Delaware
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 […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
What bills will the Kop Kabal allow to be considered this week? That, after all, is how business is conducted in the House. Don’t forget it. Act on it. Well, let’s look at today’s House Agenda. Want to know what the quintessential ‘bipartisan’ Delaware Way bill is this session? It’s HB 276 (Bennett), which leads […]
21 Reasons Why The Kop Kabal Must Go
Since they took power back in 2010, the Kop Kabal has routinely buried hundreds of progressive bills, sometimes at the behest of Governor Markell and Governor Carney, and most of the time because they either don’t like the sponsor and/or they are not progressive in the least. Keep in mind, since the Speaker names the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 3-9, 2022
1. Matt Meyer Publicly Supports Marijuana Legalization And Regulation. Here’s his op-ed: Delaware decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in 2015, but Delawareans, and disproportionately Black Delawareans, continue to be arrested for marijuana possession. According to an ACLU report of arrest data from 2018, Black Delawareans were more than four times more likely to be arrested […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 9, 2022
The Senate didn’t pass the Budget Bill yesterday, and it’s not on today’s Agenda. Good. Gives us the weekend to scour the Epilog Language. The House Administration Committee released both HB 450 and HB 451 from committee yesterday. HB 450, the assault weapons ban, is on today’s House Agenda. I’ll be especially interested to see […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 8, 2022
A productive day yesterday. Limits on assault weapons magazines passes in the Senate (will House weaken the bill again?); same-day voting registration passes the House. BTW, it’s official. Bill Bush is the House’s Joe Manchin. Only D to vote against same-day registration. Here is the Daily Activity Report for Tuesday. Could the Annual Budget pass […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Let’s not bury the lede: After (that word again) burying and/or weakening meaningful gun control legislation for almost two years, the House will finally be SHAMED into taking action, beginning this week. We have a well-timed spate of gun violence to thank for their reversal. (Maybe if we had had a recent George Floyd incident […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 5, 2022
Had a great relaxing weekend getaway. Clearing the mental clutter is a wonderful exercise. However, the weight of disappointing tens of thousands of our readers was always with me. I’m back to salve (or heighten) your disappointment. The Four Gun Control Measures That Could Have Saved 446 Lives: If the key gun control proposals now […]
BREAKING NEWS!: Stephanie Bolden Faces Primary Challenger!
While I hate to break news on a holiday weekend, news like this will brighten your day. One James Taylor (no, not that one) has announced that he will challenge one of Delaware’s most corrupt legislators. You know, Stephanie Bolden, the Slumlords’ Best Friend. My understanding is that some of our favorite political activists have […]
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