Take the Gas Money and Run

Take the Gas Money and Run

There's a constitutional amendment making the rounds to make it more difficult for the Delaware state legislature to siphon money from the Transporportation Trust Fund. Seems like a no-brainer, but is it?
April 3, 2017 Open Thread

April 3, 2017 Open Thread

Wilmington police seek suspects in city's 51st and 52nd shootings of 2017; AAA: Summer gas switch costing you more at the pump; Delaware man killed by trooper on NJ Turnpike identified; Wild turkey rebounding in Delaware
Weekend Open Thread

Weekend Open Thread

Did DelDOT hide reason for $4 million project?; Trial opens Monday in deadly Howard High assault; Ex-Phils skipper Dallas Green to be memorialized in native Delaware Saturday; Local malls may need makeovers to stay competitive

Campaigns don’t start with a three county tour…

...they start with a tip to the DL tipline.
A person close to Simpler says that he is NOT running for treasurer in 2018. And that he does plan on running against Carney for governor in 2020.
Also - I've heard that if Simpler doesn't run for Tres. look for Kathy McGuiness to run for that office. Could Ken be so generous as to give Park City a running start? Simpler is rumored to be a big supporter of KMcG and in looking at her facebook page, she's planning on running for something.

I’m calling it: Ken Simpler will beat John Carney

After taking in Carney's "shared sacrifice" budget proposal a couple of things have become clear to me. 1) Carney has no imagination. He isn't a leader. He is just following along what Jack Markell did, right down to adopting Markell's January swansong budget proposal wholesale. This budget shows no guts and fewer brains. 2) He doesn't care about courting Democratic constituencies. The gutting of the Coastal Zone Act in order to preserve "offshore tax shelter" tax rates for wealthy corporations and individuals speaks volumes. 3) Carney is trapped in 1990's. This budget does court two constituencies - the state chamber of commerce, and "moderates." Does he really think that he is going to run a race that ignores Democrats (because he thinks he has those votes tied down) while trying to appeal to the state's persuadable Republicans? My sense is that he is thinking precisely that because it is what would have worked in the 1990's. This budget demonstrates...
March 31, 2017 Open Thread

March 31, 2017 Open Thread

Gov. John Carney: Fix budget, update Coastal Zone Act; Suspect killed by NCCo police shot earlier by Phila. cop; Delaware legislators say they have votes to legalize pot; Working group to consider future of Wilmington's Baynard Stadium