With a new year imminent it’s only fitting to see how the taxpayers of our state continue to be kept out of the loop and fed dribs and drabs of what is really happening with their money. Today it is announced that the Laurel School district admitted they ‘diverted’ taxpayer money from where it was [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Circle the wagons.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2009 | 16 Comments »
GE to sell Newark Plant to Motech
Posted in Delaware, Economy, Energy on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally some good news in Delaware on the Alternative Energy front… From RenewableEnergyWorld.com: Motech To Purchase GE’s Delaware PV Module Assembly Plant Motech Industries Inc. this week signed an agreement to acquire GE Energy’s Delaware solar module assembly operation, just months after GE said that it would halt production at the facility in 2010. The [...]
Couldn’t we have cut Carbon Dioxide Regulators instead of Homeland Security?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sen. Dodd, D-Conn., slashed aviation security funding for pet constituency By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 12/28/09 12:24 PM EST http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Sen-Dodd-D-Conn-slashed-aviation-security-funding-for-pet-constituency-80209967.html Now that our attention is focused on airline security measures thanks to the failed airline attack on Christmas Day, it’s worth mentioning that one senator took money away from aviation security to line the [...]
Defending the Homeland
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I blogged not to long ago on an analysis between global warming and missile defense. We’re spending a huge amount of time and energy to focus on a “crisis” called “man-made” global warming meanwhile we’re allowing the current defense of America from our enemies to go fallow. From the Guardian UK (The whole article can [...]
The Governor appoints someone to oversee “stimulus” funds after all
Posted in Delaware, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Taxes on December 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Congratulations to the Governor and Lt. Governor for finally taking the “stimulus” fund expenditures seriously. I have blogged about this on two previous occasions, questioning the $200,000+ dollars being spent on Vince Meconi and the Lt. Governor’s office while “stimulus” funds were being allocated to the 99th Congressional District and worse. WBOC in Kent/Sussex Counties [...]
A teachable moment.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In education a teachable moment comes about often unexpectedly, as in when the kid who has been struggling all of a sudden “gets it”. For some teachers such a moment compels them to stay in the game despite moderate money and bureacracy that is reminscent of the Gong Show. However in Red Clay 3 weeks [...]
Where are state troopers in Brandywine Hundred?
Posted in Democrats, tagged Jeff Boykin on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This has to be one of the best letters the News Journal has ever printed. Sounds like Jeff Boykin is planning a political comeback! I miss the homemade signs (orange spraypaint on cardboard) of the 2006 primary (Boykin lost 25.3% to 74.7% to Carl Colantuono). Perhaps he’ll primary Short for the 7th? Or not run for congress against Lavelle? [...]
The little guy now gets it.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Quite the Christmas Dinner conversation last night. My stepfather is a UAW retiree. No high school diploma and an immigrant from Puerto Rico. My mom is a Claymont high school graduate. Both worked in the Delaware when 17 advanced degress weren’t needed to get a mortgage, let alone keep a job. Both also voted for [...]
PA Ethics Probe Confirms “Public Service Announcements” are Re-Election Tool. Pay-to-Play in the Treasurer’s Office?
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Jack Markell on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There was a bit of ruckus a couple of weeks ago around Senator Colin Bonini’s inquiry over who was paying for Public Service Announcements coming from the State Treasurer’s Office. The State Treasurer refused to answer his inquiry demanding that he file a Freedom of Information Request through the Attorney General’s office at the same time [...]
The party of the little guy II.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Well they have done it again. Screwed the little guy. That’s right the Democrats have screwed their own people. Again. This time it’s the small home repair guys. You know the guys with signs on their trucks who come out for quotes and that you give ice tea too. One truck and a few employee’s. [...]
