Delaware Liberal

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This morning’s NJ article has a lot of choice quotes from current and retired lawmakers concerning the power of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Thurman Adams.

The article essentialy describes Thurman Adams as a mad dictator, with enough power to rule Delaware according to what pleases or displeases him.   Consider these passages of the article:

The epitaph for open-government legislation read “Jan. 11, 2007 — Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate.”

The Senate Executive Committee is better known as Thurman Adams’ desk drawer, a place where controversial legislation goes to die.

Senate Bill 4, filed on the first day of the legislative session and intended to increase public access to governmental meetings and records, spent two years yellowing and crumbling away there.

Adams can kill bills.

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