Delaware
‘The Unelected Cash Board’
Chip Flowers in full asshole mode. Words fail me. Count the number of times he says ‘unelected cash board’. Says Benner saved the state ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars. BTW, Benner is no longer on the state payroll. According to Chip.
Dog Bites Man: Carper AWOL on Climate Action
Hey, didja know that 17 United States senators have formed a working coalition on climate action? Didja know that these senators are members of the two Senate committees best positioned to have an impact on climate action? Didja know that Tom Carper is a member of one of those committees? I think you can see where this is going….
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., January 14, 2014
The 2nd Session of the 147th General Assembly begins today. For newbies, or for those who forget easily, here’s what you need to know. Each legislative term lasts two years, from election to election. The 147th General Assembly runs until Election Day. Since this is the second year of the Assembly, all legislation that was in play on July 1, 2013 remains in play today. Of course, that doesn’t even consider new bills, new nominees, new controversy and, of course, new snark from Yours Truly.
The General Assembly meets for three weeks in January, breaks for six weeks for Joint Finance Committee hearings until mid-March, meets until Easter, breaks for two weeks, meets until around Memorial Day, breaks for two weeks (this is usually when the fiscal bills are finalized), and then meets until the early hours of July 1. But that’s getting ahead of ourselves.
This can and should be a busy and productive January session. It WILL be a contentious session. Here’s just some of the stuff that likely will be considered during January….:
Monday Daily Delawhere [1.13.14]
![Monday Daily Delawhere [1.13.14]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/11928518176_082027e4a0_z.jpg "Monday Daily Delawhere [1.13.14]")
Sorry this is late. I was sick with the flu all weekend, and at one point on Saturday I was so delirious I thought it was the 80’s. But I am better now so here is a picture of the Hoopes Reservoir in winter.
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 4-10, 2014
The first full week of an election year=The Return of Delaware Political Weekly.
As a special bonus at no added cost, I’ll even include stuff that happened before this week, including all current filings.
Let’s Go!
The 62 Project: #’s 22 & 40
Ennis took the time-honored (or dishonored) route to the General Assembly. Retired state trooper straight to Leg Hall. His temperament, though, is different than others who have made the same trek. He’s not aggressive, he’s very friendly, does his homework, and maintains close ties to his constituents. He is in his Dover office almost every day, and he’s always meeting with constituents. Not those with the most money, I might point out. You might not think he’s all that smart when you first meet him, but he uses that to his advantage. He’s a lot smarter, and more politically canny, than he seems.
Meanwhile, Stephanie Bolden isn’t terrible, but she appears disinterested in, you know, legislating. One would hope that a district like hers would be served by someone more interested in their constituents’ problems than her own resume. She generally votes the ‘right’ way, but then so would anybody who represents this overwhelmingly Democratic and under-served district. I’d normally say that the district deserves better. But the voters sent the Plants back to Dover for something like 33 years. So maybe the 2nd RD deserves Stephanie Bolden.
PDD: Join the fight for Economic Equality in Delaware
As some of you know, I wear two hats in the Delaware political word. I am a contributing editor here at Delaware Liberal, and I am involved with the Progressive Democrats for Delaware. I am taking advantage of those dual roles right now by posting PDD’s annual fundraising and membership letter, should some of our readers like to join and/or contribute to PDD to advance progressive causes in Delaware or to help elect progressive candidates. And if you want to attend one of PDD’s monthly meetings, they are held the first Wednesday night of every month at the Delaware Democratic Party Headquarters, located at 19 E. Commons Boulevard in New Castle, off Rt. 141. In fact, they are meeting tonight at 7 pm. Click inside to read the full email.
![Sunday Daily Delawhere [1.5.14]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/11603644706_c832836516_z.jpg "Sunday Daily Delawhere [1.5.14]")
Finance Committee Hearing on the Bonds for the MBNA Charters on Monday
We talked about this here, when this item first came onto the City Council calendar. Monday — January 6, 2014 — at 5:00 is the Finance Committee hearing that will explore this proposal in some detail. You can see the agenda for the meeting here — this is the only item on the schedule. The meeting is open to the public, and is going to be held in the 1st Floor Council Workshop room (next to the Council Chambers) in the Redding Bldg. Pass this info along to anyone you think will be interested in what happens here.
![Saturday Daily Delawhere [1.4.13]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/11603098933_854d62cee0_z.jpg "Saturday Daily Delawhere [1.4.13]")
![Friday Daily Delawhere [1.3.14]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11603644876_606b2db409_z.jpg "Friday Daily Delawhere [1.3.14]")
![Thursday Daily Delawhere [1.2.14]](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/11603216844_4902bb31b2_z.jpg "Thursday Daily Delawhere [1.2.14]")
Carney The Craven
Our congressman, you know, the one who refused to push for Congress to stay in session until benefits to the long-term unemployed were restored, nevertheless found the time to send out this e-mail, presumably from the comforts of his home, which I received at 5:21 pm on New Year’s Eve: Friends, Over the past year, […]
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