More Markell Cronyism
First was Blevins appointment and there is also Secretary of Finance Tom Cook becoming the new director of the Delaware River and Bay Authority as reported by Matt Bittle at Delaware State News.
We Miss Deadlines All The Time
The Dover Post via the Community News has an article about the Video and Sports Lottery Study Commission meeting for the first time yesterday to begin their mandate of "investigating…
CRI An Honest Broker? — Part 3
Here we take a look at the connection of CRI to the llarge and highly networked institutional apparatus that is the conservative think tank business.
CRI An Honest Broker?-Part 2
Please allow El Somnambulo to apologize to the (presumably) fine folks at the Caesar Rodney Institute. Yesterday's article was, by necessity, incomplete. He feels confident that, upon further examination, the…
Caesar Rodney Institute an Honest Broker? We Report–You Decide
PART ONE: The Caesar Rodney Institute, aided and abetted by the usual suspects like David Burris, has been working overtime to portray itself as some sort of non-partisan good government…
Pushing The Issue: HB253
John Kowalko chairs the Joint Sunset Committee and he's trying to challenge the Delaware Way from that vantage point. Case in point: HB253 (restructuring the Victims Compensation Board). From the…
Del-Tech Has the Joint Finance Committee Wired. Here’s How…
"DTCC Grunt", over at the Delawareonline board, posted the following from Delaware Technical & Community College President Orlando J. George, Jr.: I am pleased to share with you that on…
Cris Barrish’s Story on Lonnie George is Must-Reading
Anyone who truly wants to understand the Delaware Way simply must read Cris Barrish's superb piece on Orlando J. George, Jr. from Sunday's News-Journal. Lonnie George is an exceedingly brilliant and…
Paying Delaware’s Civil Servants
Today's NJ has a long story on the salary of the President of DelTech -- Lonnie George. It's a long article, but worth the read. George is not only the…
DOI Wired RFP Saga Episode III
Intro: Let me start by saying that I'm not crazy about the fact that I let myself fall into the DOI's rabbit hole. Nevertheless, by viewing the RFP I drank…
Quote of the Day
Now we are seeing the credit card banks -- one of Delaware's most important industries -- pleading poor mouth and dire financial straits if Congress put a cap on the…
Only in Delaware: Guess Who’s Handling the Gambling Bill Signing Logistics?
Gov. Markell will sign the Sports Gambling bill into law at Delaware Park (?!) tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. The person handling the logistics from Delaware Park's side is...Jennifer Oberle, daughter…
Jeff Montgomery’s ‘Must-Read’ on Harrington and the Delaware State Fair
El Somnambulo believes that nothing demonstrates the moral and ethical decay at the core of the 'Delaware Way' more than the cozy relationships between the Delaware State Fair/Harrington Raceway and…