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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 7, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 7, 20221 Comment

I know that, by now, you must be sick of reading my screeds about the blatantly corrupt Ft. DuPont project. A corrupt project whose fate will likely be sealed forever…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, April 6, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 6, 20226 Comments

I doubted that anybody would vote against the Ft. DuPont/Delaware City 'Charter Change' in the House. I was correct. Perhaps this is the time to call out 'Mimi' Minor-Brown. Representative,…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 5, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 5, 20223 Comments

Hoo-boy, we've got some real interesting bills to talk about right off the bat. Take, for example, HB 372 (Osienski). The bill 'regulates and taxes marijuana in the same manner…

Delaware Political Weekly: March 25-31, 2022

By El Somnambulo April 1, 20225 Comments

1. Ex-Cop Who Is Being Sued For Sexual Harassment Running For State Senate. Yes, we're talking about Steve Smyk, who is looking to 'step up' from his state rep seat…

Hey, Jane Brady, Who Invited Lauren Witzke to Cocaine Orgies?

By Alby April 1, 20224 Comments

I always thought North Carolina bozo Madison Cawthorn, like most GOP congresscritters, was engaged in performance art. But that was before he talked about fellow Republicans snorting cocaine and inviting…

BREAKING: Cyndie Romer Announces Candidacy To Succeed John Kowalko

By El Somnambulo March 30, 20227 Comments

I know two things: (a) she seems like a really good candidate on paper; and (b) Mike Matthews really likes her. Hard to imagine a stronger successor to Kowalko, but…

Delaware Political Weekly: March 18-24, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 25, 2022

1. Whither SD 3? I've pretty much got only questions. I'm counting on you to provide information and/or speculation. Following her destruction of police reform, can or will Sen. Lockman…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 24, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 24, 202210 Comments

Wow, a good day! Much of it memorialized in the press, which always makes my job easier. SS1/SB 101 (Townsend), which provides legal assistance to renters in landlord-tenant disputes, cleared…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 23, 202224 Comments

False advertising. At least for the most part. I couldn't shut off my brain following what happened with LEOBOR Reform yesterday. I'm not sure my thoughts will make any more…

Song of the Day 3/23: Dead Kennedys, “Police Truck”

By Alby March 23, 20221 Comment

There's a reason police act above the law: They are. The so-called "police bill of rights" is a list of special privileges that place them outside the laws that govern…

Meaningful LEOBOR Reform Was Dead As Soon As Sen. Lockman Took Charge

By El Somnambulo March 22, 202212 Comments

Talk about not learning from history. Tizzy Lockman chose the same failed path that Val Longhurst, for example, tried with the NRA and the Delaware Sportsmen's Association. You know, involve…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20227 Comments

We're in a legislative holding pattern. 'Some' would call it a slog. Passing nothing of any real importance while waiting (in vain) for them to consider something of importance. Anybody…

Townhouses Of Russian Oligarch Traced To Delaware Shell Corporations

By El Somnambulo March 21, 202210 Comments

One of Putin's most notorious oligarchs--Oleg Derispaka. He owns two Manhattan townhouses, or, more accurately, they are owned by two separate Delaware shell corporations. Betcha they aren't the only entanglements.…