Archive for March, 2009
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Posted in Economy on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New Castle County Waste: Cheesey Videos
Posted in Government Waste, New Castle County on March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Found this one on Youtube: It is uncomfortable to watch. The cuts are too fast and Coons comes across as a weirdo when he says “My schedule doesn’t allow me to be with you in person today”. I never expected him to come to my house and watch the video with me! How much time [...]
America — Crony Capitalism is now here and will get us no where.
Posted in Democrats, Economy, National, Open Government, President Obama on March 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
So GM CEO Rick Wagoner is gone. I don’t have a personal dog in that fight — while I drive a GM vehicle (which I like very much, thank you), I don’t own any GM stock and can always buy from the multitude of other auto manufacturers if I want. However, I don’t believe that [...]
Obama and the Dems, “Smokers, you can’t hide.”
Posted in Taxes on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think that by now everyone is aware that the federal tax on cigarettes has been increased by 62 cents per pack or 158% to $1.01. 54% of smokers are at twice the federal poverty level or below, so this tax falls disproportionately on poor and low income Americans. So president Obama and the gang [...]
NCCo councilman questions attempt to do the right thing
Posted in Government Waste, New Castle County on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Dialogue Delaware: They say no good deed goes unpunished. That held true last week for New Castle County Auditor Robert Wasserbach, who was criticized publicly by a council member after he volunteered to give back 7 percent of his salary to help the county deal with its deficit. Wasserbach made the decision in December [...]
Greg Lavelle continues the fight for Financial Transparency
Posted in Delaware, General Assembly, Government Waste, Open Government on March 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Representative Lavelle re-introduced a set of bills that I introduced last year only to see them die in the Senate Finance committee through the desk-drawer veto and a cooked up fiscal note. Over a dozen states have already implemented similar types of transparency through legislative action and executive orders. Let’s hope that Delaware can help [...]
Betting on College Sports in Delaware – You can’t have it both ways.
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Gambling, General Assembly, Jack Markell, National, Rep. Schwarzkopf on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So the NCAA has made the decision not to allow tournament games to be played in Delaware if the Markell Administration proceeds with re-instituting sports betting in Delaware. Lost in all the ballyhoo over this “retribution” is the fact that HB-100 (prime sponsors are: Pete Schwarzkopf, Valerie Longhurst, and Tony DeLuca) specifically exempts betting on a [...]
New Castle County Waste: $650 Photography Contest
Posted in Government Waste, New Castle County on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know we are giving away a $500 savings bond to the winner of a county photography contest?! Second place gets $100 and third place gets $50. Seriously!! I saw it on the county’s website – lower left of the main page. Here are the details: http://www.nccde.org/communityservices/home/fileuploads/images/entry%20form%202009.pdf This is absolutely ridiculous! The submitted pictures become the [...]
I’m glad I just started a business in Wilmington
Posted in Delaware, Jack Markell, Jim Baker on March 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Thankfully, I don’t have any employees yet and won’t face the new tax increase from Mayor Baker. Governor Markell’s “shared sacrifice” and Mayor Baker’s “we are in this together” tag lines fall on deaf ears. Since 2000 we have not been in this together. State government has not listened to Delawareans. We have over spent [...]
Chris Coons wants to do slightly less with 25% more
Posted in New Castle County, Taxes, tagged Budget, Coons on March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Times are tough and will remain so for years to come. Most of use are finding ways to do more with less. Chris Coons wants New Castle County to do slightly less with 25% more. You may have been too busy working to attend the recent ”Listening Campaign” meetings, so let me explain what happens at these things. The people [...]
