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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 26, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 26, 201921 Comments

Whoa. Talk about lack of notice. Check this out from Legislative Council: The Joint Finance Committee will meet Sunday, June 30 in the JFC Hearing room to draft the grant-in-aid…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 25, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 25, 201933 Comments

Let's see...our spies report that Our PAL Val and Nicole 'No Longer' Poore have snuck (sneaked?) $6 mill into (presumably) the Bond Bill for a levee to protect the Underground…

Kerri Evelyn Harris Says What No Other Delaware Democrat Dares

By Alby June 20, 20193 Comments

Kerri Evelyn Harris joined scores of black politicians in condemning Joe Biden's inarticulate-at-best remarks about getting along with segregationist senators early in his career. She told the Huffington Post, “That…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 20, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 20, 201911 Comments

Gotta work today. Less snark, less...everything. Minimum wage legislation was not released by the Senate Finance Committee. For all we know, the committee never met and never considered the bill.…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: June 19, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 19, 20195 Comments

Sometimes it's the little details that nag at me. Can someone explain why HB 73, which is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to legalize 'no-excuses absentee voting', has…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 18, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 18, 201915 Comments

While we still have two more weeks to slog through, I see no reason not to write the post-mortem on this disaster of a legislative session. It's basic: A Democratic…

AYFKM??!! McBride And Carney Kill Minimum Wage Increase

By El Somnambulo June 16, 20197 Comments

No, this is not an 'alternative universe' exercise in imagination. Matt Bittle has the gory details in this story: Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride’s decision to hold legislation that…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 13, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 13, 201923 Comments

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…

Man-n-n-n, This Hunter Biden Guy

By El Somnambulo June 12, 201912 Comments

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…

Corrupt Delaware LLC’s In Legal Crosshairs?

By El Somnambulo June 12, 201911 Comments

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…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 12, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 12, 20199 Comments

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,…

Val Longhurst Scamming Clean Water Supporters?

By El Somnambulo June 11, 201910 Comments

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…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 11, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 11, 20196 Comments

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…