Archive for liberalgeek
Breaking: Ted Stevens Plane Crashes
Former AK Senator Ted Stevens is believed to have been a passenger on a plane that crashed in Alaska. Also on board was former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe. 5 of the 9 passengers are reported dead.
10Aug2010 | liberalgeek | 23 comments | Continued
Kowalko Addresses Toxic Chemical Reform
If you didn’t get a chance to read the Jeff Montgomery articles on tainted groundwater, put down that glass of water and read it now. Seriously, put down the water. You come away from that series feeling like a passenger that has no knowledge of boats, but just found out that your ship is sinking [...]
31Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 6 comments | Continued
Navarro Gets the Democratic Nod
After months of wrangling, last night the New Castle County Democrats endorsed Trinidad Navarro for New Castle County Sheriff. This marks a huge victory for Navarro, as his primary opponent, Michael Walsh, has been New Castle County Sheriff since Ronald Reagan was first elected. It will be interesting to see if Walsh stays in the [...]
22Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 19 comments | Continued
Late Night Video: Double Rainbow, Dude!
You really have to see/listen to the whole thing.
h/t Brad Wasson
Shadow Campaign for Treasurer
There has been a rotten thread running through the Treasurer’s race this year. The thread is that one campaign is trying to destroy their opponent on the way to the Democratic nomination. This is unbecoming of the two fine candidates that are competing to battle Colin Bonini in the fall. Sadly, the force behind this shadow campaign of destruction is so close to one of the candidates that the solution isn’t as simple as firing a staffer.
15Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 128 comments | Continued
9th District Democratic Candidates Abound
Last night the 9th district Dems met with the potential candidates to run against John Marino to replace Dick Cathcart. Rick Griffiths is the endorsed candidate and has been ramping up his campaign for months. Yesterday, Rebecca Walker filed to primary Rick. Walker has faced off against Cathcart twice in the past and had yielded [...]
9Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 25 comments | Continued
Hire the Qualified
There is a new movement that has come from some of the people active in the Delaware social media scene to preempt some of the awful discrimination that is now facing the unemployed and others.
In an economy that now has 5 unemployed workers for every open job, some employers have started putting disqualifiers in their [...]
Christina Just Got More Transparent
Last night the Christina School District elected their new school board president, John Young. John is a friend of DelawareLiberal and has been a tireless advocate for transparency in the Christina School District over at his aptly named, Transparent Christina.
Congratulations, John.
A Path to Good High-Paying Jobs in Delaware
You may not know it, but there is a jobs bill in Dover that can’t seem to get a vote. Speaker Gilligan has been dragging his feet on putting the jobs bill on the floor. I am a little amazed by that fact, since it is a jobs bill that doesn’t even have a fiscal [...]
27Jun2010 | liberalgeek | 45 comments | Continued
Mayberry This Ain’t
I’m not sure how closely you have been following the race for Sheriff in New Castle County. As small-time elections go, this one has the makings of the most interesting primary in New Castle County. Long-time Sheriff, Mike Walsh has held the office since Reagan was elected President. He is being challenged by NCC police [...]
22Jun2010 | liberalgeek | 24 comments | Continued
Poor Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen is running for reelection as a Tennessee Representative, in Harold Ford’s old seat. He won in 2008, in part due to the endorsement of Barack Obama. Race is an issue in this district, and Cohen is facing an African-American former Memphis mayor. In this painful video, some of his supporters have composed a [...]
22Jun2010 | liberalgeek | 1 comment | Continued
Kowalko Takes on Delmarva About Smart Meters
Next Wednesday, John Kowalko’s House Energy Committee will conduct a hearing to investigate the cost structure being used by Delmarva Power to install “smart meters” in homes in Delaware. In Delaware, the cost of installing these are borne by the ratepayer, whereas in other states, Delmarva picks up the cost.
According to the press release, 80% [...]
Kickoff for Rich Griffiths in the 9th
This evening, Rich Griffiths will kick off his campaign to unseat Dick Cathcart in the 9th RD. Rich is a great candidate. I have met him several times, and he is earnest, organized and focused on winning in November.
Rich will make his official announcement this evening at 6:30 PM at the Corbit-Sharpe Residence in Historic [...]
Oilpocalypse: Who Should Pay?
I started a small Twitter war last night when I suggested that perhaps we should tax gasoline to pay for the cleanup of the oil volcano in the Gulf.
BP is statutorily limited to $75M in damages for a spill. I suspect that they will end up paying more than that voluntarily, but they will, at [...]
Republican Convention Today
You are to be forgiven if you have no idea that the Republicans are meeting today to give out party endorsements. I have only really seen it discussed on the blogs on the other side of the political spectrum. But the comments section of those threads have been highly entertaining.
The local tea partiers like the [...]
Episode 2 of C’mon Delaware
Jason330 and Donviti have created their latest podcast. Just like U2’s album, Pop, it is over-engineered and over-produced. Nonetheless, it is available here for your enjoyment.
The words that Jason used to describe this episode are:
Michael Castle, Secret word, puff knuckle, RSmitty, Donviti = asshole, not haters, Stroke, Jet Magazine, Gandolf, Anson Williams, Vasectomy, Beau Biden, [...]
Looks Like Justice Kagan
The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama will announce the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court at 10AM Monday morning, replacing the retiring John Paul Stevens. Kagan will be the third woman on the Supreme Court, and only the fourth overall.
9May2010 | liberalgeek | 59 comments | Continued
Donviti and Jason330 Sittin’ in a Tree
In a bolt out of the blue, Jason called me today and asked me to put up a podcast that he and Donviti put together on a variety of subjects. It’s like cats and dogs sleeping together.
Here are the “tags” that Jason asked me to include in the post (verbatim):
5May2010 | liberalgeek | 22 comments | Continued
Guest Post: A Eulogy for Chris White
From Representative John Kowalko (D-Newark):
I’ve known Chris White for over four years, working with him intimately over a nine month period to produce the Foreclosure Mediation Program. No one brought more knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication to crafting the successful creation of that program and, simply put, it probably would not exist today without Chris.
23Apr2010 | liberalgeek | 17 comments | Continued
A Tale of Two Senators
I don’t know if you caught the story in the News Journal this morning featuring the work that Senator Kaufman is doing on financial reform. He talks passionately about dismantling Too Big To Fail and reinstating much of the Glass-Steagall act.
By contrast, Tom Carper (the one we are stuck with) is already back-pedaling on important [...]
Volunteers Needed This Weekend
As you may have heard, this week has been declared a week of service here in Delaware and it is National Volunteerism Week. In that spirit, Delaware Liberal has volunteered to help out a regional charity, Rebuilding Philadelphia, with a project for them this Saturday. This is how the project was presented to us:
This [...]
Sussex County Council President on the Take?
What would you say if I told you that the President of The Sussex County Council was paid $5,000 in salary by the largest developer in Sussex County? Sounds pretty fishy, eh? Well that is exactly what developer and Republican candidate for US Congress Glenn Urquhart is doing with his campaign funds.
Let’s review. Glenn Urquhart [...]
My Interview With Karen Weldin Stewart Post-Hearing
I ask KWS about the resignation of her controller yesterday. I also ask about contractors v. state employees. I probably shouldn’t have helped her find the answers, but let me know what you think.
13Apr2010 | liberalgeek | 22 comments | Continued
Live Video of the KWS Hearing
This may or may not work, but hopefully there will be a live stream of the hearing for Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. My fingers are crossed…
13Apr2010 | liberalgeek | 15 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
