Archive for June 30th, 2012

BREAKING: Gilligan Retiring

Filed in National by Unstable Isotope on June 30, 2012 • 53 Comments

Delaware House of Representatives Speaker Bob Gilligan has announced his retirement.

Take Action: Sign the Delaware Marriage Equality Petition

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 30, 2012 • 20 Comments

It is the last day of Gay Pride Month, and we should remind ourselves that our LGBT family, friends and neighbors still have a little ways to go to be able to enjoy all of the rights the rest of us do. If you haven’t signed the Delaware Marriage Equality Petition, please click on the link below and add your name to the 7700+ Delawareans who want to see gay marriage legal in this state.

The President’s Weekly Address and Helping Colorado

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 30, 2012 • 0 Comments

This week, the President made his weekly address from Colorado where fires are devastating communities and putting many more at risk. He thanks the firefighters risking their lives to help contain these fires and the volunteers helping those who have lost their homes or are evacuated from them. At the end of this post, I include links to some of the organizations on the ground helping Coloradans to cope with this disaster. Help out if you can.

Republican Beatitudes

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 30, 2012 • 6 Comments

This might as well be the GOP platform, I’m thinking.

Saturday Open Thread [6.30.12]

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by Delaware Dem on June 30, 2012 • 12 Comments

Moving day for me. If I read my new redistricting maps correctly, my new representatives in the General Assembly are Senator Cathy Cloutier (R-5th) and Representative Debbie Hudson Capano or Debbie Capano Hudson (R-12th). Ugh. Quite a change from Margaret Rose Henry and Dennis P. Williams.

Well, perhaps in 2014 I will take out Debbie, if no Democrat files and wins this year.

Don’t know who your legistatlor is? Find them here. You have to be registered to vote for that link to work. If you are not registered to vote, then what the hell are you doing being interested in politics and reading Delaware Liberal and not being registered?? It boggles my mind. Go here now. Register. Don’t do anything else until you do.

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Sat., June 30, 2012

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on June 30, 2012 • 5 Comments

To its credit, the House, as opposed to the shrouded-in-secrecy Senate, has an Agenda. Also to its credit, more specifically, Speaker Gilligan’s, the House has already gotten the retirement festivities out of the way. Former Speaker Terry Spence used to futz around for hours on end on June 30, with endless hosannas to retiring House members, said hosannas often sung by (I’m not making this up) an Elvis impersonator. Self-indulgence at its worst. I was working in the Senate at the time, and we used to stew at this turning the ‘people’s business’ into some freak sideshow for two hours every June 30.