DL Open Thread Tuesday January 24 2023

Carper said that introducing a DC statehood bill reminded him of when he introduced the Hawaii, Alaska and Arizona statehood bills.

Delaware Democrat introducing DC statehood bill in Senate

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) on Monday announced he’s reintroducing a bill to grant statehood to the nation’s capital. “The rumors are true! I’m introducing the #DCStatehood bill in the Senate this week,” Carper wrote on Twitter. Carper has led previous efforts to get the bill through in the Senate in partnership with the District of Columbia’s nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), whose name on Twitter is Eleanor “#DCStatehood” Holmes Norton.  

Dewey Beach is in the market for a new town slogan So far the leading candidates are:

"Highest rate of pedestrian fatalities in the state!" 

"If you lived here, you'd be drunk by now." 

DL Open Thread Monday January 23 2023

I listened to Delaware House & Senate Republicans "reaction" to the State Address by Governor Carney so you don't have to

Hocker opened up slurring through some nonsense that I couldn't really make out.  Is he drunk or having a stroke?  If it's a stoke, I don't want to make too much fun of him. I'm decent that way. Pettyjohn agrees with Carney on everything, but wants Delaware to shove money into the bank accounts of multi-national companies even faster and with even less oversight.  Turning Delaware into the anti-regulation paradise "just like Texas" appears to be  Pettyjohn's obsession.  (His campaign for Gov tag line?  Spoiler Alert: It is going to be tough to run to the right of Bethany Hall Long on the issue of making the state an even bigger corporate patsy.) Ramone wants to know...