Delaware

Do Men Understand What Women’s Health Care Involves?

Filed in Delaware by on February 4, 2012 41 Comments

Take a look at this comment by Occam from my post Komen’s Betrayal: Just throwing this one out there – planned parenthood does not provide mammograms and Komen’s donations have gone up 100% in the last two days. By rerouting that money to organizations who actually do provide mammograms and by raising a boat-load of […]

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [2.4.12]

Filed in Delaware by on February 4, 2012 1 Comment
Saturday Daily Delawhere [2.4.12]

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Komen’s Betrayal

Filed in Delaware by on February 3, 2012 13 Comments

Last night commenter Liberal Elite wrote something that I couldn’t stop thinking about: “Looking at the whole picture, it’s easy to see this as a betrayal of women. ”

Betrayal. The word fits.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [2.3.12]

Filed in Delaware by on February 3, 2012 10 Comments
Friday Daily Delawhere [2.3.12]

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Staton Off and Running

Filed in Delaware by on February 2, 2012 40 Comments

Not only is Andy Staton the only announced Democrat running for the new state senate district down here in Sussex (and I’m in the new district), he’s also the only announced candidate to have filed a campaign finance report.

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [2.2.12]

Filed in Delaware by on February 2, 2012 8 Comments
Thursday Daily Delawhere [2.2.12]

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Delaware Tidbits

Filed in Delaware by on February 1, 2012 5 Comments

Downstate, in the race to replace Sussex County GOP Chairman Glen Urquhart, whose resignation becomes official on February 13, Executive Committee Members Jerry Wood and Michael Triglia have sent letters of their intent to run for the chairmanship. Thoughts, downstaters? Which one is more insane?

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Progressive Democrats Annual Meeting tonight.

Filed in Delaware by on February 1, 2012 0 Comments

Just a quick reminder about the Annual Meeting coming up tonight at 7 pm at the Delaware Democratic Party Headquarters, 19 E. Commons Blvd in New Castle County. The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for you, as a progressive, to get involved or get reinvolved in Delaware politics. Today’s meeting’s purpose is to shape the PDD organization as it prepares for the election year ahead. You can get involved in interviewing and endorsing candidates for office.

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Wednesday Daily Delawhere [2.1.12]

Filed in Delaware by on February 1, 2012 8 Comments
Wednesday Daily Delawhere [2.1.12]

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Impressions of the First Wilmington Mayoral Town Hall

Filed in Delaware by on January 31, 2012 31 Comments

Last night was the first Mayoral Town Hall or Debate sponsored by WDEL. This forum played to a standing room only crowd (they did indeed stop people from coming in after awhile). All of the known candidates were there except for Bovell and Bobby Marshall. I was there with some friends and here’s what I think of the field so far.

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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [1.31.12]

Filed in Delaware by on January 31, 2012 2 Comments
Tuesday Daily Delawhere [1.31.12]

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Reminder! — First Wilmington Mayoral Town Hall Tonight

Filed in Delaware by on January 30, 2012 15 Comments

Just received notice from WDEL that they will be hosting the first Town Hall (titled the Future of Wilmington) featuring the current crop of Wilmington Mayoral candidates next Monday, 30 January 2012 at 6PM at the Wilmington campus of Delaware Technical & Community College.

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Bill Shahan Running for NCCo Executive

Filed in Delaware by on January 30, 2012 3 Comments

On Saturday, Bill Shahan announced he was running for NCCo Executive, creating a primary for the incumbent, Paul Clark. According to his website, Shahan currently works for the County Land Use Department.

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