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BREAKING: Cyndie Romer Announces Candidacy To Succeed John Kowalko

By El Somnambulo March 30, 20227 Comments

I know two things: (a) she seems like a really good candidate on paper; and (b) Mike Matthews really likes her. Hard to imagine a stronger successor to Kowalko, but…

I’m With Will.

By El Somnambulo March 30, 202223 Comments

No, this is not a blatantly naked appeal for page views (although if it works I'll have no objection to it). I mean, of course he shouldn't have slapped Chris…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 27, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 27, 20226 Comments

Fascinating Portrait Of Vladimir Putin. Why he is the way he is. Well worth a NYTimes subscription. Too much to even excerpt. Read it online, or try to find a…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 26, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 26, 20223 Comments

Rethug Congressman Found Guilty Of Lying About Illegal Campaign Contributions. Poor guy, after his conviction, he read a letter from his daughter saying how much she loves him anyway: A…

Delaware Political Weekly: March 18-24, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 25, 2022

1. Whither SD 3? I've pretty much got only questions. I'm counting on you to provide information and/or speculation. Following her destruction of police reform, can or will Sen. Lockman…

DL Open Thread: Friday, March 25, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 25, 20228 Comments

Money For Nothin'. The coming-together of Carney's brain-dead 'budget-smoothing', the lack of virtually any guardrails on that windfall of Federal money, and the cynicism of the Delaware General Assembly. Because…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 24, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 24, 202210 Comments

Wow, a good day! Much of it memorialized in the press, which always makes my job easier. SS1/SB 101 (Townsend), which provides legal assistance to renters in landlord-tenant disputes, cleared…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 24, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 24, 202210 Comments

Looks Like The Manhattan DA Ran Interference For Trump: Trump 'Guilty Of Multiple Felonies': The question, of course, is why did this Alvin Bragg pull the plug on the investigation?…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 23, 202224 Comments

False advertising. At least for the most part. I couldn't shut off my brain following what happened with LEOBOR Reform yesterday. I'm not sure my thoughts will make any more…

Meaningful LEOBOR Reform Was Dead As Soon As Sen. Lockman Took Charge

By El Somnambulo March 22, 202212 Comments

Talk about not learning from history. Tizzy Lockman chose the same failed path that Val Longhurst, for example, tried with the NRA and the Delaware Sportsmen's Association. You know, involve…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20227 Comments

We're in a legislative holding pattern. 'Some' would call it a slog. Passing nothing of any real importance while waiting (in vain) for them to consider something of importance. Anybody…

Townhouses Of Russian Oligarch Traced To Delaware Shell Corporations

By El Somnambulo March 21, 202210 Comments

One of Putin's most notorious oligarchs--Oleg Derispaka. He owns two Manhattan townhouses, or, more accurately, they are owned by two separate Delaware shell corporations. Betcha they aren't the only entanglements.…

The Most Blatantly-Corrupt Bill Of The Session

By El Somnambulo March 21, 202223 Comments

Of many sessions, actually. For all involved, if you didn't want your names besmirched in this piece, you never should have gotten involved, and stayed involved, in this grab of…