Delaware
Deb Heffernan’s Re-Election Strategy: Kill Climate Bill(s), Harvest Campaign Cash From Polluters
Prologue: On Monday, June 13, 2022, Delaware’s foremost corporate fixer/lobbyist Bobby Byrd joins the 6th RD Democratic Committee. His daughter, Rebecca Byrd, is already a member of the committee. Byrd, who heads up Byrd & Associates (which includes his daughter, and lobbyist Kim Gomes), has publicly pledged to raise as much money as it will […]
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 5
Let’s wrap up Day 4, courtesy of the Delaware State News: While Senate leadership agreed on the next course of action, the same could not be said for those in the House. In a joint statement, only House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, D-Bear, and House Majority Whip Larry Mitchell, D-Elsmere, demanded the auditor step down […]
Yo, Speaker Pete: Ball’s In Your Court
What are you gonna do? Continue to run interference for the disgraced State Auditor, or do your job? From the Delaware Constitution: § 1. Impeachment power of House; trial by Senate; oath of Senators; vote; presiding officers. Section 1. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching; but two-thirds of all the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 24-30, 2022
1. Lydia York To The Rescue. Whether or not jurors have become so used to Delaware Way corruption that they’re prepared to give Kathy McGuiness a pass, we as Democrats see KMG for who she is–an utter disgrace of a public officeholder. Lydia York offers integrity and professionalism. With an MBA from Wharton and Law […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 30, 2022
SS1/SB 101. The entire Senate D Caucus (with the exception of Champion Of The Overdogs Spiros Mantzavinos) wants the House to pass this bill that affords legal protection for renters. The bill passed the Senate on June 8, 2021. Speaker Pete has been playing Rope-A-Dope with the bill ever since. Buried it in Stephanie Bolden’s […]
Chris Coons Deserves Every Turd Thrown at Him
I was talking to someone the other day who said he thought Jason gives Delaware’s junior senator too much shit. Duncan Black, who blogs as Atrios at eschatonblog.com, would beg to differ. His afternoon post: Don’t think Chris Coons gets enough shit for stopping witnesses from being called at Trump’s 2nd impeachment because he had […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 23, 2022
I’m guilty of false advertising. I apologize. I promised the following in yesterday’s legislative piece: One legislator in particular will not be happy. (Hint: They killed an exceedingly-popular bill despite being the prime House sponsor on it. Oh, and despite the fact that it passed the Senate.) It’s what happens when you are owned by […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 22, 2022
A Tale Of Two Bills. Both of which were on yesterday’s Agendas. Neither of which were worked. Let’s start with Mayor Mike’s/Buccini-Pollin’s Wilmington property grab. We had written about it last week, especially the way that Val Longhurst forced this bill out of committee while burying a really good bill: There were plenty of witnesses […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Progressive bills continue to be held hostage in the House. Since I wrote that piece last Monday, only one of the 21 bills that the Kop Kabal has kept kaptive has been released from committee. Rep. Kowalko’s Inspector General bill. That, at least is good, right? Uh, no. Because Speaker Pete has reassigned the bill […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 10-16, 2022
1. It’s Official! Becca Cotto Files Against Deb Heffernan. Becca has been campaigning since the beginning of the year. A true grassroots campaign. I’ve been knocking doors on her behalf. Response has been great. She is our kind of candidate–a true progressive, the Director of YWCA Delaware’s Social And Racial Justice Program. In predictable fashion, […]
More Proof That Val Longhurst Is A Lying Liar
She no longer even pretends otherwise. Take yesterday’s House Administration Committee meeting. Please. There were plenty of witnesses at the hearing prepared to speak on behalf of HB 220, which ‘is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to conserve, protect and maintain Delaware’s natural resources, including its water, air, soil, flora, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 16, 2022
Gun bills are in the cross-hairs today. Man, when you look at the bills the House has sent over to the Senate, you can’t ignore the exceptions in them that make them thin gruel indeed. HB 450 (Longhurst), which purports to ‘prohibit the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 15, 2022
Kids, the term ‘gun safety’ only applies to the Kop Kabal package of bills in the sense that it’s used for PR purposes. If the bills that passed there yesterday become law, medical marijuana users too can possess weapons of mass destruction, the cops have complete control over criminal background checks, and there are so […]
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