Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 13, 2019
Let’s start with some good news: The minimum wage increase bill cleared committee. The Forces Of Ee-Vil were out in force and are just getting revved up to drive a stake through the heart of this bill. I think it may have the votes to pass in the Senate. Don’t see any likely D defectors. […]
Man-n-n-n, This Hunter Biden Guy
When last we heard of Joe’s wayward son, he had found love in the arms of his dead brother’s widow. It seemed strange, but, hey, nobody was hurting anybody, and Joe ‘n Jill seemed happy. A million roses bloomed. Well, you can tear up that Hallmark Made-For-TV Movie script: Tabloid news website TMZ reported that Hunter […]
Corrupt Delaware LLC’s In Legal Crosshairs?
Maybe, just maybe, the answer is yes. I got this press release from Mat Marshall of the Delaware Department of Justice yesterday: Backpage.com to Lose Delaware LLC Formations Under a Delaware Court of Chancery consent judgment issued Tuesday, four limited liability companies (LLCs) linked to the website Backpage will relinquish their Delaware certificates of formation. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 12, 2019
Let’s review yesterday’s Session Activity Report as a jumping-off point for what is sure to be a magnum opus today. Pretty much every bill discussed yesterday passed w/o controversy, including, unfortunately, SB 61(Hansen), which will send yet more state dollars down the rabbit hole of bribing businesses to come here. The one exception to this […]
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 […]
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