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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Big Story: Hospital Cost Review Board Bill Could Go To Governor Today. The bill was amended in the Senate, so it now returns to the House for final passage. It’s first on today’s House Agenda, which is the normal practice in both chambers. When a bill returns from the other chamber with amendment(s), you’ll […]
Song of the Day 4/20: Fraternity of Man, “Don’t Bogart That Joint”
Another April 20 and Delaware continues to creep slowly towards making recreational marijuana not just legal but obtainable. Don’t bogart that process! The Fraternity of Man was a psychedelic blues band formed by members of Lowell George’s group The Factory after he left for the Mothers of Invention. This slow country number about dope-smoking etiquette, […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
The Billionaires Who Prop Up Trump: We already know about Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania’s richest man, who has bankrolled the Trump pump-and-dump shell company housing Truth Social. We also know that Trump has not invested one penny in the shell company. We know that the company literally has no chance to make money, meaning the only […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 20, 2024
Pretty productive day in Dover. Stuff I noticed: SB 232 (Gay), which ‘expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills’, passed in the Senate unanimously. Surprised, for once, at the lack of knee-jerk Rethug opposition. Sarah McBride’s bill, which may yield $100 mill in additional healthcare for Medicaid recipients, was introduced. Would […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Police Preying On Children. This story has the statistics and, more importantly, the ordeal suffered by a victim and her family. Must-reading: A Washington Post investigation has found that over the past two decades, hundreds of police officers have preyed on children, while agencies across the country have failed to take steps to prevent these […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 13, 2024
I’ve been told I overthink things. However, I don’t think I can overthink the magnitude of the unanimous passage of HB 281 yesterday. Which is why it’s today’s Story Of The Day. Here’s why: 1. This officially makes John Carney the lamest of lame ducks. Carney’s transition began with his recognition that he wasn’t gonna […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., Jan. 25, 2024
I see nothing controversial on today’s House and Senate Agendas. Little of importance as well. Although these three bills move the ball forward a bit: SB 197 (Hansen): ‘(R)equire(s) that beginning January 1, 2026, state agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29 must purchase only native plants, including cultivars and hybrids of native plants, in […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 17, 2024
You know that today’s gonna be a slow day when the only ‘notable’ scheduled activity is the passage of a resolution providing for John Carney’s State Of The State Address, which will take place tomorrow. Well, time to make chicken shit out of chicken shit. There is no House Agenda today. Here are the committee […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 10, 2024
I’m finally back online following a morning w/o internet or TV service. My wife suggested I read a book. I tried. Too many words. Yesterday was the Story Of Dueling Resolutions–one asking our delegation and President Biden to support a cease-fire in Gaza, and one doing absolutely nothing. You don’t need me to tell you […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Former labor secretary Robert Reich used his year-end column to make a point I’ve long believed: The perception that America’s quality of life is declining is linked to the fact that wealth is increasingly concentrated in fewer hands. In his words, the American Dream is vanishing. Over the past 40 years, the earnings of the […]
2023: The Good. The Bad. The Ridiculous.
As usual, the ‘Good List’ is much smaller than the other two. I can not so humbly state that this is the only list you’ll need to sum up Delaware in 2023. It’s long, but well worth your time, replete with generous links to the stories: THE GOOD: Jan. 18: Gov. Carney proposes a 9% […]
Song of the Day 12/7: Denny Laine’s Electric String Band, “Why Did You Come”
Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at 79, might have been who Andy Warhol had in mind when he said everyone would get 15 minutes of fame. For about that long in 1964 it looked like the guy born Brian Hines would be a big rock ‘n’ roll star. The band he fronted, the Moody Blues, […]
DL Open Thread: November 26, 2023
Trump Commuted The Sentences Of Only The Best People. This one raises all sorts of questions: Jonathan Braun of New York had served just two and a half years of a decade-long sentence for running a massive marijuana ring, when Mr. Trump, at 12:51 a.m. on his last day in office, announced he would be […]
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