Bob Gilligan, Karen Peterson and Charlie Copeland discuss the most recent developments in the push for open government:
Archive for January, 2009
WHYY Friday Forum – Open Government – 1/30/2009
Posted in Delaware, Open Government, Speaker Gilligan, tagged Open Government on January 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Michael Steele is great news for those on the Center-Right
Posted in Delaware, GOP, National on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve met Michael Steele four times. He is bright, articulate, funny, and has a great grasp as to what makes America the unique country that it is. His policies and outlook are consistent with the vast majority of Americans. He has visited Delaware on numerous occasions to help in local and statewide elections. His commercials [...]
Go Steelers!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats Michael Steele
Posted in GOP, National, Political Commercials, tagged RNC, Steele on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I really enjoyed his commercials for his senate run in 2006: Here’s his acceptance speech from today:
Will the “Big Heads” use the same table as the Governor?
Posted in Delaware, Economy on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been watching the recent news around Delaware with bemused depression. So the State has a 20% budget deficit – who’da thunk it! The Governor says that some members of the legislature may not grasp the severity of the problem. If that is true, then these legislators have been asleep. I would like to [...]
Lessons from 1946…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
First published in 1946, Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt is a book I relied heavily upon early in college. Hoping to refresh my understanding of basic economics I recently began re-reading the book and on page 32 came across the following two paragraphs. A certain amount of public spending is necessary to perform [...]
An Independent Redistricting Bill that is Truly Independent
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Senate Bill 20 will bring a welcomed change to how redistricting is undertaken in Delaware. Below is a cropped version of the bill text with some comments sprinkled throughout. The bill seeks to create a Commission which will put forth the redistricting plan following the 2010 Census. The Commission has been given a clever name, [...]
Expanding welfare will not expand the economy
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, GOP, Medicaid/Health Care, National on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s hear it for the bi-partisan rejection of expanding welfare in the name of “economic stimulus”! 11 Democrats joined Republicans in voting against the “stimulus” package. I hope that this gives the liberals some pause as they try to move forward with welfare-expanding, deficit-spending programs during the worst economic crisis in 80 years. For example, [...]
Would you help a co-worker?
Posted in Economy, tagged Interesting Data on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
From The American magazine: According to a recent Fox News and Opinion Dynamics poll, 59 percent of Americans say they would be willing to take a pay cut if it meant a coworker could keep his or her job instead of being laid off. Two in ten say they would not take a pay cut, [...]
Eminent Domain – Backtrack Jack?
Posted in Delaware, Economy, Eminent Domain on January 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The News Journal had a good article on the Eminent Domain bill, today. Reporter, Ginger Gibson, points out that Candidate Jack Markell said that he would sign the eminent domain bill. However, his elected number two, Matthew Denn, “made clear Monday that he wants the proposal to be revised”. I find Lt. Gov. Denn’s logic [...]
