Guest Post: Occasional Words from the Resistance – The first in a series of remarks from the desk of R.E. Vanella

Guest Post: Occasional Words from the Resistance – The first in a series of remarks from the desk of R.E. Vanella

9 Comments
Unhappy the land where heroes are needed.  –Bertolt Brecht, Life of Galileo I am in here.  Like many of you I had a painful week.  I think dramatic vacillation between severe emotions has the same effect as ascending too quickly from great depths in the sea.  If I accelerate from rage directly to despondency in, say, less than two seconds I experience significant waves of nausea. I’ve concluded that the seriousness of this moment requires us to navigate through the storms of the body and the psyche and get on the same page.  There’s been mention of coming together.  So to that end and if you’ll permit me, I’d like to make a few remarks. What I am going to do, and what I strongly urge you all to do, is whatever it takes to prepare yourself for the fight ahead.  We’ve read polls, and spread memes, and spewed talking points, and told the jokes, and made predictions, and dismissed other people predictions, and also the videos.  It seems a little surreal that there was a game in this space around Republican primary season.  Has anyone else had this thought? Please know I mean no disrespect, but I’m in no mood to play now.
Guest Post — A Skeptic’s View of SB 197 on Human Trafficking

Guest Post — A Skeptic’s View of SB 197 on Human Trafficking

25 Comments
This is a Guest Post from multiple authors who wanted to discuss some of the weaknesses of HB SB 197 as they see it. As always, this Guest Post doesn't represent the views or opinions of the editors of Delaware Liberal -- we're giving other voices a forum to air their concerns. I'm hoping that the folks who wrote this will join in the discussion.
We (multiple authors) decided to write this post to outline where exactly we see the land lies with SB 197. This particular piece of legislation has been a long time coming, and we roundly applaud Sen. Blevins and all the co-sponsors on the bill. It should sail thru the legislature easily – who would be against stopping Human Slavery. However it seems other agencies, with the responsibility for enforcing the law seem to be either unaware or uncaring about the problem. [...]
Guest Post — New Castle County Council–2, Gordon Administration–0

Guest Post — New Castle County Council–2, Gordon Administration–0

2 Comments
During the October 22 committee meetings, some New Castle County Council members showed a surprising degree of independence from the Gordon administration by rejecting two of the administration's proposals. It probably helped that vociferous Gordon allies Jae Street and Bob Weiner were not present during these committee meetings. The first proposal (presented in the Community Services Committee) to be routed was Ordinance 13-078, which would create an Office of Community Governing. This was an office established by Gordon during his first turn as County Executive.

Guest Post from DFA — Netroots Nation Scholarship Competition Launches

1 Comment
Most of our regular readers know about Netroots Nation and believe it or not, that time of the year is coming up again. I've never been and I *really* want to go -- the schedule has just never quite worked. In any event, Democracy for America sponsors attendees to this conference every year by providing scholarships to progressive bloggers and activists who couldn't otherwise go.