Delaware
The All-Purpose 30-Day Campaign Finance Report Thread
As you almost certainly know from your e-mail, the 30-day reporting deadline for Delaware races was midnight Sunday. Starting today, we’ll begin to see the reports pop up at the Department of Elections site. It generally takes 2 to 3 days for all the reports to appear online. I’ll be checking throughout the day and […]
Deb Heffernan Finally Gets Religion?
Sometimes, even losing campaigns can have a salutary impact: A Wilmington area lawmaker who had served as a key ally to the embattled leadership at the Port of Wilmington sent a letter to Delaware’s governor and secretary of state Monday expressing frustration that the operator of the publicly owned and privately run facility has not […]
R. I. P.: Ken Potts
Seeing that he had died took my breath away. Just a wonderful, selfless human being. A true progressive who dedicated his life to helping others. Some excerpts from his obituary: Ken spent his career in public service. He worked with the Delaware Transit Corporation for 22 years, retiring in 2017 as Chief Administrative Officer. Since […]
Matt Meyer Can Kiss My Ass
He’s already begging for $$’s for his 2024 run for Governor. I’ve gotten two pleas in the past 24 hours. Not only is he not getting my money, he’s lost any chance he had for my support. I fully expected to back him in 2024. He at least had some plausible progressive cred, arising mostly […]
Ramone Rethugs Scale Great Heights, Reach New Lows
Mike Ramone may not be a MAGAt, but he is a Nixonian Rethug, someone who deals in dirty tricks and character assassination. It’s not gonna be easy to besmirch Frank Burns, so his Rethug minions have taken to…completely obliterating a Frank Burns billboard. I mean, it takes a lot of work and chutzpah to destroy […]
El Som: ‘I’ve Got Some Money, I’ve Got My Legs, And I’ve Got Some Time. Any Suggestions?’
Why, yes, yes I do. Thanks for asking. Geography, of course, plays a part. If you’ve got a good race close to home, consider doing some canvassing and/or calling. Ho-kay, here we go: Kyra Hoffner. She won a 5-way primary to succeed Sen. Bruce Ennis in SD 14. If she can garner the support of […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022
Wilmington is going to get an economic boost next month when media floods the city for the Elon Musk-Twitter showdown in Chancery Court. Background coverage has already begun, such as this profile of Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick. The bus-the-immigrants stunt has succeeded in bringing national attention to a problem that affects mainly border cities in border […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022
Media scolds yesterday chided Joe Biden for flying Air Force One to Delaware to — sit down now — vote in Tuesday’s primaries. “But, but, but he could have voted absentee!” Well, yes, but remember, he’s accustomed to Delaware election rules, and until Covid Delaware had the tightest restrictions in the country on who could […]
Song of the Day 9/14: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “The Tears of a Clown”
Colin Bonini always reminded me of a clown. Not figuratively, literally. He’s a large man — his everyday shoes are clown-sized — but his smile isn’t painted on, it’s real. All he lacks is a squirting flower in his lapel. Bonini is an old-fashioned conservative who believes that taxes are too high because government spends […]
Primary Day Results ‘Rejoicing And Recriminations’ Thread
Polls have just closed. It’s up to the Department of Elections now. In recent years, Zero Hour has been somewhere around 9:30. That’s when the results have proceeded from a trickle to a gullywasher. Maybe, just maybe, with a slimmer slate of races and more people taking advantage of early voting, we’ll know more earlier. […]
El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em (Almost) All For You
Not gonna waste precious e-space on Kent and Suxco Levy Court, County Council or row offices. Need to save room for all the snark I can muster. Auditor Of Accounts D Primary. Some people say I overthink too much. Well, I think I’ve overthought this one. (Am I still overthinking it? What if I’m underthinking […]
“This Is Sussex County”
The other day Jason linked to a Cape Gazette story about mudslinging — literally — in a Sussex County Council race, as a Councilman John Reiley was accused of unethical behavior for accepting many truckloads of dirt from a developer. His accuser was fellow Councilman Mark Schaeffer, erstwhile mayor of Smyrna, where he generated controversy […]
Symphony Steve’s First Show Of The Arden Concert Gild Season!
I’m really psyched to announce that Chris Pierce and Special Guest Sug Daniels will grace the Gild Hall stage on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 at 8 pm. Chris Pierce writes some of the most powerful songs I’ve heard in a long time. Check him out: Which doesn’t mean that he can’t turn out a kick-ass […]
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