Delaware

NJ Truthiness Watch — Wagging Their Finger at American Political Debate

Filed in Delaware by on July 18, 2011 4 Comments

The Sunday NJ brings us an editorial with this amusing observation:

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OK, You Can Panic

Filed in Delaware by on July 18, 2011 6 Comments

As you may know, on Friday about 11 hours of comments (and posts) were disappeared from the blog.  This appears to have been a glitch on the redundant database servers that store most of the data for the site.  In technical terms, the servers stopped synchronizing data in the late morning and in the late […]

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Christine O’Donnell Will Smite Her Enemies

Filed in Delaware by on July 18, 2011 8 Comments

Christine O’Donnell is back and she’s pissed.

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Delaware Has A New State Climatologist

Filed in Delaware by on July 15, 2011 10 Comments

Prominent climate change skeptic David Legates has been asked to step do

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Primary for Insurance Commissioner

Filed in Delaware by on July 5, 2011 83 Comments

Mitch Crane, former Acting Director of Consumer Services and Investigations under Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart, filed paperwork today that will enable him to raise money for the Democratic nomination for Insurance Commissioner in next year’s election. A formal campaign announcement will be made in January. Crane, who lives in Lewes, is a lawyer and […]

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Late Night Video — Senators Tell LGBT Youth That It Gets Better

Filed in Delaware, National by on June 29, 2011 11 Comments

This is excellent — several U.S. Senators film another bit of support to LGBT youth, sending the message that it does get better. MANY props to Senator Chris Coons who is a big participant here.

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Another Edition of IOKIYAR — Christine O’Donnell Saved by the GOP

Filed in Delaware, National by on June 29, 2011 14 Comments

So the rest of the story of how the FEC charges against O’Donnell got dropped finally comes out. And she is saved from having to account for her mismanagement of campaign funds by the Republican commissioners on the FEC.

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Watching the CRI Sink Into Irrevelancy

Filed in Delaware by on June 28, 2011 13 Comments

Not that they were especially relevant in the first place. Their factually-challenged and ideologically-driven attempts to join the *debate* has largely been a flop, yet we find John Stapleford has been able to get more space at the NJ editorial page to try to sow their confusion to Delawareans.

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Governor Jack Markell on Morning Joe

Filed in Delaware by on June 24, 2011 5 Comments

A clip of the Governor’s appearance on Morning Joe this AM is up and here for you to check out

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Calling Out the House’s Casino Opponents

Filed in Delaware by on June 23, 2011 8 Comments

Which is what Representative Dennis E. Williams does in his piece in the NJ this AM called House Bill 146 would create more jobs than Bloom Energy.

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Ron Williams On Double Dippers

Filed in Delaware by on June 16, 2011 16 Comments

Ron Williams writes about an auditor’s report and AG opinion on “double dipping” by state legislators.

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Public Workshops for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Plan

Filed in Delaware by on June 16, 2011 2 Comments

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor in Delaware is the next leg of a Byway that traces one of the major routes for escorting persons held in slavery in the South to the North. The Delaware portion would be the second piece of this Byway, connecting the the Maryland portion that ends at the MD-DE line.

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Appoquinimink Names New Superintendent

Filed in Delaware by on June 15, 2011 0 Comments

Today the Appoquinimink School District is announcing that their next superintendent will be Matt Burrows, currently the principal of Redding Middle School.  Burrows will replace retiring superintendent, Tony Marchio.  Appo is the fastest growing school district in the state, so Mr. Burrows has his work cut out for him.

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