Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 14, 2016.

Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 14, 2016.

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Today's House Agenda leads off with a bill that increases penalties for talking or texting on a hand-held device while driving.  I support the bill, although I question the assertion that 'novice drivers' are most likely to ignore the law. Based on my observations, virtually everybody ignores the law. The bill also adds points for a second offense and thereafter. Good. The agenda is highlighted by two anti-discrimination bills.  HB 316 (Heffernan)  'makes it clear that an employer is expressly prohibited from taking adverse employment action against an individual based on his or her reproductive health care decisions.  HB 317 (Rep. K. Williams) 'prohibits discrimination in employment based upon an individual’s caregiving responsibilities'.  HB 400 (Baumbach)  incrementally, and I mean incrementally, expands the use of marijuana oils for minors.  This time,  by 'by classifying pain, anxiety, or depression, if related to a terminal illness, as a qualifying condition in the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act for patients under the age 18, who will still be restricted to using CBD and oil products.'  The only thing objectionable about this bill is that it accepts the notion that any minor who could incidentally 'get high' via governmental imprimatur must be prevented at all costs.

‘Bulo’s 2011 Top 10 MVPs (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause)

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2011 was a mixed year for progressivism in Delaware. We saw tremendous strides on social issues, especially equal rights for all Delawareans. We also saw the ongoing embrace between prominent D elected officials and the Billionaires on the Hill, to the detriment of the other 99%. We saw the emergence of the 'We Are the 99%' movement via OWS which, nationally was the best thing to happen for the progressive cause since 1964. We saw ongoing corruption, inbreeding and cronyism in the Delaware General Assembly. We saw the first legitimate attempts to challenge the rot at the core of the Delaware Way.