All Posts Tagged With: "Jack Markell"
Tornoe’s Toon: A Civil Union-y New Year!
I’ve drawn my fair share of cartoons on why civil unions are a step-forward, but gay marriage is the way to go if you’re looking for true equity.
29Dec2011 | Rob Tornoe | 4 comments | Continued
Markell Slams Perry
Governor Markell on Rick Perry’s Economic Race to the Bottom.
31Aug2011 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
Governor Jack Markell on Morning Joe
A clip of the Governor’s appearance on Morning Joe this AM is up and here for you to check out
24Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 5 comments | Continued
Governor Markell on Radio Times
Wish I had known about this earlier — Governor Markell was on with Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times during the first hour this AM.
13Jun2011 | cassandra_m | Comments Off | Continued
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign received $63,400 of illegal campaign donations from Tigani and NKS.
10Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 19 comments | Continued
Marriage Equality vs. Civil Unions
Yesterday in a meeting with bloggers, Governor Markell stated that he supported Civil Unions for Delaware but hadn’t thought about full marriage equality.
16Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 35 comments | Continued
Tornoe’s Toon: The Treasure Of The Sierra Velda
To a gold miner, enough is never enough. In the same way, the $100,000+ salary Velda Jones-Potter brings in as the state’s Treasurer must not be enough.
1Sep2010 | Rob Tornoe | 24 comments | Continued
More Signs O’ the Times
There is a message in this someplace, I’m certain of it.
This sign is up at 4th and Adams St (the I-95 RoW) and has been laughing at me all week. Some weisenheimer put this sign up at this intersection late last week — before all of the other signs got up:
It was the first [...]
25Aug2010 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
You Have To Be Kidding Me
The DGA tried to influence the Republican primary for governor of Iowa by comparing former governor Terry Branstad to President Clinton, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi.
16Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 14 comments | Continued
Tornoe’s Toon: Delaware Cell Phone Ban
So Delaware joined seven other states in banning the use of cell phones while driving. Finally.
I read that Kent General has launched an awareness campaign to stress the dangers of texting while driving. I wonder if they’re going to educate people with those distracting billboards.
SB 234 Passes
The House has passed the Universal Recycling bill, 26 to 12, with 1 present but not voting and 2 absent. ‘Bulo will cover the meat of this tomorrow in his daily legislative roundup, specifically as to what amendments passed and were defeated, but I wanted to pass along the result and Governor’s statement, which is below:
11May2010 | Delaware Dem | 10 comments | Continued
Vote!
Twitter points us to a fun little survey at Chris Cillizza’s The Fix, a fantasy political draft. Cillizza is asking what current politician is a future star. Our very own governor, Jack Markell, is one of the choices.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled blogging.
Tornoe’s Toon: Markell vs. Goliath(s)
As a cartoonist, I’m very rarely afforded the opportunity to do a “positive” cartoon. But Gov. Markell has overcome a lot of obstacles thrown at Delaware amid this terrible recession, including the recent sale of the shut-down Valero refinery in Delaware City to PBF Energy. So I felt it was proper to give him some [...]
15Apr2010 | Rob Tornoe | 13 comments | Continued
Deep Gubernatorial Thought
Last night at a townhall meeting, Governor Markell offered the following thought when defending some of his more unpopular stands (slavery apology, NRA-written gun law):
You don’t elect someone for their proposals, you elect them for their judgment.
How do you feel about this statement?
Welcome to the Blogosphere, Gov. Markell
Today, Governor Markell launched his new blog. His first post is titled Dedicated to You: Amazing and Awe-Inspiring and it details some of the heroics of state workers during the storm. Right on cue, a commenter identifying themselves as “Employee” made this comment:
22Feb2010 | liberalgeek | 25 comments | ContinuedIt’s so nice to hear about how hard my fellow employees work. However, you forget to mention the money we have lost, and the benefits that some of us don’t have. I have been working for the state for over two years with no raise, a pay cut, and no benefits.
Governor Markell Surveys the Political Landscape on CBS News
…and pretty much owns this interviewer. He talks about the Coons-Castle race at about the 5 minute mark and says nice things. The Gov is quite good at this kind of thing, I think — he needs a better questioner than this reporter tho. If you hang until the end, there is [...]
6Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
Who Will Run and How Do They Stack Up?
With Beau Biden’s withdrawal from the Senate race yesterday, we have a lot of scrambling going on. Let’s discuss the pros and cons of each of the prospective Democratic candidates.
First, let’s dispense with Lt. Governor Matt Denn. I spoke to him yesterday. He isn’t going to run. His two kids come first in his life, and not seeing them for days at a time would be an abdication of his most important role. But let me say for the record, he would be my first choice.
26Jan2010 | liberalgeek | 34 comments | Continued
Governor Markell’s State of the State Address
First, I should apologize to readers for not getting something up on this earlier — I’ve been completely slammed by work this week and missed alot of news and activity here as a result.
Governor Markell gave his State of the State address yesterday. Just from reading this, the Governor still sees plenty of fiscal [...]
Delaware and 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States in Pact to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels
This was announced on 12/30 — sorry for the delay is seeing this! You can see the entire Press Release here. The key info:
Gov. Jack Markell joined the governors of 10 other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states today in announcing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the states that underscores their commitment toward developing a regional Low Carbon Fuel Standard in a regional effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels for vehicles and other uses.
5Jan2010 | cassandra_m | Comments Off | Continued
Governor Markell Discusses Delaware as a Wind Energy Hub
Governor Markell addressed the AWEA’s Offhsore Wind Workshop a few weeks back, highlighting his plans to make Delaware a hub of offshore wind energy expertise and manufacturing. We’ve been enthusiastic about this previously, and we’re still enthusiastic. Starting with the U of D really evolving as a major research center for applied alternate energy strategies, to the Bluewater Wind effort, to work to manufacture components here there is great groundwork to grow a real next generation piece of the economy right here.
10Dec2009 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
Jack Markell Named Head Of The Democratic Governors Association
This is just coming through the wires, via Twitter. Jack Markell has been elected the lead the Democratic Governors Association. The national party is starting to notice our governor. Good for him and good for us!
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is just 11 months into his first term, but takes a high-profile leadership [...]
Bulo’s 2009 Top 10 MVPs (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause)
I am El Somnambulo, and I am a listaholic. 2009, IMHO, was a great year for Delaware progressives, maybe the best ever. Both equal rights for same sex couples and open government legislation were signed into law. A governor with a progressive vision began to make his mark on the state. A president began [...]
23Nov2009 | El Somnambulo | 42 comments | Continued
Official Fisker Announcement Today
As many of you know Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Jack Markell will be at the Boxwood plant this morning to announce the Fisker deal. As the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “Delaware appears to be an early winner in the nation’s green-car movement . . .” According to Fisker, they will probably bring some 1,500 [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 45 comments | Continued
Gov. Markell on C-SPAN This Morning
Governor Markell is at the National Governor’s Association meeting in Mississippi this week and appeared on C-SPAN this AM to talk about a number of topics.
20Jul2009 | cassandra_m | 3 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
