Tag: Jack Markell
Governor Jack Markell on Morning Joe
A clip of the Governor’s appearance on Morning Joe this AM is up and here for you to check out
Governor Markell on Radio Times
Wish I had known about this earlier — Governor Markell was on with Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times during the first hour this AM.
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign received $63,400 of illegal campaign donations from Tigani and NKS.
Marriage Equality vs. Civil Unions
Yesterday in a meeting with bloggers, Governor Markell stated that he supported Civil Unions for Delaware but hadn’t thought about full marriage equality.
Tornoe’s Toon: The Treasure Of The Sierra Velda
To a gold miner, enough is never enough. In the same way, the $100,000+ salary Velda Jones-Potter brings in as the state’s Treasurer must not be enough.
More Signs O’ the Times
There is a message in this someplace, I’m certain of it. This sign is up at 4th and Adams St (the I-95 RoW) and has been laughing at me all week. Some weisenheimer put this sign up at this intersection late last week — before all of the other signs got up: It was the […]
You Have To Be Kidding Me
The DGA tried to influence the Republican primary for governor of Iowa by comparing former governor Terry Branstad to President Clinton, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi.
Tornoe’s Toon: Delaware Cell Phone Ban
So Delaware joined seven other states in banning the use of cell phones while driving. Finally. I read that Kent General has launched an awareness campaign to stress the dangers of texting while driving. I wonder if they’re going to educate people with those distracting billboards.
SB 234 Passes
The House has passed the Universal Recycling bill, 26 to 12, with 1 present but not voting and 2 absent. ‘Bulo will cover the meat of this tomorrow in his daily legislative roundup, specifically as to what amendments passed and were defeated, but I wanted to pass along the result and Governor’s statement, which is below:
Vote!
Twitter points us to a fun little survey at Chris Cillizza’s The Fix, a fantasy political draft. Cillizza is asking what current politician is a future star. Our very own governor, Jack Markell, is one of the choices. You may now return to your regularly scheduled blogging.
Tornoe’s Toon: Markell vs. Goliath(s)
As a cartoonist, I’m very rarely afforded the opportunity to do a “positive” cartoon. But Gov. Markell has overcome a lot of obstacles thrown at Delaware amid this terrible recession, including the recent sale of the shut-down Valero refinery in Delaware City to PBF Energy. So I felt it was proper to give him some […]
Deep Gubernatorial Thought
Last night at a townhall meeting, Governor Markell offered the following thought when defending some of his more unpopular stands (slavery apology, NRA-written gun law): You don’t elect someone for their proposals, you elect them for their judgment. How do you feel about this statement?
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