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9/11 War Court Begins

Yesterday began the war court trial of the Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the co-consiparators for the terror attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.

6May2012 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued

Delaware Blogosphere: School Board Edition

If you haven’t been reading Kilroy, Transparent Christina, Delaware Libertarian, Does Experience Count, and The Mind of Mr. Matthews allow me to link to some of their posts so you can get up to speed.

6May2012 | pandora | 12 comments | Continued

Power of Teachers

The National Education Association, in celebration of National Teacher Day and National Teacher Appreciation Week, is asking Americans to recall at least one great teacher they’ve had. I’ve been lucky in my life to have had several and currently my son in the Brandywine School District has had many as well.

5May2012 | nemski | 9 comments | Continued

Pastor D Disqualified From Mayor’s Race

Reporting by the NJ this afternoon — the NCCo Department of Elections has made its ruling that Pastor D is not a qualified candidate for Mayor of Wilmington.

4May2012 | cassandra_m | 45 comments | Continued

Showdown at the Leg Hall Corral

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Figuratively speaking, mind you.

4May2012 | MJ | 16 comments | Continued

Breaking: Victory for Occupy Delaware

They have a trial scheduled for August, according to the NJ. Since the city has said they won’t remove them without a court order, it looks like they can stay in Spencer Plaza til then.

4May2012 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued

Over 4 Million Views

Wow. Congratulations to all our readers, new and old; to all our commentators, left and right; and to all our editors, past and present. Over four millions views. It’s probably a lot more than that actually, but we’ve only been counting since 2008. And special thanks goes to Christine O’Donnell who brought in more views [...]

3May2012 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued

Taking Time Out From Damaging Their Environment to Dis Delaware And Our Governor

This is from Pennsylvania, whose governing agenda now includes environmental destruction, undermining their schools, disenfranchising voters, transvaginal ultrasounds for women and whatever else they can do undermine their citizens. This week, though, one of them spent part of a meeting running his mouth, showing parts of their real agenda. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary, Michael Krancer, made some remarks the other day that took a jab at Governor Markell and a really big jab at Delaware:

3May2012 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued

Deregulating Pit Bulls

The City of Wilmington instituted a set of laws aimed at regulating the burgeoning and sometimes dangerous pit bull breed. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but these regulations were instituted after a couple of serious attacks on people and kids by these dogs in the city.

3May2012 | cassandra_m | 19 comments | Continued

BOOM: Castle Becomes a Lobbyist

After the mandatory layoff, a year, Mike Castle has filed to become a lobbyist So he moves from being Boehner’s bitch to being someone else’s bitch.

3May2012 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued

Lobby and Campaign Reform Making Headway

Three bills that focus on campaign reform (HB 300, HB 310) and lobbying reform (SB 185) are making their way through the General Assembly.

3May2012 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued

Salem Unit 1 Reactor Offline

Since Monday, the Unit 1 reactor just over the river has been offline after several failures.

3May2012 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued

Updated: More Drama In School Board Elections

Can we just skip all this and move these elections to November? Pretty please?

2May2012 | pandora | 23 comments | Continued

Payday Loans Bill Passes State House

HB 289, limiting citizens to a max of 5 payday loans of $1000 in a 12-month period, passed the Delaware State House on a vote of 26-7.

2May2012 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued

Scott Uses Facebook and Twitter to Announce Social Media Protection

On Facebook and Twitter, State Representative Darryl Scott (D – Dover) announced that he has introduced legislation that will not allow employers, potential employers or school officials to ask people for their social media login login and password information.

2May2012 | nemski | 13 comments | Continued

Wilmington Mayor Blinks; Occupy Delaware Remains

The arbitrary deadline set by Mayor Baker has come and gone and, yet, the Occupy Delaware protesters remain in Spencer Plaza.

2May2012 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued

A Document on the Decline of the Delaware GOP

If Priscilla Rakestraw’s going-away op-ed doesn’t show that she doesn’t understand what’s happening in the Republican Party, then nothing will.

1May2012 | nemski | 10 comments | Continued

Occupy Delaware May Day Event — General Strike

May 1st is the day that the City of Wilmington has decided that Occupy Delaware must leave Spencer Plaza. Starting at noon today, they are gathering with as many people as possible to stand against this eviction.

1May2012 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued

School Board Elections Are Political

I haven’t really commented on the upcoming School Board elections, mainly because I can’t wrap my head around what’s going on. With all the attention on these races – phone polls, money, PACs – I keep feeling I’m missing something – Big. What is going on? What’s on the line? And why the hell is [...]

30Apr2012 | pandora | 27 comments | Continued

Question of the Day

Why does Delaware seemingly not enforce school zone speed limits?

30Apr2012 | nemski | 10 comments | Continued

Smyrna’s Civics 101 Lesson: You Get What You Pay For

Smyrna goes to the polls today in a non-binding referendum that asks if the town would approve a slight tax increase to build a much needed expansion of the Smyrna Police Station.

30Apr2012 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued

Are Police in Delaware Tracking You?

If you haven’t had the chance to read Sean O’Sullivan’s article in Sunday’s News Journal about the ability of the police in Delaware to track you via your cell phone, you should do so now.

29Apr2012 | nemski | 12 comments | Continued

Delaware GOP Picks Social Conservative as National Committeewoman

Ellen Barrosse, founder the the anti-abortion group A Rose and A Prayer, is now the National Committeewoman for the Delaware GOP. Meanwhile lobbyist Laird Stabler held on to his post as National Committeeman.

28Apr2012 | nemski | 36 comments | Continued

Delaware Political Weekly: April 21-27, 2012

1. Tom Gordon ‘Contemplating’ Run For County Executive
Were voters forced to choose only between disgraced former County Exec Gordon and disgraceful current County Exec Paul Clark, they’d be contemplating whether death by hanging is preferable to death by lethal injection. Just what the County needs, two ethically-challenged individuals who view NCC as their own fiefdom. [...]

27Apr2012 | El Somnambulo | 14 comments | Continued