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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 16, 2019

By El Somnambulo January 16, 20196 Comments

Can we start with John Carney's Group Hug? Trying to stay one step ahead of the posse, er, courts, John Carney announced a commitment to provide $60 mill in funding…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 15, 2019

By El Somnambulo January 15, 20196 Comments

Didn't take long for one of the most dubious deals in recent legislative history to resurface. Featuring, at the least, the ethically-bankrupt trio of Val Longhurst, Nicole Poore, and Dick…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 10, 2019

By El Somnambulo January 10, 20191 Comment

Everything is in place to pass the Delaware Equal Rights Amendment by next Wednesday. HB 1 was released from the House Administration Committee yesterday. It will be considered in the…

John Carney To Prisoners: “Drop Dead!”

By El Somnambulo January 10, 20194 Comments

Literally. That's what happened when Vermont did what Delaware is now doing: Sending prisoners to the Camp Hill facility in Pennsylvania. Esteban Parra, in an excellent piece in today's News…

Big Announcement From Sen. McBride?

By El Somnambulo January 9, 20194 Comments

Yes, according to the News Journal's Scott Goss: Scott Goss ✔ @ScottGossDel Being told Senate President David McBride is going to make "a big announcement" around 4:30 p.m. today.…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 9, 2019

By El Somnambulo January 9, 201923 Comments

Yesterday was All Ceremony. Congratulations to all. Let's get down to business. According to press reports, the General Assembly has two must-pass bills for January: The second leg of Delaware's…

BREAKING: Laura Sturgeon To Chair Senate Education Committee

By El Somnambulo January 8, 201921 Comments

Of course, Exceptional Delaware had it first: https://exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/sokola-out-as-chair-of-senate-education-committee-sturgeon-will-be-chair/ Dave will still be on the committee, but, as chair, Sturgeon will have a lot of influence on the state's education agenda. …

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., January 8, 2019

By El Somnambulo January 8, 201917 Comments

Please excuse me while I jump into the Wayback Machine to pay a visit to January 2017 in order to do a cut-n paste. Be back in a jif... ...I'm…

House Committee Assignments: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous

By El Somnambulo January 7, 201914 Comments

Guess Speaker Pete decided that Sunday afternoon was a good time to release the House Committee assignments. As if we wouldn't notice. The short story: This is decidedly the handiwork…

Mike Ramone’s Term Limits Bill Is A Bleeping Joke

By El Somnambulo January 5, 20192 Comments

Folks, you just gotta read this bill. Introduced yesterday, along with another Ramone bill that is a bleeping joke, HB 33 purports to be a constitutional amendment creating term limits,…

Delaware Elections 2020: Race-By-Race-Part 2

By El Somnambulo January 3, 201926 Comments

OK, I'm not gonna run through all 41 house races. I'm not that sadistic, and I would hope that you're not that masochistic. I'll just cover the ones that interest…

Melanie George Smith Even Phonier Than I Thought

By El Somnambulo January 2, 201915 Comments

I knew her 'sustainability' bill stunk to high heaven. I couldn't figure out what the purpose was for this bill. Now I know. It was a bill designed to create…

Delaware Elections 2020: Race By Race-Part 1

By El Somnambulo January 1, 201912 Comments

"In the field of opportunity, it's plowin' time again."- Neil Young. Hoo, boy, ya' think 2018 was fun? Let's just check out 2020. Here's who/what will be on the Election…