Today is the Port of Wilmington Bond Bill Hearing
It started at 10AM in Dover and it doesn't look like it is being live streamed anywhere -- which is a pity. I'm hoping to hear from those of you who did go in the comments below. But in the meantime, I...
View ArticleCity Council Hearing on the Port of Wilmington
Yesterday evening there was a Wilmington City Council joint committee hearing -- the Economic Development Committee and the Public Works Committee -- to gather viewpoints and input on the proposed...
View ArticleHelp Wanted – School Board Elections
Given Jason's recent post it appears School Board races may heat up against this year. If this is true then we need to get moving! Every year I send out a list of questions to Red Clay school board...
View ArticleTuesday Open Thread–The Progressive Calendar [3.5.13]
We have a lot of local progressive events coming up, and I wanted to use this open thread to highlight them. From the PDD meeting tomorrow on gun control (weather permitting) to a forum on Drones on...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Deal Is Dead
In today's Open Thread, SussexWatcher points us to the news. Both the NJ and WDEL have reports up providing a summary of what was in the Kinder Morgan letter and some local reaction. EDIT -- WDDE has...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Deal is Dead Part II
Or we could call it Kinder Morgan Deal is Dead -- The Fingerpointing. The NJ has another piece up this AM -- Port lease efforts on hold, which has a few more details on this story, but mostly it is...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Deal is Dead Part III
Let's call this part The Secret of the Ooze. Today's NJ provides a front page followup to the Kinder Morgan aftermath. If you've been following this story, there's a few questions that are unanswered...
View ArticleDelaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Coming off its six-week break for Joint Finance Committee, the Delaware General Assembly begins in earnest its legislative sprint to...Easter break, three weeks hence. At least, this should prove to be...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wed., March 13, 2013
Delaware now has a proposal to eliminate the death penalty for capital crimes. I support it. In the past, I have been an agnostic when it came to the issue of the death penalty. But when I saw Thomas...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 14, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen, to the barricades! Or, at least, to your phones, your e-mail, you know the drill. The Forces of Ee-vil are afoot in Leg Hall. The gun nuts, the Chamber of Commerce shills. Their...
View ArticleNRA Chooses Greg Lavelle and Ernie Lopez to Scuttle Criminal Background Checks.
Any doubts that the Delaware Republican Party is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Rifle Association should now be laid to rest. Former NRA Executive Director (and State Rethug Chair) John...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2013
Go ahead. Pick a hot-button issue. Any hot-button issue. This year's General Assembly is considering it. Can't remember this many controversial issues under consideration. Gun control? Check. Gay...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wed., March 20, 2013
Doesn't look like anything got done on Tuesday. Here is the session activity report. Until further notice, consider it a misnomer. Two huge committee hearings today. We've already talked about the...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 21, 2013
Wow, where to start? Action everywhere. Here is today's session activity report (it's all here). We'll start with gun control. HB 35 (Longhurst) cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a 7-4 margin....
View ArticleThe PDD/DL Vote Tracker for the week ending March 22, 2013. Where is the...
Here is the third update to the PDD-DL Vote Tracker, to reflect the action that has taken place since the General Assembly returned from the Budget hearing recess during February and early March. One...
View ArticleGuest Post — Statement in Support of Senate Bill 19 by Stewart Dotts
Today the Senate is expected to debate and vote on Senate Bill 19, to abolish Delaware's death penalty. This Guest Post is by Mr. Stewart Dotts -- this was his testimony from last Tuesday's committee...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 26, 2013
Jack Markell: From clammed-up to happy-as-a-clam. The Governor who was unwilling to take a public position on a minimum wage increase effusively praised it after it had passed the Senate: “I commend...
View ArticleDelaware Senate Passes Death Penalty Repeal 11-10.
This late afternoon, the State Senate passed Senate Bill 19, the repeal of the death penalty in Delaware and replacing it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It was not a...
View Article10 Democratic Senators are still either silent about or against Marriage...
Huffington Post had up as their lead banner story earlier this evening the pictures of 10 Senate Democrats who are still either opposed to marriage equality or who are silent on it, despite the...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 27, 2013
And to think that I was gonna cut back on covering the legislative beat. Whatever was I thinking? Every day, huge stories, two of 'em yesterday: 1. State Senate votes to repeal Delaware's death penalty...
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