Tag: Bryon Short

The Most Important Delaware Race of 2016…

Filed in Delaware by on September 8, 2015 26 Comments
The Most Important Delaware Race of 2016…

…will be the primary for US Congress between State Rep. Bryon Short and State Senator Bryan Townsend.

It is a battle of the present (and, one hopes, the past) of the Democratic Party vs. a more progressive future.

Make no mistake: Bryon Short is the chosen heir to the mantle of middle-of-the-road mediocrity personified by Tom Carper and John Carney. He, or more likely Ed Freel and his ilk, have chosen ex-Carper staffer Mat Marshall to run his campaign. Carper’s ‘Brain’, Ed Freel, is calling the shots from his UD bunker.  Short, of course, served in Carper’s congressional office, and has made no bones about his friendship with Carper and Carney.  You may also recall that Bryon Short bottled up a minimum wage increase in his House committee until the bill was essentially emasculated.  Although strong on social issues, Short’s principal legislative focus has been on cutting yet more ‘red tape’ that, according to the Chamber and its allies, hobble businesses in Delaware. In fact, Short essentially had a committee created just for him with this run in mind: The (get this) House Economic Development/ Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee, aka The Business Lapdog Committee.

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Legislative Pre-Game Show Plus Rant: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Filed in Delaware by on April 20, 2010 17 Comments

OK, folks, it’s rant time. The obligatory and halfhearted hearing into the Insurance Commissioner’s office can only be described as pathetic. Based on published reports and what was reported at DL, there appeared to have been next-to-no preparation by the respective committee members. Little in the way of followup questions. And the weak post-hearing handwringing […]

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Live Video of the KWS Hearing

Filed in National by on April 13, 2010 15 Comments

This may or may not work, but hopefully there will be a live stream of the hearing for Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. My fingers are crossed…

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Bryon Short Calls for Investigation of Insurance Commissioner’s Office

Filed in Delaware by on April 1, 2010 20 Comments

I have received a number of tips through various mediums in the past hour that Rep. Bryon Short is calling for hearing into the allegations that have been leveled at Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart by the partisan thinktank, The Caesar Rodney Institute.  Lee Williams, who was unable to really get to the bottom […]

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Bryon Short: The DelawareLiberal Interview

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 12, 2007 2 Comments
Bryon Short: The DelawareLiberal Interview

Bryon Short is the Democratic candidate for the 7th District to replace Wayne Smith. The special election it this Saturday. Bryon and I have been exchanging emails for the past few weeks and I deeply appreciate that he took the time to respond to me and my inane questions and provide the answers to them. […]

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