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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Does This Have The Faint Aroma Of Kathleen McGuiness Stench To It? No, it has complete and total McG stench affixed to it. A PAC was registered with the Delaware Department Of Elections yesterday. The PAC is called the ‘Prescription For Change’ PAC. Its stated purpose is ‘to support candidates who make a positive impact […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 6, 2021
Bloody Rethug Primary Set For Georgia: The looming Republican primary opens a new front in the Georgia GOP’s civil war, which traces back to Trump’s loss in Georgia in November. Those divisions played a role in the twin defeats of both of the state’s Republican senators, Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, two months later in January […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 5, 2021
C’mon, folks, get your nominees for 2021 MVP’s (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause in Delaware) in. Time’s running short. The thread’s a little late this morning. Last night’s Twisted Pine concert was so awesome. Not to mention, as the producer, I’m more than a little worn-out today. Those steps at the Gild Hall aren’t […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 4, 2021
‘Her Snowless Mountains Majesty Above The Barren Plains’. Snowless mountains (literally) loom large in Mountain West: A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy: In about 35 to 60 years, mountainous states are projected to be nearly snowless for years at a time […]
BREAKING: Andria Bennett Cashing In With City Of Dover, Salary In the Six Figure Range
I just spoke to the current City Clerk of Dover, Traci McDowell. She confirmed the report from one of our readers that Andria Bennett has indeed been hired for that job. McDowell will stay on in the position until Bennett is ‘settled in’. Although the title is ‘City Clerk’, it’s more like the top administrative […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Nov. 26-December 3, 2021
1. Kyra Hoffner Seeks D Nomination In 14th Senate District: The stakes are too high right now to sit on the sidelines. We need people like us in government, making decisions and helping to steer our community in a better direction. Eight years ago, I started volunteering and advocating for civic rights and against unjust […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 3, 2021
Rethugs Will Pay The Price When Roe v Wade Is Overturned. Here’s why the Democratic ‘gloom-‘n-doom’ narrative perpetuated by Politico and (oxymoron alert) centrist think-tanks can be obsolete almost overnight: What’s clear is that Republicans are already ducking for cover on abortion. But GOP wishful thinking aside, if the Supreme deals a major blow to […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 2, 2021
BREAKING: Auditor’s Office Has Spent $262,000 On Attorney’s Fees Since 2019: Nobody’s Talking. Articles like this are why I subscribe. From Xerxes Wilson’s piece: In the same time period during which Delaware state Auditor Kathy McGuiness is accused of a felony for intimidating employees under her leadership, public documents show taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on outside […]
‘Flutegrass’, Anybody?
This is but one element of Twisted Pine that you’ll savor this Saturday at the Arden Gild Hall–but only if you attend: Now, if only they knew how to have some fun… Seriously, you’re gonna skip this?? Didn’t think so. This Saturday. Arden Gild Hall. 8 pm. $20 tickets (??!!). Right here, right now: https://ardenconcerts.com/event/twisted-pine/ […]
When Did Delaware’s ‘Pharmacist Of The Year’ Last Fill A Prescription?
No, acting as a guest Pill Pusher at raves doesn’t count. Here’s what we know: First, she’s been State Auditor for three years now. Does/did she have a side gig? Unlikely. Here’s what you may not know: McGuiness sold her pharmacy in, wait for it, 2002. 2002. We’re talking pre-Park City. She then went into […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 28, 2021
Federal COVID Relief Has Been Unfairly Maligned. It’s doing a lot of good: To date, the federal government has allocated $4.52 trillion in response to Covid-19 — a staggering figure, one that exceeds the entire federal budget in 2019. Most of that funding comes from just two bills: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 27, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Interview With Sondheim. Sondheim was a sounding-board for Miranda during the creation of Hamilton: Sondheim was one of the first people I told about my idea for a piece about Alexander Hamilton, back in 2008. It was in this townhouse, on the first floor. I’d been hired to write Spanish translations for a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 26, 2021
In case you were wondering: The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much […]
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