Sussex County Council Says “No” To Sheriff Holding Posse Training At County Building

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Are you ready for another OMG! Constitutional Crisis! No?  Too bad... here it comes. (Warning: Delaware Politics link)
Sussex County Administrator Todd F. Lawson refused a request by Sussex County Sheriff, Jeff Christopher to use office space in the County building located at 22215 North DuPont Boulevard in Georgetown.
The reason?
While your letter requests to meet for “Constitutional training for citizens,” other documentation from the Institute that have been circulated describes the event as “Constitutional Training for Deputies, Posses, and Citizen Supporters of the Sheriff.”  This type of training is directly at odds with Sussex County’s position on the duties of the Sheriff. In addition, the training goes against the County’s policy pertaining to posses as outlined in an October 31, 2011 memorandum from then County Administrator David Baker to Sheriff Jeffrey Christopher.

The Weekly Addresses

We have a special guest for the Governor's Weekly Message this week... The Governor! We also have a video of the Governor thanking legislators for their work on the Background Check bill. We also have the President's weekly address below and the West Wing Week inside.

Delaware’s Cowards

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These are the cowards so beholden to the NRA that they want terrorists and criminals and the mentally ill to have unfettered access to any weapon they can get their hands on. They deserve to be defeated at their next election on this vote alone.

Hocker announces run for Governor in 2016

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So there I was driving this afternoon listening for reasons passing understanding to Rick Jensen's show on WDEL 1150. He was hosting his show from a reception for a Delaware Small Business organization (I didn't catch the full name) and was interviewing both the organization's President and Senator Hocker. The organization's President was going on and on about all the horrible fees and taxes small businesses have to pay and Rick jokes that his 3 hour show is not enough time to list all the taxes and fees (which is of course a lie). Then Hocker jumps in, and I presume that Jensen was interviewing both the Organization President and Hocker at the same time and Hocker says (paraphrasing): "Well when I am governor I will get rid of all these fees and taxes because I will surround myself with all the right people." And he said it in such a Southern accent that I thought I was momentarily transported to Mississippi. But that is besides the point. To my mind, I think this is the first time I have heard Hocker publicly announce his long rumored desire to run for Governor.