Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 17, 2019
The Delaware ERA is now part of the Constitution, with the only opponents being the endangered species, aka The Angry White Guys From Lower Slower. That’s pretty much all that happened yesterday. See for yourself. The decks have all virtually been swept clean for Gov. Carney’s State Of The State Address. With one exception. The […]
If You Think the News Journal Is Bad Now, Just Wait
Here’s a bit of national business-page news you won’t see in your local upstate daily paper: Gannett, which owns the News Journal, has become the target of a hostile takeover bid by Alden Global Capital, a notorious hedge fund that operates a journalistic chop shop. It’s the outfit that bought the Denver Post and laid […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 16, 2019
Can we start with John Carney’s Group Hug? Trying to stay one step ahead of the posse, er, courts, John Carney announced a commitment to provide $60 mill in funding over three years to ‘educate English language learners and low-income students’. Great. No, I mean it, it’s great. Of course, we’re talking about $20 million […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 15, 2019
Didn’t take long for one of the most dubious deals in recent legislative history to resurface. Featuring, at the least, the ethically-bankrupt trio of Val Longhurst, Nicole Poore, and Dick Cathcart. And the Fabled Underground Shangri-La At Ft. DuPont. Time for the newbies to catch up. From 2014: A particularly-sketchy ‘redevelopment’ project headlines today’s House […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 10, 2019
Everything is in place to pass the Delaware Equal Rights Amendment by next Wednesday. HB 1 was released from the House Administration Committee yesterday. It will be considered in the House today. The Senate has already posted a notice that the bill will be considered in the Senate Executive Committee next Wednesday. Assuming, of course, […]
John Carney To Prisoners: “Drop Dead!”
Literally. That’s what happened when Vermont did what Delaware is now doing: Sending prisoners to the Camp Hill facility in Pennsylvania. Esteban Parra, in an excellent piece in today’s News Journal, lays it out in stark terms: Vermont signed a three-year contract in 2017 transferring more than 200 of its inmates to Pennsylvania in an […]
Big Announcement From Sen. McBride?
Yes, according to the News Journal’s Scott Goss: Scott Goss ✔ @ScottGossDel Being told Senate President David McBride is going to make “a big announcement” around 4:30 p.m. today. No one seems to know what it’s about — yet. I just hope that his health problems haven’t returned.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 9, 2019
Yesterday was All Ceremony. Congratulations to all. Let’s get down to business. According to press reports, the General Assembly has two must-pass bills for January: The second leg of Delaware’s equal-rights amendment, and legislation permitting the new arena for Delaware’s minor league pro basketball team to sell alcohol. Never too early to give Buccini/Pollin a […]
BREAKING: Laura Sturgeon To Chair Senate Education Committee
Of course, Exceptional Delaware had it first: Sokola Out As Chair Of Senate Education Committee, Sturgeon Will Be Chair Dave will still be on the committee, but, as chair, Sturgeon will have a lot of influence on the state’s education agenda. Tizzy Lockman is also on the committee, which includes Sokola, DelCollo and Lopez. Checking now […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., January 8, 2019
Please excuse me while I jump into the Wayback Machine to pay a visit to January 2017 in order to do a cut-n paste. Be back in a jif… …I’m back. Man, Nemski was really on fire early in 2017. But, I digress. OK, the General Assembly convenes for its first session tomorrow. So, first […]
House Committee Assignments: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
Guess Speaker Pete decided that Sunday afternoon was a good time to release the House Committee assignments. As if we wouldn’t notice. The short story: This is decidedly the handiwork of Pete Schwartzkopf, with his police pals and his hangers-on getting plum assignments. You can check out the assignments here. Just click on each committee […]
Mike Ramone’s Term Limits Bill Is A Bleeping Joke
Folks, you just gotta read this bill. Introduced yesterday, along with another Ramone bill that is a bleeping joke, HB 33 purports to be a constitutional amendment creating term limits, but it’s utterly pathetic and ineffectual. Oh, and unnecessary (more on that in a few sentences). Here’s the substance of the the bill in its […]
Delaware Elections 2020: Race-By-Race-Part 2
OK, I’m not gonna run through all 41 house races. I’m not that sadistic, and I would hope that you’re not that masochistic. I’ll just cover the ones that interest me as of this moment: RD 2: Will self-dealer Stephanie Bolden retire, or will she for once face a decent challenger? RD 3: Likely of […]
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