Tag: Sussex County

Staton Off and Running

Filed in Delaware by on February 2, 2012 40 Comments

Not only is Andy Staton the only announced Democrat running for the new state senate district down here in Sussex (and I’m in the new district), he’s also the only announced candidate to have filed a campaign finance report.

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Parish Does the Right Thing

Filed in Delaware by on January 5, 2012 1 Comment

We’ve all smacked around Sussex County Clerk of the Peace George Parish for his vehement opposition to both civil unions and marriage equality. But yesterday he did the correct thing and presided over the county’s first same-sex civil union. The ceremony united Milton Town Councilwoman Mary Hudson and her long-time partner Lynn Ekelund. Parish is […]

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Sussex Dems Are No Longer Homeless

Filed in Delaware by on December 22, 2011 4 Comments

The Sussex County Democratic Party now has a home at 10 West Pine Street in Georgetown. It’s the old library one block from the circle. Please email Russ Melrath at rusty55@mchsi.com or give him a call at (302)745-1782 if you can help get the headquarters ready for a mid-January opening. Russ reminds you to drive […]

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Sussex County Smackdown – Round Four

Filed in Delaware by on December 16, 2011 5 Comments

It’s official. The AG’s office will not prosecute Vance Phillips for his alleged assault on Sheriff Woody. In a four page letter delivered to Georgetown Police Chief William Topping today, Sussex County Chief Prosecutor Paula Ryan advised that the “Department of Justice [will] forego prosecution of the above referenced matter.” She called into question Christopher’s […]

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The Arrogance of Being Jeff Christopher

Filed in Delaware by on December 3, 2011 71 Comments

In the never ending battle to see who has the bigger penis, Sussex County Sheriff and would be super cop Jeff Christopher has told County Council to bugger off. In a long rambling response to County Administrator David Baker’s October 31 memo, Christopher said that he would ignore the memo and continue to make traffic stops and execute criminal warrants.

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Sussex County Smackdown – Round 3

Filed in Delaware by on November 22, 2011 81 Comments

Welcome to the latest episode of the feud between Sussex County Sheriff Jeff Christopher and the County Council. In today’s installment, Christopher has been ordered to stop all of his illegal actions.

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Trash Picking up Trash

Filed in Delaware by on November 19, 2011 98 Comments

A local Sussex County Nazi group has adopted a road near Lewes to clean up. About three months ago, Lewes resident Edward McBride applied to adopt a highway on behalf of his political party – National Socialist Freedom Movement Nazi Party. McBride’s request was denied by Delaware Department of Transportation. When asked why, DelDOT officials […]

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The Big Guy is Running Again

Filed in Delaware by on November 17, 2011 10 Comments

Former Sussex County Recorder of Deeds John Brady has announced that he is running for Clerk of the Peace next year. Affectionately known as “The Big Guy,” Brady will be seeking the office being abandoned by homophobe George “Bad Wig” Parish. Brady switched back to the Democratic Party after the 2008 election.

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Video Discovered of Sheriff Christopher in Action

Filed in Delaware by on October 28, 2011 0 Comments

I have just found video of Sheriff Jeff Christopher in action down here in Sussex County. He makes his appearance at 12:20 in the video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3vSxoeVCn4&feature=related[/youtube] For the pointy-headed munchkins over at DP, this is parody.

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Tempers Flaring in Sussex? – UPDATED

Filed in Delaware by on October 26, 2011 124 Comments

We received a tip this evening that there was some sort of physical altercation at County Council between Councilman Vance Phillips and Sheriff Jeff Christopher. Georgetown Police were called to the County Council Building by the sheriff. The matter is under investigation by the police and no arrests have been made at this time. Note that during this altercation, one of the people was armed (guess who?).

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Taking the Law into One’s Own Hands

Filed in Delaware by on October 5, 2011 22 Comments

Seems that some of the folks who work for the sheriff’s department down here in Sussex can’t get it through their thick heads that they are not law enforcement officers. I’ve received numerous reports of an incident that occurred last Friday near Lincoln. A sheriff’s deputy, in uniform and driving a sheriff’s vehicle, decided that […]

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Good Old Time in Sussex County

Filed in Delaware by on March 20, 2011 15 Comments

Last night was the annual Sussex County Democrats Spring Dinner, held once again at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. A sell-out crowd of 200 people (and this is an off year) gathered for some good food (catered by Georgia House) and live and silent auctions. The main speaker was Lt. Governor Matt Denn, who really […]

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Georgetown Blues

Filed in National by on December 18, 2010 8 Comments
Georgetown Blues

Has the Georgetown police chief lost the squad room?

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