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Posted in Schwartzkopf, Stuff, same sex marriage on Mar 6th, 2011
The News Journal Papers are routinely raked on this blog for their liberal bias and there is considerable justification for this. Of course one has to give a tip of the hat to Jeff Montgomery for his articles on Delaware’s Department of Transportation. In this area the News Journal has done the citizens of Delaware [...]
Posted in Change, Delaware GOP, Election 2009, Ethics, Liberalism, Manufactured Homes, Obama, Regional Politics, Schwartzkopf, Sock Puppeteering, Taxes, Tort Reform, Unions on Sep 11th, 2009
37th District candidate Rob Robinson was on WGMD yesterday afternoon and I took the time to tune in a check it out. Bill Colley came right out of the gate with questions about the candidate’s relationship to “Working Families For Delaware’s Future.” a group that was canvassing the 37th with “hit” literature about Robinson’s opponent, [...]
Posted in Cathcart, Delaware Democrats, Delaware GOP, Jack Markell, Open Government, Schwartzkopf, State Senate, Taxes, economy on Aug 7th, 2009
Representatives Cathcart and Short swing back: Rep. Schwartzkopf took unjustified jab at House Republicans Dick Cathcart and Dan Short Recently, State House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf wrote a column in which he used one arm to pat House Democrats on the back while using the other to take an undeserved swipe at House Republicans. We [...]
Posted in Budget, Change, Delaware Democrats, Markell, Open Government, Schwartzkopf, economy on May 8th, 2009
This week Governor Markell pulled an astonishing, double-secret-pinky-swear fact out and smacked Delawareans in the face with it: “This isn’t over,” Markell said. “The bottom line is, we still need to find the funding to do all the things we need to do.” Markell said lawmakers who opposed his proposal were voting against something that [...]
Posted in Budget, Carney, Delaware Democrats, Open Government, Schwartzkopf, Spending, economy on May 6th, 2009
Suddenly it’s being peddled by the Governor and the House Majority Leader that voting against the casino gambling bill somehow means a vote against state employees’ pay: “This isn’t over,” Markell said. “The bottom line is, we still need to find the funding to do all the things we need to do.” Markell said lawmakers [...]
Posted in Carney, Change, Crime, Delaware Democrats, Employment, Ethics, Jack Markell, Local Media, Open Government, Quotes, Schwartzkopf, unemployment on May 5th, 2009
Today I found out that my state representative thinks his job is to be the Governor’s waterboy: “Part of my job is to carry the water for the governor and it’s just that simple.” ~ Rep. Pete “The Waterboy” Schwartzkopf We just got out of an election season where John Carney, the former Lt. Governor, [...]
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