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Posted in State Senate on Mar 24th, 2011
This piece is rather long, so I’m not posting all of it. Check out the full version at my personal blog. Senate Bill 17, the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act, is on its way to a vote, having been approved by the Health & Social Services Committee yesterday. Without getting into the bigger issues of personal [...]
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 Delaware Blogs, Delaware Democrats, Entitlements, Hate Speech, Jack Markell, State Senate on Jul 27th, 2009
The Sussex Countian is reporting that Polly Adams has decided to participate in the Sussex League of Women Voter’s forum on July 30th at the County Council Chambers on the circle in Georgetown: Democratic State Senate candidate Polly Adams Mervine confirmed on Monday that she will take part in a Thursday candidate’s forum sponsored by [...]
Posted in Delaware Democrats, Election 2009, Entitlements, Jack Markell, Sarah Palin, State Senate, Stuff, economy on Jul 20th, 2009
It appears that the plot may be thickening when it comes to the alleged candidacy of Polly Adams Mervine Polly Mervine Adams. When we last left the alleged candidate, she apparently tried to get Senator Bob Venables to stand in for her at tonight’s forum at Crossroads Community Church in her hometown of Bridgeville, got [...]
Posted in Delaware Blogs, Delaware Democrats, Entitlements, Sarah Palin, State Senate on Jul 20th, 2009
I’ve heard from multiple sources that Polly Adams Mervine, a faux painter (that’s someone who paints stuff with sponges or stencils) who’s vying for her deceased father’s state senate seat on a platform of blatant nepotism, wanted to have Senator Bob Venables stand in for her at a debate in her hometown of Bridgeville. Yeah, [...]
Posted in State Senate, Stuff on Jul 7th, 2009
The race for the Thurman Adams Senate seat is officially joined now that the date of the Special Election has been set for August 3rd. On first take it would appear the Republicans hold the advantage nominating a known political quantity in Joe Booth whose solid conservative credentials fit the district like a glove. The [...]
Posted in Conservatism, Delaware Democrats, Regulation, Social Conservatives, State Senate on May 13th, 2009
Senator Adams understood that imposing needless regulation on business in this economy is unwise and so did 3 other senators. HB 5, the Lawyers Right to Sue More, bill went down to defeat after a fair vote and an open public hearing today. The defeat of HB 5 in a public vote undermines the whine [...]
Posted in Budget, Deficit, Delaware GOP, Spending, State Senate on Apr 27th, 2009
http://www.delawaresbadhabit.com is the link for a common sense approach for restructuring state government. Senator Colin Bonini points out that if we continued the DuPont Castle budgets the state government would have a 2.1 Billion dollar budget today and not well over 3.2 Billion dollars with a 750 million dollar short fall. We would have a [...]
Posted in Social Conservatives, State Senate on Mar 26th, 2009
There are two bills stirring some measure of controversy in the General Assembly right now. One shouldn’t be controversial at all, Senate Bill 27 which is the Marriage Protection Act. The other is House Bill 5 which is the non discrimination based on Sexual Orientation. Both bills seem to be on the fast track for [...]
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 [...]
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