Delaware

Now Accepting 2013 MVP Nominees!

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on December 3, 2013 • 24 Comments

Yes, the 2013 MVP (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause in Delaware) list is coming soon. As soon as I write it, in fact.

This Top Ten list reflects those Delawareans who most contributed to the advancement of progressive causes in the year-gone-by.

Those on the list don’t even have to be progressives (Tony DeLuca and John Sigler have made it, and that doesn’t even include the 2010 winner…) , but they have to have made at least one signature contribution to the cause.

Once again, I seek your nominees. Several of your suggestions have made it onto previous lists.

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [12.3.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on December 3, 2013 • 0 Comments

Time for Chip Flowers to Get Serious and Work with the CMPB

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on November 27, 2013 • 36 Comments

So let’s start with a serious question — if Sheriff Christopher is the Sheriff of Nuttingham, what character would we assign to Chip Flowers?

Today, the Attorney General’s office rendered an opinion based on questions that the Cash Management Policy Board asked the AG to weigh in on. Those questions are:

Time To Level With Us, Beau

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on November 26, 2013 • 20 Comments

Beau Biden apparently wants to have it both ways. According to this article at WDEL.com, Biden states that he plans to run for reelection in 2014, but refuses to give any update on his health. Although the ‘…long, curving scar stretching from his left ear to the top of his head’ provides a clue. However, Biden “is still refusing to discuss details about a recent health scare that sent him to a Texas cancer center.” This in the same interview where he says he’ll run for reelection.

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [11.26.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 26, 2013 • 0 Comments

From Christine on Flickr.

Monday Daily Delawhere [11.25.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 25, 2013 • 1 Comment

From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, showing an aerial of the new Indian River bridge after the old bridge has been removed.

Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.24.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 24, 2013 • 1 Comment

This looks like a painting, but it’s not. Yeah, there is some photo filtering going, but otherwise this is a real storefront downstate. From DKLaughman on Flickr.

Saturday Daily Delawhere [11.23.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 23, 2013 • 0 Comments

Corn Harvesting in rural Delaware, by DKLaughman on Flickr.

Friday Daily Delawhere [11.22.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 22, 2013 • 1 Comment

A country scene in Kent County, by Mike Mahaffie on Flickr.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [11.21.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 21, 2013 • 0 Comments

Delaware City Marina by Robert Rowland on Flickr.

Wednesday Open Thread [11.20.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 20, 2013 • 15 Comments

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a slew of data on state-to-state migration showing that Americans have become significantly less mobile than they used to be, with just 11.7 percent moving in the last year, near historic lows. But, among that nearly 12% of Americans, the interactive chart shows where they are going. Delawareans are moving to Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvanians are moving to Delaware. Delaware gained 34,757 people through migration, and lost 25,149, making it a gainer state.

The 62 Project: #’s 24 & 38

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on November 20, 2013 • 37 Comments

Kim Williams is among three newcomers who have displayed extraordinary promise during the 2013 legislative session. Consider the number 24 as merely a placeholder as it reflects her lack of time in Dover. She’s moving higher. Not only does she have the right profile for a citizen-legislator, she has demonstrated that conscience and effectiveness are not mutually exclusive.

Trey Paradee has been the single greatest disappointment to progressives among the 2012 newcomers. Despite expressing support for equal rights for same sex couples back in 2008, Paradee voted against marriage equality. He largely opposed most gun control measures. He has helped to bury a minimum wage increase in the House Business Lapdog Committee. Now, while he technically did not ‘go back on his word’ on gay marriage (the initial comments dealing with civil unions), he diligently ‘worked the refs’ to create at least a sense of good will from progressives, including me. He convinced me that this district was not the stereotypical Kent County district of 20 years ago, and then voted as if it was. Fool me once…