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I Agree With Greg Lavelle–

By El Somnambulo February 13, 20217 Comments

Or, to be more precise, Greg Lavelle agrees with me. The issue is when should parties hold their primaries for statewide, legislative, and local offices. Back in 2016, I wrote…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021

By Alby February 7, 20216 Comments

The challenges facing the country and the Biden administration are monumental, and some of them are not going to be undone as quickly as we all would like. Topping the…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021

By Alby January 31, 20214 Comments

Quote of the Day: The contract between a Trumpist politician and their voters runs a little something like, “I will enrich myself while exacerbating every problem that lands on my…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 28, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 28, 2021

It's Clean-Up Day in Dover. Both agendas feature bills that will head to the Governor after today, with the House mostly working Senate bills, and the Senate working House bills.…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 26, 20219 Comments

Yet another truncated session (wash, rinse, repeat) featuring (not highlighted by) Gov. Carney's State Of The State Address. For reasons I can't explain, most of Delaware's recent governors deliver these…

DL Open Thread Sunday 1/24/21

By Alby January 24, 20217 Comments

Delawareans who tried to get a dose of Covid vaccine on Saturday spent up to seven hours waiting in line, and many gave up before getting a shot. Republicans, like…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 21, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 21, 20212 Comments

Is Val Longhurst the least ethical member of the Delaware General Assembly? Well, let's see, she parlayed her office into getting a job as the Executive Director of the Delaware…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 19, 20218 Comments

Yet another circumscribed week in Dover. There will be no session on Wednesday in deference to the Inauguration of President Biden and Veep Kamala Harris. Look for a similarly-circumscribed Inaugural…

DL Open Thread 1/17/21: Delusional Dotard Delusional to the Last

By Alby January 17, 20217 Comments

I'm not holding my breath expecting America to come to grips with what it was, is and shall become, so I expect people to deny until death the fact that…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 14, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 14, 20219 Comments

You can't have a progressive tax system without progressive legislators. Progressives were in short supply during the terms of Governors Pete DuPont, Mike Castle and Tom Carper. Revenue was not…

Open Thread 1/14/21: A Message to You, Rudy

By Alby January 14, 20219 Comments

Who didn't see this coming, except everybody? Donald Trump told aides not to pay Rudy Giuliani. This is a surprise on the order of the sun rising in the general…

Delaware Should Restrict, or Better Yet Ban, Open Carry

By Alby January 13, 20214 Comments

Gun-humpers are prematurely ejaculating over their chance to carry guns to statehouses on Jan. 20, and they can do that for a very simple reason: Only three states ban all…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, January 13, 2021

By El Somnambulo January 13, 20212 Comments

The virtual pageantry is over, the leaders and committees have been made official, and both chambers are ready for action. Not, of course, w/o some protest votes from the toothless…