Having spent 6 years in the Delaware Legislature gave me an appreciation of the power of the legislature versus that of the Executive. While the Executive has a strong ability to “define the playing surface” (i.e. what are the policy ideas and initiatives that get worked on), the Legislature has the ability to decide many [...]
Archive for August, 2009
President Obama’s $10 trillion problem…
Posted in Democrats, Economy, Elections, Medicaid/Health Care, National, President Obama, Taxes, Tea Party on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seventy Years Ago
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 1, 2009, marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Appropriately enough, foreign dignitaries are gathering in Gdansk, Poland to commemorate the beginning of hostilities between Poland and Nazi Germany. Most history books record that the shooting started at dawn when the obsolete German battleship Schleswig-Holstein turned its guns [...]
John Stossel: Insurance Makes Healthcare Far More Expensive
Posted in Medicaid/Health Care, tagged John Mackey, John Stossel on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This was a great segment from Friday’s 20/20. John Stossel shows how insurance has made healthcare more expensive. Includes interviews with John Mackey (co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods), a couple doctors and Mark Horn (a father of four from North Carolina who unsuccessfully tries to shop for the best price from doctors). When insurance companies pay [...]
Kudos to Councilman Vance Phillips
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As some of you may be aware Vance Phillips is the President of Sussex County Council and for the past 14 years has hosted a crab feast that usually attracts 300 plus supporters. In fact, it is a must event for any GOP candidate running statewide to appear at. Well this year he changed the [...]
How the West will be lost.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the Wild West where gun fights, saloons, and more were part of what won the West for America. Men were men and if they wanted to back up a remark be sure to have your hand on the pistol. However as communications went from morse code and smoke signals a new more sophistocated form of verbal sparring [...]
It looks like sports betting is toast. How about table games?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Are table games going to go the way of sports betting? I know, I know, the parlay betting could still be done but who would really want to do that. It failed before and it will fail again. Not every legislator who voted to expand gambling in Delaware was in favor of adding table games. [...]
The Federal Office in charge of Medicaid/Medicare still has no appointed Director. Why?
Posted in Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, Medicaid/Health Care, National, President Obama, Taxes, Tea Party on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Seven months and counting. If cuts to Medicare are so important to paying for the Progressives “single-payer, government-run” health care plan, why has the President still not filled the position of Director of CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)? To quote from the New York Times (the whole article can be found here): The [...]
Back to school.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ah late summer, the trees are full, people are tanned and the yellow bus is gearing up for the first day back. In addition the teachers are gearing up for the following: in service on how to be diverse. (diverse? addition and subtraction are the same everywhere) inservice on how to make their classroom a [...]
Criminal Justice Reform in Delaware and CRI’s report
Posted in Criminal Justice, Delaware, Jack Markell on August 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I have been contacted by many people regarding the Caesar Rodney Institute’s recent report on continued problems in the Delaware Corrections Department because of my history of fighting for criminal justice reform in Delaware. Some background: When I was in the State Senate, I was very critical of the Minner Administrations lack of response regarding [...]
Greg Lavelle still waiting for Vince Meconi FOIA Response
Posted in Delaware, Government Waste, tagged Vince Meconi on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Three weeks ago State Rep. Greg Lavelle submitted a FOIA regarding former DHSS Secretary Vince Meconi’s current consulting engagement with the State. Apparently there has been no response and Rep. Lavelle issued another press release today: According to the Delaware Department of Justice, the state Freedom of Information Act requires that a response to a FOIA request [...]
