (this was the one that if they didn’t get it, they wouldn’t be able to maintain city services — even though this tax increase would cover the current budget shortfall enough to produce an almost $3M budget surplus. Now, the “compromise” is a 5% property tax increase that leaves the city with a $1.4M surplus. The Water and Sewer rates are being reduced to 5% increases each (from 8% and 7% respectively), and the City will still not be paying its share of these bills.

Tuesday Daily Elsewhere [5.20.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 20, 2014 • 3 Comments

Monday Daily Elsewhere [5.19.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 19, 2014 • 3 Comments

Sunday Daily Elsewhere [5.18.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 18, 2014 • 5 Comments

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on May 17, 2014 • 0 Comments

President Obama:

Governor Markell:

Delaware House Democratic Caucus:

Saturday Daily Elsewhere [5.17.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 17, 2014 • 1 Comment

Delaware Political Weekly: May 10-16, 2014

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on May 16, 2014 • 5 Comments

Robert Keesler has filed to take on incumbent Gerald Brady (D-4th RD) this fall. While the district is more hospitable to an R than the other city-based districts (the bizarrely-gerrymandered district goes from Wilmington to Hockessin) it’s still a D-leaning district. Registration figures show 8200 D’s; 5097 R’s; and 4537 I’s. Keesler is a new name to me. He has written a couple of entries on the blogs, including our own. IMHO, Gerald Brady is a hack, but he’s in a district that has elected him a few times now, and my first impression of Keesler doesn’t make me think that he’ll have any better luck than Tyler Nixon did vs. Brady.

Colin Bonini Files…

…for reelection to his State Senate seat in the district drawn just for him by Tony DeLuca. His official listed name on the ballot is Colin RMJ Bonini. Which, of course, raises the question, what does RMJ stand for? It’s contest time!

It isn’t often that Celia Cohen has a good point…

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 16, 2014 • 17 Comments

…but…

Coons has $3 mil in the bank, no opponent, and he keeps asking for money, anyway? Inquiring minds of irked Democrats want to know why

His campaign has basically taken over the Del Dem HQ building in New Castle, and they have been phonebanking every Wednesday and Saturday since February. In fact, I was in a meeting in the conference room at the Del Dem HQ last week, and I got a fundraising call from the Coons campaign from the next room over.

There is being prepared, and then there is overkill.

Friday Daily Elsewhere [5.16.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 16, 2014 • 5 Comments

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 15, 2014

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on May 15, 2014 • 2 Comments

Today’s House Agenda features HB 308(M. Smith), ‘create(s) an Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman’ to address disputes between developers and residents in communities ‘created by legal documents drafted by the developer and…intended to be managed by those living in these communities. As someone who did a lot of constituent service work, I can tell you that there were a lot of issues that could have used this mechanism to resolve w/o going to court. I think this is a real good bill. Once again, excellent legislating from Melanie Smith, one of the General Assembly’s best.