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BREAKING: Chief Justice Strine To Step Down

By El Somnambulo July 8, 201912 Comments

Here's Xerxes Wilson's story: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/07/08/leo-strine-delaware-supreme-courts-chief-justice-steps-down/1672795001/ Here's what sucks: Carney will nominate his replacement.

DL Political Hot-Stove League: The State Senate

By El Somnambulo July 8, 20198 Comments

'Hot-stove' not to be taken literally, of course. But there will be some significant change in the Senate, and I figured that it's time to talk about it. So today…

Legislative Leftovers: A Few Post-July 1 Crumbs

By El Somnambulo July 3, 20191 Comment

*While the first leg of a constitutional amendment permitting 'no-excuses absentee voting' was stalled by Rethugs in the Senate, another bill with much more potential to enable early voting passed…

Joe Biden Caused More Harm To Minorities Than Any Other D In Recent Memory

By El Somnambulo July 2, 201915 Comments

Busing was only a small part of it. Although that's important. A lot of blacks didn't like busing either, and a lot of whites hated it. Which can in no…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Sun., June 30, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 30, 201923 Comments

Based on what's come before, it's entirely fitting that this first session of the General Assembly draws to a close with the passage of two money bills with contents hidden…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 27, 2019

By El Somnambulo June 27, 20197 Comments

It's June 27. Do you know where your Bond Bill is? It has not yet been unveiled. There was speculation that it might be run today. If so, it will…

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…