Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 2, 2018
The Senate has ruined my fun! Yesterday, I wrote about the imminent Senate consideration of one of the worst bills of ALL-TI-I-I-I-ME. Was on today’s Senate Agenda. It’s no longer on today’s Senate Agenda. Perhaps President Pro-Tem McBride decided that it wasn’t a good look to consider that bill while gun control bills languish under […]
Who’s Against Taking Guns From the Mentally Ill? That Answers Itself
You might have heard of a fella name of Earl Lofland, Earl R. Lofland, Earl R. Lofland of Clayton, Del. This fella seems to harbor a grudge of long standing against some of America’s institutions, which he thinks aren’t operating under the principles of the Constitution as the Founders intended that Constitution to be interpreted. […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: May 1, 2018
Late-breaking news! Either PAL Longhurst was scared snitless, or she maybe has yet another amendment up her sleeve (Spoiler Alert: She does). HB 300 now appears on a revised House Agenda for today. You remember HB 300. It ‘makes it a crime to sell, transfer, buy, receive or possess a trigger crank or bump-fire device […]
Pete Schwartzkopf Rips Dover Downs a New One
As El Somnambulo predicted last week, the casino giveway relief bill that sailed through the state Senate on a 17-3 vote faces a tougher road in the House, where its chief opponent is the most powerful man in the legislature, House speaker Pete Schwartzkopf. Schwartzkopf has long been a critic of Delaware’s racinos, and for […]
Lynching Memorial Opens to Near-Universal Praise
Last Thursday the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, better known as the lynching memorial, opened to wide coverage and effusive praise from all quarters — well, almost all quarters. The memorial stands in Montgomery, Alabama, near the former site of the city’s slave auction. Montgomery also is home to the Equal Justice Initiative, founded […]
Delaware Political Weekly: April 20-26, 2018
1. Melissa Minor-Brown To Challenge Mike Mulrooney in RD 17. Well, they certainly differ on gun control issues. Mulrooney is proud of his association with the NRA, generally supports the NRA position on gun measures. Brown does not. Melissa Minor-Brown is listed as an RN with the VA. So, I hope that the new candidate […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 26, 2018
Interesting day in the Senate. The ‘Angel Investor’ bill, which was completely rewritten via this amendment, passed the Senate, but only by a 14-7 vote. The bill had passed unanimously in the House. With the Senate amendment now attached, the bill will return to the House for another vote. The no votes?: Bonini, Hocker, Lawson, […]
Meet Chris Johnson Tonight!
Final warning! My candidate for AG will be in Arden tonight for a Meet and Greet at the Buzz Ware Village Center. Wine and cheese will be served, free of charge. Good wine, good cheese from my private collection. The event starts at 7:30 and I invite all of you to join Chris and me […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 25, 2018
At least one gun-related bill is heading to the Governor’s office following a unanimous vote for it in the Senate. This bill, which creates emergency protocols to remove deadly weapons from those deemed a threat to themselves and others. While I understand that there may be some concerns from the ACLU that could require litigation, […]
April 24 Open Thread: Panel Finds No Savings in Merging School Districts
A General Assembly task force put together to study merging some of Delaware’s 19 school districts in search of savings couldn’t find any — the best they could do was save $1.1 million on a six-district combination that would have spanned from Middletown to Dover. They did, however, recommend that it’s way past time to […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 24, 2018
The House and Senate leadership teams may well be the most ineffectual that I can remember. In fact, I’m struggling to think who comes in second. This is not me settling scores. This is a recognition of just how poorly they have mismanaged what should have been slam-dunk legislation to prevent mass carnage via deadly […]
Delaware Political Weekly: April 13-19, 2018
1. Brandt Can’t. Won’t. Run. The ‘name on the ballot’ who the R’s convinced to run for the House seat currently held by Lisa Blunt Rochester is a name on the ballot no more. The, pardon the expression, aborted candidacy falls squarely on the shoulders of Mike Harrington, the out-of-his-depth Chair of the Delaware Republican […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 19, 2018
Senate President Pro-Tempore Dave McBride had an idea. It was, and remains, a good idea. He would post the Senate agendas for the entire week well in advance of Tuesday’s sessions. He has done so. Problem is, bills have been dropping from those agendas regularly. Yesterday, it was Ernie Lopez’s ‘DNREC, Get Off Of My […]
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