Delaware

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [3.27.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 27, 2013 • 1 Comment

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [3.26.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 26, 2013 • 2 Comments

Monday Daily Delawhere [3.25.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 25, 2013 • 2 Comments

Sunday Daily Delawhere [3.24.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 24, 2013 • 42 Comments

Saturday Daily Delawhere [3.23.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 23, 2013 • 6 Comments

Fiskered Out

Filed in Delaware by Rob Tornoe on March 22, 2013 • 7 Comments

Will Fisker ever build a single car in Delaware? If I were a betting man, I’d put my money into the Powerball before I plunked down speculative dollars on the Fisker Atlantic.

Friday Daily Delawhere [3.22.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 22, 2013 • 4 Comments

Thursday Daily Delawhere [3.21.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 21, 2013 • 1 Comment

There’s something missing here….

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 20, 2013 • 8 Comments

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Dianne Feinstein announced yesterday that Feinsten’s Assault Weapon Ban will not be part of the Democratic Gun Control bill because it did not garner more than 40 Democratic votes. Instead, Feinstein’s bill will be offered as an Amendment to the Gun Control Bill, and it will obviously fail. It is regrettable, but it is expected. Still, the following Democrats deserve a tip of the hat for their co-sponsorship of the Feinstein Assault Weapons ban, including Senator Carper. But as look at this list, I notice a name missing and I wonder why it is missing. Because if Carper can do it, surely he can too.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.)
Senator Mo Cowan (D-Mass.)
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Senator John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [3.20.13]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 20, 2013 • 2 Comments

BREAKING: State Republican Executive Director Backs Gay Marriage

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on March 19, 2013 • 12 Comments

Story just broke at the News-Journal:

John Fluharty, who took the GOP director job after the last election, declared his support for marriage equality in an interview after attending a fundraiser last week for the group leading efforts to pass legislation legalizing gay marriage in the state.

Good for him. No change in the official Party position, however:

The Republican party’s national platform declares a pledge to preserve and protect traditional marriage. Delaware GOP Chairman John Sigler released a statement saying Fluharty’s views on gay marriage and his sexual orientation are totally separate from his job.

“John Fluharty is a valued and capable employee of the Delaware Republican Party who works extremely hard for the party and is good at his job,” Sigler said. “What he chooses to do on his own time with his own money is his own business. He did not attend the recent event in question on behalf of the party or in his capacity as an employee of the party.”

Maybe not, but this is a brave and principled stand. Man, gay marriage really could pass this year…

Email the House Judiciary Committee Today.

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on March 19, 2013 • 8 Comments

We have an action item for you this morning: can you all please take some time today to email or call the members of the State House Judiciary Committee (their email addresses are below) and ask them all, whether they are a Democrat or a Republican, to support the Criminal Background Check Bill, or House Bill 35. At the last hearing on this bill, our side was severely outgunned in terms of vocal support, as the hearning room was full of NRA members and other pro-gun advocates who wrongly believe that any regulation on guns amounts to a violation of their Second Amendment rights.

If these members just rely on what they heard at the Hearing two weeks ago, they would think that 90% of all Americans and Delawareans oppose this bill, when in fact it is the opposite. The vast majority of all Americans and Delawareans support this common sense regulation to make sure that guns do not get into the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.

Right now, federal law requires federally licensed firearms dealers to perform criminal history background checks on prospective firearms purchasers. However, when the sale or transfer of a firearm does not involve a licensed dealer, no background check is required. This loophole is how convicted felons, those with mental illnesses, minors and other prohibited purchasers get their guns. One step we as a community and a state can take to make sure that tragedies like Newtown, Aurora, Tuscon, and Virginia Tech never happen again is to make sure that everyone who buys a gun is subjected to background checks.

The plain truth of the matter is that this bill does not infringe on the liberty of responsible gun owners, hunters and anyone who is legally permitted to own a gun. It seeks only to prevent those who are legally not permitted from purchasing a gun from purchasing a gun. How any responsible citizen or gun owner can rise in opposition to that principle is beyond our understanding.

Here is the contact information:

Rebecca Walker 302-744-4351; Rebecca.Walker@state.de.us
Melanie George Smith 302-744-4351; melanie.g.smith@state.de.us
Gerald L. Brady 302-744-4351; Gerald.Brady@state.de.us
James Johnson 302- 744-4351; jj.johnson@state.de.us
John L. Mitchell Jr. 302-744-4351; john.l.mitchell@state.de.us
W. Charles Paradee 302-744-4033; trey.paradee@state.de.us
Charles Potter Jr. 302–744-4351; Charles.potter@state.de.us
Darryl M. Scott 302-744-4351; Darryl.Scott@state.de.us
Stephen T. Smyk 302-744-4321; Steve.Smyk@state.de.us
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman 302-744-4171; jeff.spiegelman@state.de.us
David L. Wilson 302-744-4150; David.L.Wilson@state.de.us

There is also another hearing on this bill tomorrow at 11:30 am in the House Chamber. If you can be there, be there!