Tag: travel

20 Years Since the Wall Fell

Filed in International by on November 9, 2009 14 Comments

I was a young whipper-snapper when the wall fell.  I had been to Germany the previous summer and had fallen in love with the people and culture.  I was not there when the wall started to fall, but luckily it didn’t all happen at once. I was given an opportunity to go to Germany in […]

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Breaking: Delaware Legislative Travel

Filed in National by on October 18, 2009 54 Comments

Update: The News Journal published Ginger Gibson’s article today, “Legislator’ travel tabs often missing”. State lawmakers can travel when and where they want on the taxpayer’s tab. snip Getting into a jet at taxpayers’ expense isn’t difficult in either chamber. In fact, no one interviewed for this article could recall a time when a travel […]

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Kauai: Things Ain’t That Different in the Middle of the Pacific

Filed in Delaware by on August 6, 2009 9 Comments

I was fortunate enough to have a vacation to the island of Kauai, Hawaii for 11 days. I highly recommend it to anyone that may be looking for a little R&R in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Being a political junkie and a geek, I actually spent some time (mostly while changing of something) watching the goings on of their Kauai County Council.

There appears to still be a battle for transparency and access for many documents from Kauai’s government.

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Research Trip to Kauai

Filed in National by on May 18, 2009 6 Comments

I just got an incredible deal on tickets to Kauai for the summer, so I plan to do some research on Dave Burris’ assertion that we should all take up shovels against paying for roadwork. The story goes like this: There was a flood that washed out a bridge to the Polihale State park in […]

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