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Posted in Business, Development, Employment, Jobs, Minner Failures, Stuff on Jul 28th, 2009
…I worked for Judge Bill Lee’s gubernatorial campaign last summer, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to check out this company. I spoke about the company frequently when I was at DelawareTalkRadio.com because they invented a vending machine that makes hot, fresh, french fries, and they wanted to open up a manufacturing facility [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Delaware Democrats, Development, Jack Markell, New Castle County Council, Spending, Sports, Waste, economy on Mar 20th, 2009
Three new casinos for Delaware? That’s our new Governor’s vision for our beloved state. Think about it…Delaware is 96 miles long…3 new casinos will give us a casino every 16 miles! Oh yeah, and apparently we might need sports betting (even though professional sports is opposed to it), and table games, too. Well, I have [...]
Posted in Cathcart, Development, Growth, Land Use, New Castle County Council on Sep 4th, 2008
The small image below (click image to see enlarged copy) is a letter House Majority Leader Dick Cathcart mailed to his constituency in the 9th representative district more than a week ago. This letter is in response to the burgeoning popularity among the New Castle County Government to erode the UDC and allow a destructive-land-use version [...]
Posted in Development, Land Use, Minner Failures on Jul 17th, 2008
The Liberty Matters News Service reported in its July 17, 2008 Newsletter the following about Delaware. Fortunately Delaware is a small state -meriting a short write up, and apparently we got a write up short enough for me to quote without sending money. Go to http://www.Libertymatters.org for regular updates on important issues of freedom. Like Texas Governor Rick [...]
Posted in Development, Election 2008 - Delaware on Jul 1st, 2008
Bill Lee rebuked the recent veto of SB245 and the refusal of the State Senate to override it, calling Governor Minner’s decision “an abuse of her authority,” and the Senate’s decision to let it stand to be “an affront to Delaware’s citizens.” “The right to own property is one of the most basic civil rights [...]
Posted in Development, Land Use, Reform, Regulation on Jun 30th, 2008
Miracles can happen even if they are small ones. SB 245 (described in a previous post) is a bill which gave protection against the government using its powers of eminent domain to take property for public use against some individuals to benefit other private individuals without there being a legitimate public use like a road or [...]
Posted in Development, Land Use, Reform, Regulation, State Senate on Jun 30th, 2008
Governor Minner vetoed the bipartisan SB 245. Delaware on line reported the following: Gov. Ruth Ann Minner announced today she is vetoing legislation that would have redefined “public use” in the eminent domain law and made it harder for government agencies to take private land. The Legislature passed Senate Bill 245 on June 12, after [...]
Posted in Development, Environment, Growth, Infrastructure, Land Use on Jun 9th, 2008
When I listen to the land management debate, I wonder why the real issues are often mentioned only in passing. We are in danger of becoming a bedroom community not a vibrant self-sustaining one. In Kent county, most people can no longer afford to live here on the wages paid. According to the housing report, most [...]
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