Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 15, 2020
Unionization, anybody? Now, that’s how to kick off a session. I find it almost impossible to envision the Petes and Vals of this General Assembly moving forward with total equanimity for the staff involved in this effort. The best part is, they dare not do anything about it lest they be revealed for the hypocrites […]
A SuxCo Republican Tells the Truth
The New Journal story about the Sussex County GOP meeting at which Nelly Jordan was ousted from her post included this inadvertent bit of truth-telling from a rank-and-file member of that benighted bunch. Sussex County native Leon Transeau called Jordan a “hard worker,” and said that ousting her over a “single negative remark” would be […]
COMMENT RESCUE: Legislative Staff Seeks To Organize
This is big, and will also be a fascinating dynamic into the relationship between staff and legislators. Particularly Democratic legislators. The Reverend RE Vanella tipped us off to this: https://prospect.org/labor/historic-union-drive-makes-delaware-first-state-again/ Allow me to borrow some of the delicious particulars from this must-read piece: On Tuesday, state legislative workers in Delaware announced a union drive on […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 14, 2020
When Season One of our 2-session soap opera concluded, the cliff-dwellers had left us with the following cliffhangers: Will Dave McBride and Nicole Poore really get away with breaking their public promise to the people of Delaware to bring gun control bills to the Senate floor? Will Dave McBride really prevent consideration of minimum wage […]
Trouble In BOTH Of Dave McBride’s Houses
By both, I mean this House…: and this house: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/35759-Tarpon-Dr_Lewes_DE_19958_M62424-40232 Estimated value: $838,000. Not bad. I wonder if there’s a single residence in SD 13 that is worth that much. McBride and his wife have resided in that house since 2005. It was a newly-built home at the time. To be fair, Dave McBride […]
BREAKING: Marie Pinkney To Challenge Dave McBride In SD 13!!
In a Democratic primary. I think she will defeat the Lewes-based senator who claims to ‘represent’ his New Castle/Bear area district. Maybe even handily. First, a note. Many of you probably saw allusions to this race yesterday. However, because there had been no official announcement from the campaign, we removed them out of respect to […]
DL Political Weekly: Jan. 3-9, 2020
1. The Mantzavinos Candidacy. As we noted earlier this week, Spiros Mantzavinos has filed to challenge Anthony Delcollo in the 7th Senatorial District. I believe that both the New Castle County Democratic Party and the State Democratic Party did everything they could to entice a candidate into this race. Spiros said yes. There could still […]
It’s Official! Rysheema Dixon To Run For City Council President!
For all the right reasons: The dysfunction and infighting that’s plagued Wilmington City Council and its 13 elected members–putting it in the news for all the wrong reasons–is what really spurred Dixon, a Democrat, to run to lead the body. She said council could be far more effective. “You cannot get things done if you […]
Linda Gray And Coby Owens Headed To Primary…
for City Council District 1. Linda Gray, who was appointed to serve out the term of Nnamdi Chukwuocha, had been going back-and-forth about whether she would file. Today, she filed. I’ve already interviewed Coby Owens, and I like him. I think that Linda Gray has done a real solid job on Council and I’d be […]
Spiros Mantzavinos To Challenge Anthony Delcollo
You will note the lack of an exclamation point at the end of the hed. That is on purpose. At the risk of seeming hypocritical (I’ve been screaming for someone to challenge Delcollo), this smells fishy to me. Real fishy. I personally like Spiros. With that out of the way, he had been a corporate […]
Delaware’s Shittiest Democrats: Bob Byrd, Part II
Lobbyist Bob Byrd, who registers as a Democrat, had lots to say to Dace Blaskovitz in the radio interview sent out by the Caesar Rodney Institute — more than one post could cover. Yesterday’s installment showed Byrd thinks allowing public input in zoning decisions makes Delaware uncompetitive for businesses, meaning his clients. The public interest, […]
DL Political Weekly: Dec. 27, 2019-January 2, 2020
Well, the title is a lie. Yes, we will be going weekly from now on. But a lot more than I expected took place in the waning weeks of 2019, so we get a chance to play catch-up. 1. Bruce Ennis Gets A Primary Challenger. Her name is Kyra Hoffner, and she is quite active […]
Delaware’s Shittiest Democrats: Lobbyist Bob Byrd
Every few years Delaware Today or some other publication prints what purports to be a list of the “10 Most Influential People in Delaware.” It’s always a joke, because it’s always full of people whose names are in the media frequently. The truth is that the most influential people in the state keep their names […]
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