The Weekly Addresses

In this week's address, the President addressed critical pieces of national security business that remained unfinished when the Senate left town. This Sunday at midnight, key tools used to protect against terrorist threats are set to expire. Divider In his weekly message, Governor Markell highlights additional efforts to provide Delawareans with access to ongoing education and jobs training. Divider Rep. Ed Osienski spoke with Comcast Newsmakers about the infrastructure bill the House passed earlier this month, discussing the need to invest in ‪Delaware infrastructure‬ to create good-paying jobs, make our roads safer and increase economic opportunities.
News Journal Finally Reports Walker Job…Leaves A Few Key Things Out.

News Journal Finally Reports Walker Job…Leaves A Few Key Things Out.

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Well, the story was broken here at DL, and it will remain an open question as to whether the so-called 'paper of record' would have even covered it if we hadn't. At least, they finally have covered it. The story, which is a good one, raises as many questions as it answers. Oh, and it leaves out one of the key elements of the whole stinkin' mess: Walker getting the job with an agency under the purview of the state police after carrying the cops' water in burying the death penalty bill in her committee. Under the approving eye of former state cop and current Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf. The questions revolve around how she got the job.  First, read these excerpts from the News-Journal article...
BREAKING: Gay Agenda — 1,593,422; Shaun Fink — 0

BREAKING: Gay Agenda — 1,593,422; Shaun Fink — 0

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I've probably undercounted the Gay Agenda wins. Still. Mr. Fink has resigned his position on the Indian River school board, surrendering to the vastly superior ground and air forces of the Gay Agenda. No word yet when the Gay Agenda will actually control the Board:
Shaun Fink, an Indian River School District school board member who spent much of the school year debating against the merits of teaching homosexual terms in the district's middle and high school classrooms, has resigned. "I've decided to resign because of acquiescence to the homosexual agenda within the district," he said.
Thursday Open Thread [5.28.15]

Thursday Open Thread [5.28.15]

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Finally, someone starts talking some sense about Delaware's tax rates. Seriously, it makes no sense to raise the taxes of the people who did not gain much during the recovery (the plan to eliminate deductions) -- taxes should be raised on the folks who did get the money:
Delaware's personal income tax is the largest source of state revenue, generating $1.2 billion this year - enough to fund almost 32 percent of total state government operations. Delaware's top income tax rate of 6.6 percent is charged on incomes $60,000 and above. Some lawmakers now say adding a tax bracket for wealthier Delawareans could help solve the state's budget problems, while more fairly spreading the state's income tax burden.
Wilmington’s Leadership and Education

Wilmington’s Leadership and Education

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It is pretty normal to go to any Wilmington civic meeting and have at least part of that meeting focused on a discussion of improving educational opportunities for kids in the city. This is a good thing, because it is pretty clear that residents know that education is important for this kids; they know that the city is full of kids who need some additional help here and they know that it will be easier for the city to stabilize if it has great schools available to all of its kids. City Leadership from both the Administration and the City Council enthusiastically join in these discussions, carving out their own place in the Amen Corner here and showing themselves as on the same page with what their constituents want. It is a bad thing because none of these meetings is a school board meeting and I have never witnessed one of these discussions where any government official: 1) explained that the City of Wilmington has no authority over the schools in the city; 2) encouraged people to actually take all of this energy to a school board meeting where something could be done to address those concerns or 3) encouraged people to get out to vote in a school district referendum.
Wednesday Open Thread [5.27.15]

Wednesday Open Thread [5.27.15]

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First Read: “By itself, making money shouldn’t be an issue for Bill and Hillary Clinton; after all, so many of our past presidents have been wealthy. By itself, Bill Clinton having a shell LLC wouldn’t be an issue either. But when you add the two together, you see that the Clintons have a Mitt Romney problem on their hands — wealth and ‘otherness’ that voters might not be able to relate to, especially when the likes of Bernie Sanders are campaigning against wealth.” “Of course, there’s one BIG difference between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney: Romney wanted to cut taxes for the wealthy, while Hillary likely wants to raise them and eliminate tax loopholes benefitting the well-off. As the Clintons have said before, people like them should be paying more in taxes. And you probably won’t hear that rhetoric from the eventual GOP nominee." The voters won't care. They only care when someone who is wealthy wants to cut taxes for him so as to further enrich himself at the expense of the voters. If a candidate who is wealthy wants to raise taxes on himself or herself while at the same providing benefits and services to the voter as a result, the voters will lap that right up. Remember the Kennedy's. They were fabulously wealthy. But also liberal. To get elected as a rich person in this country, you better be a liberal Democrat.