Comments on: Liberalgeek Reporting from the SEU Meeting

By: Tyler Nixon

Tyler Nixon — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:24:02 +0000

Thanks for being our eyes and ears, geek.

This whole SEU thing…the unlawful ad hoc board meetings…

the smarmy veneer to impart legitimacy by assembling a bunch of public officials, quasi-bureaucrats, and a lawyer or two…

the lurching, cryptic legislative wranglings and maneuverings…

Harris McDowell’s single-minded role as head manipulator-in-chief and bully-protector of shaded interests…

the knee-jerk default against any conceivable presumptions that there might be legitimate public questions, much less the slightest good faith effort to act on them….

the manifestly-vested interest in ramming this thing down the throats of the Delaware citizenry with as little public involvement as can be accomplished with a straight face….

the nod-wink power grab for control of massive public resources….

It all makes me almost too sick to think about. It makes me want to start campaigning for Harris McDowell’s seat again starting yesterday. At least I can kid myself that this would be a productive way of fighting his ilk.

The comment above about a “scandalous trainwreck” is all too accurate and would be funny if it the public wasn’t being laid across the tracks, bit by bit, piece by piece…set up for the fleecing.

Really, I am just too utterly disgusted to offer any positive affirmations. Our system seems just hard wired to act contrary to public interest and sentiment, to the bitter end.

Ughh.

(Speaking of cryptic…kavips, what in the hell are you talking about?! Just remember we must find the jade monkey before the next full moon….)

By: kavips

kavips — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:57:26 +0000

Note to those listening in surreptitiously. Please note that those paying your salaries do not represent America at its best…

Truly the grumblings of everyday people who actually have to live in the state of Delaware, should take precedent over the financial obligations of those elected to office?

Use your judgment when reporting back. If the information you send back up the ladder will eventually cost your children, and grandchildren tons of money, skip over that line….

And after your shift, tell Nelson the first round is on me……..

By: Frieda Berryhill

Frieda Berryhill — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:46:36 +0000

Disbelieve, that has already been tried.
ICANN – (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) takes care of that . Of course there is still room for mischief

By: disbelief

disbelief — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:56 +0000

I can’t wait for one of these greedy morons to try to solve the problem of their own dishonesty by trying to pass anti-internet legislation.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:38:56 +0000

Thanks to Dave and Freida and Alan and John and all the rest of you who are keeping watch on behalf of Delaware’s citizens. You are the true public servants!

By: No Name for Privacy

No Name for Privacy — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:20:51 +0000

Geek…Thanks to you and the others who sat through this and let ‘them’ know people are watching and are concerned about this…..

By: legaldork

legaldork — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:56:45 +0000

Will DC get suck in too?

Two hicks who resemble Mr. Hainey on Green Acres wearing plaid pants with white shoes and nylon sports jackets are going to sell a fly-by-night get-rich-quick scheme to DC? The Beltway Boys would have to be dumb enough to start a fake war for the purpose of enriching a few defense contractors to fall for that.

Wait a minute….

By: anon II

anon II — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:42:39 +0000

The SEU is a scandalous train wreck and it’s not even out of the station. The General Assembly and Governor better put their foot down on this mess, or the courts may do it for them. In the meantime, McDowell and Byrne got to the District of Columbia’s City Council with a bill to establish their SEU model there. It is up for a vote soon, if it hasn’t passed already. Will Washinton DC get sucked in too?

By: Von Copeland Express

Von Copeland Express — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:13:52 +0000

I think you people are forgetting that Harris McDowell is an expert on energy related matters.

Maybe we should just trust him on this.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:59:10 +0000

Levinson set up a similar ‘quasi’ governent body years ago. The purpose was to provide lower cost workers compensation insurance to businesses in Delaware.

Copeland has a idea to subsidize employer-provided health insurance, which would no doubt end up administered by a similar board.

By: jason330

jason330 — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:52:12 +0000

Anything in the News Journal on this today?

…I kid.

By: legaldork

legaldork — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:44:42 +0000

Levinson set up a similar ‘quasi’ governent body years ago. The purpose was to provide lower cost workers compensation insurance to businesses in Delaware. What it did was pay large, unjustified salaries to a few political cronies, then go broke, then go away. However, a handful of people did make a nice chunk of change from it (but not Delaware businesses).

By: disbelief

disbelief — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:42:16 +0000

This painfully obvious peeing on our legs and then telling us its raining has got to stop. I can think of no greater goal that will do more for the citizens of Delaware than to eject McDowell from office.

By: Alan Muller

Alan Muller — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:37:12 +0000

My experience over a long time is that whenever McDowell and Byrne are up to something, it is usually for the benefit of Delmarva Power, not the public.

By: jason330

jason330 — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:03:16 +0000

great reporting geek.

My favorite part, was when McDowell basically said that if this was a government program, it would fail. And here’s the rub, he wants to insulate the SEU from the government for the valiant reason of protecting it from the taint of changing political tides. Yet at every turn, he fights to prevent the checks and balances that would insulate the SEU from suspicion. All the while, he says that they are open and welcome public comment.

Classic!