Time for Bobby Marshall to go. Jordan Hines announces run for 3rd SD
223. That is how many people voted for Bobby Marshall for Mayor of Wilmington in 2016. 37. That was theContinue Reading
Category: General Assembly
Additional Thoughts on Consolidation Task Force Meeting
During introductions, we did not hear the affiliation “parent” more than a half-dozen times. That’s a big problem since parents are directly affected by changes to the education system because, as you might guess, their children experience the changes first-hand when they occur. We don’t even know how the task force members were selected or appointed. They were just…there. That’s also a problem.
From the District Consolidation Task Force
It’s very early on and we are just finding out the structure of the committee, its subcommittees and who is running what. Takeaways inside:
Meet the woman who will beat Greg Lavelle
Laura Sturgeon is running for the Senate in the 4th Senate District. She is a public school teacher withContinue Reading
Fake News from Delaware1059. Surprise.
Today’s episode in Why People Don’t Trust the media comes from Delaware1059, where they are “reporting” that someone in managementContinue Reading
A Shameful Budget
There are too many people smiling in this picture. The Republicans are smiling. They got everything they wanted. The HouseContinue Reading
So what next with the budget?
Thanks to new Republican Andria Bennett, is all hope lost for getting new revenues into the budget process? Well,Continue Reading
The Open Thread for June 30, 2017
COLLUSION! “Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believedContinue Reading
Republicans Walk Out
Right now, there are two pressing problems affecting the budget: the total cut to all Grant in Aid funding toContinue Reading
HB240 gets better, JFC cuts get worse
Yesterday, the Joint Finance Committee finalized their budget cuts to close the deficit. To do so, they cut ALL grantContinue Reading
Vote Tracker Update for June 28, 2017
We are getting down to it. Several new bills have been added to the Vote Tracker: House Bills 244, 249Continue Reading
HB250 – A Opioid Tax
This seems like a good idea both locally and nationally as a way to raise funds to get opioid addictsContinue Reading
HB249 – Fantasy Football is not Gambling
An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, including yours truly. Rep. Charles Potter’s HB249Continue Reading
HB244 – More Prevailing Wage Repeal Laws
Delaware Republicans have one demand in exchange for their votes on a budget bill that will increase taxes. They wantContinue Reading
SB127 – No More 16 year olds voting in Special Elections
This is the bill I was telling you might be filed if Senator Bryan Townsend was not able to amendContinue Reading