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Posted in DE General Assembly, Land Use, local government on Jan 31st, 2012
State Senator Karen Peterson is circulating a bill that I consider troubling. It would remove the 60 day statue of limitations for filing an action against a local government for not properly providing notice in land use cases. The propose synopsis says: If a municipality or county passes a land-use ordinance that violates state law, [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Delaware GOP, corruption on Jan 26th, 2012
Would you like to know if your state legislator actually worked at his/her other state job? HB 176 by House Minority Leader Greg Lavelle would make public documents the timecards of state legislators. Yesterday, Democrats in the House Administrative committee defeated the measure on a party line vote. It was feared too many Democrats would [...]
Posted in City of Dover, DE General Assembly, Election 2012, Election 2012 President on Jan 11th, 2012
You all know the results in NH are Romney, Paul, and Huntsman. Now it is off to South Carolina. Governor Chris Christie is still popular in his home state with a 53 to 37 approval rating. Dover Police Department will finally get 2 of the 3 new hires to fill vacancies. Mr. Ben Mobley will [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Jack Markell, Stuff on Jul 11th, 2011
Read his release here. It is impressive indeed. This means he owns the results since he claims to have gotten his agenda each of the last 3 sessions.
Posted in DE General Assembly, Family, Parental Rights on Jul 1st, 2011
SB 135 is laid on the table in the House. This bill is unique in that it would be the only state that we have found which would make parents pay for school based wellness services but refuse to allow them to know what they paid to get. As of 5:30pm on the 30th this [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Reform, Stuff, civil liberties on Jun 27th, 2011
Black Elected Leaders are asking Delaware lawmakers to reconsider the current restricting plan set forth in the General Assembly by the Democratic Caucus. Delaware’s Black Caucus has accused the General Assembly’s Democratic leaders of “racial Gerrymandering,” and are asking that lawmakers, reconfigure the more heavily populated minority Senate and Representative Districts in Bear, Dover, New [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly on Jun 26th, 2011
There are several bills of importance in the final week of this year’s session of the Delaware General Assembly. We will highlight ours this week, in fact, I plan to do an update on this thread to note several by Monday morning, but this is an open thread. What bills are you watching this week?
Posted in DE General Assembly on Jun 24th, 2011
Should a member of the General Assembly be able to procure state employment after taking office? Some legislators say no. Majority leader Pete Schwartzkopf has HB 75 on the House Ready list.
Posted in DE General Assembly, Parental Rights on Jun 23rd, 2011
SB 135 is a common sense bill that stops spending Medicaid money on people with insurance by requiring School Based Health Clinics to bill private insurance, if any exists, before billing Medicaid. Medicaid will then pay whatever is left. Currently children of millionaires are covered under Medicaid if they go to their Wellness Center while [...]
Posted in Biden, DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Satire, Stuff on May 22nd, 2011
Senator Anthony DeLuca must really be able to pull some strings. Attorney General Beau Biden knuckled under to pressure from the DeLuca clan and decided that when he works on his state job and when he works at the Legislature is none of the public’s business. It seems that revealing this bit of information could [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Liberal Media, Local Media, Stuff on May 10th, 2011
I usually don’t take the time to pick apart News Journal Editorials. If one followed up on the faulty research and convoluted thinking of the NJ editorial staff then no one would have time to eat, sleep, go to work etc. However going back over the last week of writings one comes upon another typical [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Family, same sex marriage on Apr 15th, 2011
SB 30, The Civil Unions bill, unsurprisingly passed the State House 26-15 yesterday. Sadly all 9 attempts to improve the legislation were turned down. Here is your Roll Call. Atkins N Q. Johnson Y Ramone Y Barbieri Y Keeley Y Schooley Y Bennett Y Kenton N Schwartzkopf Y Blakey N Kowalko Y Scott Y Bolden [...]
Posted in Crime, DE General Assembly, Stuff on Apr 7th, 2011
Senator Henry’s SB 12 passed the upper chamber. The bill repeals the prohibition of people who have been convicted of a drug felony from getting food stamps. A murderer could get food stamps for his family, but not a drug felon. I understand the feeling that someone should not be banned from life from getting assistance. [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Stuff, same sex marriage on Apr 7th, 2011
Hundreds showed up to Legislative Hall to oppose SB 30, but advocates say the majority is with them. I have a simple solution, pass the Venables referendum amendment. Are you afraid of a vote of the people or do you just disrespect their opinion?
