Tag: Delaware Way

DE Sports and Video Lottery Commission Recommends Against New Casinos

Filed in National by on January 13, 2010 38 Comments

…or — perhaps we should call this Watching the Delaware Legislature Put Their Ninny Hats On. Ginger Gibson at the News Journal documents the atrocities.

This is a completely mind-boggling recommendation by this Commission and flies in the face of the recommendations (and data gathered) by their own commissioned study:

Several lawmakers insisted that any financial harm to the existing racetracks was unacceptable, even if job losses there were compensated for with new jobs at new venues.

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What’s Going On With The VCCB?

Filed in Delaware by on June 23, 2009 3 Comments

Last week, El Somnambulo wrote about the Violent Crimes Compensation Board and political patronage. The Joint Sunset Committee has a bill to change the VCCB to an appeals board. It’s a good change. So, if the board is changing to an appeals board, why was a member appointed to a new three year term? From […]

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Showdown at the D(elaware) W(ay) Corral

Filed in National by on May 6, 2009 21 Comments

Classic western. The stoic sheriff up against the outlaws who ‘run this town’. Score one for the outlaws. Nothing says Delaware Way more than former State Democratic Party Chair (He’s a duPont! He’s our duPont! Let’s make him chair! He can raise almost as much money as the Republican duPonts!) Rick Bayard openly lobbying on […]

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Schwartzkopf Firing Retribution by the ‘Delaware Way’ Folks

Filed in Delaware by on May 5, 2009 29 Comments

The news that Pete Schwartzkopf has been fired from his job as Head of Security at the Delaware State Fair is proof that the perpetrators of the Delaware Way are running scared. When you’re scared, you make mistakes. And this was a doozie. The Beast Who Slumbers is not so sleep-deprived that he doesn’t know […]

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Dear Gov.-Elect Markell — People’s Settlement Needs Tough Love

Filed in Delaware by on December 17, 2008 26 Comments

Dear Governor-Elect Markell: While we are delighted that you will be taking the reigns of the government here in Delaware, we certainly understand that you begin governing with some of the greatest challenges of many generations. Certainly, you don’t need any more problems to fix, but the People’s Settlement needs attention, and quickly. The Office […]

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Serious QOD

Filed in Delaware by on December 3, 2008 3 Comments

How do elective office Transition costs for state-wide office get paid for here in Delaware? I understand that participants are not paid for their time, but participants do have expenses related to transition activity like travel and phone and so on. Does the state provide this funding or does the office winner have to fund […]

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