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Delaware’s Budget Mess

By Unstable Isotope February 1, 201110 Comments

Today's News Journal takes a look at the hard part of the budget - reducing pension and Medicaid costs.

A Preview Of Next Year’s Legislative Battles

By Unstable Isotope December 3, 200914 Comments

Speaker Bob Gilligan spoke to the Progressive Democrats of Delaware last night to preview next year's legislative battles. There are really two big issues we'll see next year: the budget…

Cathcart Wants It Both Ways

By liberalgeek October 13, 200914 Comments

Dick Cathcart is really pissing me off. Today, he published an opinion piece in The News Journal that tries to rewrite recent history.

He [Bryon Short] and just about 100 percent of his Democratic colleagues voted in favor of the package, whereas just about every member of the House Republicans voted against the tax and fee hikes.

Guess what? The Republicans could have scuttled every one of the tax and fee hikes. Every. Single. One.

Sanity From the Federal Bench

By liberalgeek September 30, 20094 Comments

When I discussed legalizing sports betting with Governor Markell a few months ago I asked what the chances were that we would be legally allowed to do it. He told me that they had submitted the question to the State Supreme Court for review. That report came back with some positive results for the administration, suggesting that it would be legal by the state constitution.

Breaking: Appeals Court Denies Delaware’s Appeal

By Unstable Isotope September 29, 200913 Comments

This just in from the News Journal: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today denied Delaware’s petition for a hearing on its bid to offer sports betting…

Kowalko on TV Tonight

By liberalgeek September 25, 20091 Comment

This evening, WHYY debuts their new Delaware-oriented news magazine "First". This is apparently a replacement for their daily "news no one watches." On the debut episode, John Kowalko is featured…

Let’s Take a Look at the Ledger

By liberalgeek July 7, 200926 Comments

I got an email from Dave Burris this morning with the press release from the Caesar Rodney Institute telling me about their newest tool. Delaware Spends is an online tool…

Live Blogging the House – Vol. 3

By Unstable Isotope June 30, 20093 Comments

Liberalgeek and I are now listening to the debate on HB 290, the budget bill. Right now they are praising the hard work of putting together the budget. OMB Visalli…

What to Expect From Delaware Liberal Tonight

By liberalgeek June 30, 20097 Comments

This is the last day of the legislative session in Dover. Unstable Isotope and I (at a minimum) will be in attendance and passing along reports. Many of our reports…

Kowalko Suits Up For Battle

By liberalgeek June 28, 20096 Comments

John Kowalko has been fighting tooth and nail with the Governor (against the across-the-board pay cuts) and against the Republicans that don't think that we should increase a single tax…

Pushing The Issue: HB253

By liberalgeek June 18, 20094 Comments

John Kowalko chairs the Joint Sunset Committee and he's trying to challenge the Delaware Way from that vantage point. Case in point: HB253 (restructuring the Victims Compensation Board). From the…

AFSCME Urges Members to Boycott Walgreens? Maybe

By liberalgeek June 10, 200915 Comments

A source told me that AFSCME Council 81 which represents State of Delaware employees, is urging its members to boycott Walgreens in the wake of the announcement that Walgreens is…

Secret Government in Session in Dover

By El Somnambulo May 19, 200936 Comments

Nancy Cook and the Joint Finance Committee began its budget markup yesterday, free, for hopefully the last time, from the disinfectant of sunshine. Virtually all of it took place behind…