Posted in DE General Assembly, Stuff on Apr 6th, 2011
As I have had explained to me too many times, Delaware residents are already suffering under a local version of Obama’s Cap and Trade. The Delaware Legislature has already signed on board with other Northeast States in disastrous legislation that costs Delaware dearly in competing for companies looking to relocate and offering jobs to Delawareans. Delaware [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Looney Left, National Dems on Apr 1st, 2011
Traditionally, I like to do an April Fools’ day post. This year, I cannot think of anything crazier than real life. It seems like the leaders of the Democrat party have gotten crazier after the election. In Delaware, the Democrats have been caught covering up widespread discrimination in their government. They got rid of the [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Energy on Apr 1st, 2011
Delaware is realizing that it will not be able to meet its ambitious renewable mandate so we are getting out of RGGI is that correct? No, we are going where I always predicted to Energy Rationing. The nonprofit power providers will like this bill. It takes some of the pressure off of them and puts [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Stuff on Mar 31st, 2011
Our person in the field reports that Senate bill 17 had an easier than expected time passing due to expert testimony. The holdouts were reported to be Senators Bonini, Booth, and Lawson. More later. (updated with news link)
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Education on Mar 31st, 2011
Centralized planning has been the bane of modern education in my opinion. While the 21st century is becoming a century of individual sovergnity and localism through global networking, American education has been moving toward early 20th century central planning and stagnet bureaucracy. Despite the smart and honorable people in Delaware’s Department of Education (here after DoE), our [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly on Mar 23rd, 2011
Senate Committee Agenda Notable Chamber: Senate Committee: Health & Social Services Chairman: Henry Room: Senate Hearing Room Date/Time: 03/23/2011 01:00:00 PM Agenda 1. SB 17 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CREATING THE DELAWARE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT. Sponsor : Henry House Committee Agenda Notables Chamber: House Committee: Gaming & Parimutuels Chairman: Viola Room: [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, civil liberties, same sex marriage on Mar 22nd, 2011
Opponents will decry this as the beginning of an assault on the very definition of marriage and family, but today belonged to the proponents of Civil Unions. To the advocates of Delaware Senate Bill 30, this bill is just another step along a long road of equality and civil rights. The bill would create a [...]
Posted in Action File, DE General Assembly on Mar 22nd, 2011
DE House Bill 11 is a ban on fusion. The bill is of some concern to those of us who desire avenues to reach new voters and have as open of an electoral process as possible. The courts have already enforced a narrow interpretation of fusion which prevents a party from having to accept a candidate not [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Americanism, Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, DE General Assembly, Delaware GOP, Military, Stuff on Mar 17th, 2011
Under the leadership of Mary Spicer, the Delaware Federation of Republican Women have taken the next step to impacting public policy. Based on a resolution within their own group, the Republican Women have recognized that those who defend our freedoms, including our right to vote, are being penalized by the late primary election in Delaware. The Brave [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Stuff, civil liberties on Feb 14th, 2011
MOVE, the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act requires that absentee ballots be sent out 45 days prior to general election. The law is highlighting the failures of some states to do so. One is Delaware. 12 states applied for waviers and 6 were granted them. Here is a fact sheet from the Justice Department. Enacted [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Greg Lavelle, Infrastructure, Reform on Feb 1st, 2011
January 31, 2011 Governor Jack Markell Tatnall Building Dover, DE 19901 Governor Markell, Given recent events, we are deeply concerned that questions over management of the Delaware Department of Transportation have seriously crippled public confidence in the agency and impacted its ability to operate effectively. Our apprehension involves a long and well-publicized list of missteps, [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly on Jan 25th, 2011
House Bill 11 has been victorious in the House of Representatives dealing a blow to advocates of fusion. At least Representatives Earl Jaques and Greg Lavelle came to an agreement which protected the rights of parties to find candidates to fill in on the ballot with the best candidate available. The amendment gives an exception [...]
Posted in Action File, DE General Assembly, Election 2012 on Jan 18th, 2011
HB 11 is the latest misguided effort to end fusion. This bill is even worse than an effort to end fusion candidacies. This bill will tell parties who they are allowed to run. This bill would have outlawed people like Bob Connor and Margaret Rose Henry as well as Beth Miller from running. This bill [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly on Jan 12th, 2011
Senator Colin Bonini has gotten heat for his bad vote for Anthony DeLuca as President Pro Tem. That ignores that Katz may have been a worse vote. Katz was backed by the hard left which favors an activist government and a radical social agenda. We made the point here that Senator Katz was not the man and Republicans [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly on Dec 14th, 2010
11 Votes returned Senator Anthony DeLuca as President Pro Tem.
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware Democrats, Delaware GOP on Dec 12th, 2010
When Thurmond Adams was being threatened from the hard left, it made sense for Republicans to be a fire wall. I am not seeing the benefit of getting involved with the Katz v. DeLuca war. If I were a Republican Senator, I would take the best deal. The best deal would be the same consideration [...]
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