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Val Longhurst Scamming Clean Water Supporters?
This bonus post brought to you courtesy of the following song, which explains why I’m writing it: Settle in, kids, this may take awhile. Curiosity (I won’t insult your intelligence by claiming ‘intellectual curiosity’) got the best of me. I start off with the realization that we really do have a clean water crisis. That […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 11, 2019
Ah, but first, a semi-related rant. We know that Delaware has a clean water problem. A major clean water problem: Most of the State’s waters do not meet water quality standards to support their designated uses, such as for drinking, swimming or supporting aquatic life. This Act increases the level and reliability of funding available […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 6, 2019
The big news? The marijuana legalization bill made it out of committee, to my surprise. However, the time for celebration could well be short-lived. Previous legislation was defeated. Not because of opposition from the Delaware Medical Society or AAA, which was public and principled, but because of the stealth lobbying efforts by, of course, the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 5, 2019
With very little fanfare, legislation legalizing and regulating the sale of marijuana has been scheduled for its committee hearing today. The House Revenue & Finance Committee will meet at 2:30 in the House Chamber to consider the bill. The opponents, aka the self-styled grownups like the Chamber and the Medical Society will be out in […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 4, 2019
After a pretty successful election in 2018, the last thing I expected was that progressives would go into June playing defense. But that’s where we are as this abysmal legislative session grinds toward its close. Of all issues, reinstituting the death penalty has become a top priority of all the ex-cops and cop bootlickers who […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 29, 2019
DowDupont Pays Off Congress To Stop Ban Of Poisonous Chemical. And, no, LBR is not a sponsor of the ban. And, yes, DowDupont was her second most generous campaign contributor. Oh, and she received more DowDupont $$’s than all but one opponent of the bill, behind only one Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan. The only […]
Cloutier & Delcollo Among Most Endangered R’s In The Country
Failure to provide strong challengers to them would be political malpractice. How endangered are they, you ask? Uh, how about #2 and #6 in the United States when it comes to state senators? Check out this chart: https://twitter.com/BMcM2018/status/1133149608010506240 BTW, if you click on the lefthand chart a couple of times, the print becomes much more […]
Democrats in Disarray, Delaware Division
After playing Charlie Brown with the football again on gun control legislation, Delaware progressives are grumbling so loud Matt Bittle of the State News heard them. His story carries a classic Dems-in-disarray headline: “Split Over Gun Control Roils Delaware Democrats” But the Democrats aren’t actually in disarray. They’re just beholden to unions, which in Delaware […]
State Auditor Not Doing A Fucking Thing–On Purpose
Backwards reels the mind. You just have to read this article about Park City Kathy refusing, refusing, to do her job. Says she doesn’t have the resources, so agencies will just have to pay for her office to do audits, otherwise she won’t do them. Some fair-use excerpts: Emails obtained by The News Journal show […]
AG Jennings Takes On–Environmental Racism?
8-Ball sez: “Signs Point To Yes”: https://news.delaware.gov/2019/05/17/doj-seeks-outside-counsel-expertise-for-environmental-investigation-and-possible-legal-action/ The Department Of Natural Resources & Environmental Control has long since signaled that ‘environmental control’ means controlling the application of Delaware’s environmental laws to primarily benefit the corporate polluters. Even the most blatant and toxic of violations yield only a slap on the wrist. Allegedly b/c of ‘jobs’, […]
Corrections Officers Terrorize…Pre-School Teacher And Her Kids
Some things I can just not make up: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2019/05/17/delaware-correctional-officers-investigated-harassing-teacher-claims/3674060002/ Check out this excerpt: Four off-duty prison guards having a barbecue at Glasgow park for National Correctional Officer Appreciation Week allegedly called an Elkton, Maryland, teacher names, recorded her and blocked her car in because of where she parked. Amanda Hobson, owner and teacher at Imagination […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 16, 2019
This General Assembly has jumped the shark. Amoral leadership plus some new members coming up short. It’s become difficult to write about this group of underachievers, but I figure that not writing about them only further enables them. Some of the latest disgraces: *HB 46(Kowalko), which finally helps provide manufactured home owner residents a level […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Weds., May 15, 2019
The bad news: Nicole Poore is still in leadership. The good news: Bryan Townsend is still in leadership. The public betrayal by Prevaricator-Pro-Tem Dave McBride and Nicole Poore will not soon be forgotten. They, whoever ‘they’ are, say that you’re only as good as your word in politics. Meaning McBride and Poore are no good. […]
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