DL Open Thread Sunday, May 9, 2021
Former Gov. Pierre S. du Pont IV, known to all as Pete, died yesterday, age 86. Du Pont was elected governor in 1976 after the disastrous tenure of Sherman Tribbitt,…
Delaware Liberal Endorses Kim Stock And Kecia Nesmith In Local School Board Elections
Kim Stock For Brandywine School Board. It's almost impossible to imagine a better, and better-qualified, candidate for the Brandywine School Board. Kim Stock is Delaware's current Teacher Of The Year.…
Protesters Target Home of National Embarrassment Chris Coons
Delawareans elect a lot of corporate tools who pretend to be Democrats, but of all the corporate tools, Sen. Chris Coons has become the corporate tooliest. In today's more progressive…
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 29, 2021
Biden's speech is getting good reviews -- I thought I heard thunder last night, but it was just exploding Republican heads -- but not so much for the rebuttal from…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Not much to report from yesterday other than that the bills we featured were all released from committee. Here is yesterday's Session Inactivity Report. Fortunately, there are some interesting bills…
Holy Bleep Part Deux!!: Bill Freeborn Indicted On Felony Charges
Now, that's what I call bipartisanship. Indict both a D and an R for violating the public trust. From WDEL: Separately, the former executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy…
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
I'm still processing this Rebecca Walker story. Here's the context for our current General Assembly: There really is a Cop Cabal. They do things, and refuse to do things, once…
Holy Bleep!! Former State Rep. Rebecca Walker Indicted For Falsifying Employment Records
You remember Rebecca Walker. She got herself a golden parachute job created just for her in the Office Of Forensic Science, formerly the Medical Examiner's Office. Conveniently, the newly-created office…
Who Should We Endorse In School Board Elections?
Actually, not just 'Who Should We Endorse?' But 'Who Should We Oppose Because They Would Be Dangerous If Elected'? Oh, fuck. The first name that I see is Richard Forsten…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
OK, Democratic legislators. You have the impetus for your reelection campaigns firmly in your grasp. Take it. The $15 minimum wage bill is very popular. You have but to pass…
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 25, 2021
How did America's police forces react to the Derek Chauvin verdict? They shot and killed six people in various jurisdictions. Hey, when all you have is a gun, everything looks…
Song of the Day 4/22: Ennio Morricone, “For a Few Dollars More”
The proposal to increase Delaware's minimum raise to $15 an hour over the next several years got a House committee hearing longer than a Sergio Leone spaghetti western yesterday. It…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Looks like Mike Ramone's gonna have to stock up on Robot Lifeguards. That's the inescapable conclusion following yesterday's surreal meeting of the Business Lapdog Committee, where the sheer idiocy of…