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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Paul Gallagher (D). Next Up: The General Assembly Leadership

Filed in Delaware by on March 9, 2012 5 Comments
Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Paul Gallagher (D).  Next Up: The General Assembly Leadership

As expected, industry advocate Paul Gallagher did not fare all too well around these parts. 66% view him unfavorably, and I think that might rival Karen Weldin Stewart’s numbers. Another 18% are undecided or unsure, and 16% view him favorably.

Now onto polling the party leadership in the General Assembly. House Speaker Bob Gilligan is up today, and next week, Senate President Pro Tem Tony Deluca, Senate Majority Leader Patti Blevins, Senate Minority Leader Gary Simpson, House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf and House Minority Leader Greg Lavelle.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [3.9.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 9, 2012 3 Comments
Friday Daily Delawhere [3.9.12]

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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Vincent White

Filed in Delaware by on March 8, 2012 9 Comments

Officially, the only two filed candidates in the Democratic Primary for the Insurance Commissioner’s Race are incumbent incompetent Karen Weldin Stewart, Mitch Crane, and in Kent County, this Gallagher fella. Where is Vince White? Who is Vince White? You can find out here. Whomever he is and wherever he is, he has a 44% disapproval rating, and another 33% who don’t know who is or don’t care. He has only a 24% approval rating.

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [3.8.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 8, 2012 3 Comments
Thursday Daily Delawhere [3.8.12]

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Wednesday Daily Delawhere [3.7.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 7, 2012 2 Comments
Wednesday Daily Delawhere [3.7.12]

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City of Wilmington Trying to Shut Down Your Freedom to Assemble

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 5 Comments

On March 7, 2012, there will be a meeting of the City’s L&I Committee that will take up changes to City Ordinance 12-010 that look specifically targeted at the Occupy Delaware folks and will generally restrict the freedom of Wilmington residents to assemble, unless the government pre-approves your assembly. It also lets them pre-approve the time, the place, the duration, the financial capability of the group (in getting the insurance), and other factors that might restrict your ability to protest or even to petition the government for redress.

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Public Hearing For Newark Charter School Moved To Larger Venue

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 4 Comments
Public Hearing For Newark Charter School Moved To Larger Venue

he Public Hearing for Newark Charter School has been moved from the Townsend Building to a larger venue to accommodate greater public participation. The new location is the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) Auditorium. It is within walking distance from the DDOE (approximately a ΒΌ mile). Attached are the directions and revised public notice. We will have signage posted at DDOE and staff available to redirect constituents and give them directions to the new building. Please share this update with your constituents. We will start the hearing 15 minutes later to allow for the transition.

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El Som to be a Guest on the Al Mascitti Show on WDEL

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 23 Comments

Tune in this morning to WDEL 1150 AM from 10 am to 12 pm to hear our very own El Somnambulo on the Al Mascitti Show. He tells me the name of John Atkins just might come up. He also tells me that another Democrat has filed to run in the Insurance Commissioner’s race. And it’s a new name. Tune in to find out.

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PDD to host panel on State Budget Process

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 1 Comment

Tomorrow, at their monthly meeting, the Progressive Democrats for Delaware will be hosting a panel on the state budget process. The guests expected on the panel will be: State Representative Dennis P. Williams, State Representative James “JJ” Johnson, Office of Management and Budget Director Anne Visalli, and DEFAC member Bob Byrd.

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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Jim Van Houten (R)

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 9 Comments
Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Jim Van Houten (R)

While Ben Mobley was unknown to 42%, Jim Van Houten is known. And DL readers no likey, to the tune of a 53% disapproval rating, of which 48% is strongly disapprove.

So we have polled the Governor, Lt. Governor, Insurance Commissioner, both our Senators, our Congressman, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, and all of their respective Republican opposition if they are running for reelection in 2012. What we have not done yet is poll Democratic opposition. And the only official running for reelection this year facing a primary is Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. So let’s poll her primary opposition.

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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [3.6.12]

Filed in Delaware by on March 6, 2012 4 Comments
Tuesday Daily Delawhere [3.6.12]

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City of Wilmington Mayoral Cattle Call — Outsourced to Mayor Baker Edition

Filed in Delaware by on March 5, 2012 15 Comments

This is a quick inventory of recent news and goings on in Wilmington’s Mayor’s race. Last time we did this as shortly after the New Year, and even this won’t be a proper cattle call, but we’re going to let Mayor Baker do the honors via this video weighing in on the candidates so far (thanks to Newsworks.org):

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Delaware Liberal Tracking Poll Results — Ben Mobley (R)

Filed in Delaware by on March 5, 2012 8 Comments

Who is Ben Mobley? All we know is what is posted on his campaign website. There is a video interview of him that Charlie Copeland conducted, located here, if you want to learn more about another rather anonymous candidate the Republican Party has chosen to run for office. Since he is rather anonymous, his poll ratings reflect that. 42% of the respondents are undecided or unsure when asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him. 34% have an unfavorable opinion of him, probably because he is a Republican, though that number is lower than the other anonymous Republicans we have polled. And he has a higher approval rating than the others too: 24%.

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