Just saw that there are pictures from Bob Rhodunda’s Aug 18th Beef & Beer posted on his website. Looks like he filled the room. Only shows that people are anxious to replace the incumbent Dennis E Williams assuming Williams makes it past the primary. and good to see his family is behind him:
Archive for August, 2010
Bob Rhodunda packs the Talleyville Fire Hall
Posted in Delaware State House, GOP, tagged Bob Rhodunda on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rollins vs Urquhart on Facebook
Posted in GOP, U.S. Congress, tagged Ashton Kutcher, Chris Coons, Glen Urquhart, John Carney, Michele Rollins, Mike Castle on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well the primary is 2 weeks away, so here are the Facebook fan stats: Michele Rollins Congress 2010: 611 likes Glen Urquhart for Congress: 659 likes Urquhart has run a much stronger social media campaign, but it appears that Rollins is catching up. For comparison, their general election opponent John Carney has 664 likes. [...]
Councilman Bob Weiner and State Representative Tom Kovach joined forces with 21st Century employees for 21st SafetyZone
Posted in Delaware State House, GOP, New Castle County, tagged Bob Weiner, Tom Kovach on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From BobWeiner.com: Councilman Bob Weiner and State Representative Tom Kovach joined forces with 21st Century employees early on Tuesday morning August 31 on Shipley Road in front of Springer Middle School. Bob and Tom helped promote a program called 21st SafetyZone, prior to the start of the school morning to get drivers to slow down in [...]
Follow State Rep Tom Kovach on Twitter
Posted in Delaware State House, GOP, tagged Tom Kovach on August 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This was an interesting article on Rep. Tom Kovach’s use of Twitter from Delaware First Media. Kovach is the Delaware State Rep in District 6. Tom Kovach is second from the right in the above photo from Delaware Social Media Initiative. He is tweeting about the bill signing from his cell phone. Read more here. [...]
Another Embezzler In Delaware
Posted in Criminal Justice, Delaware, Government Waste, Kent County on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The News Journal has an article on the arrest of another alleged Delaware embezzler (The article can be found here). Some interesting facts from Ms. Gibson’s article: Kenton Delaware has 237 residents, 2 of those residents are allegedly involved in the embezzling, are married, and hold governmental positions of trust, and The two of them [...]
Indian River Inlet Bridge
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So now, after having to remove the defective multi-million dollar dirt piles (bridge approaches), we discover in the NJ that some of the concrete is cracking as deep as 10½ inches deep. And this before a single vehicle has driven on it! It sounds as if the contractor is suggesting gluing it back together with [...]
The Problem With Government Regulations
Posted in Economy on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m a strong believer in competitive markets with light regulation. Regulation that keeps a level playing field and promotes competition. Oftentimes, it is government regulation that causes the lack of competition which allows the rich &/or powerful to make “excess” profits. Let’s look at one of those regulatory failures… From Bronte Capital (The blog can [...]
Chris Christie, please call Governor Begatto.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Does anyone have Gov Begatto’s cell number? If so, maybe we can get Chris Christie to call him with an idea he’s doing in The Garden State that would work here. Christie told a teacher if she didn’t like the pay scale, “go do something else.” By golly, now that’s an idea. If state employee’s [...]
Ruminations on Ms. Jones-Potter’s Favorite Charity, Wilmington’s Supervisors, Legislator Ethics, & the Governor
Posted in Delaware, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Open Government on August 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In March of this year, I posted on $150,000 of taxpayer money that Wilmington City Councilman Charlie Potter had directed, external to the City’s budget, to the Police Athletic League. The post can be found here. As a result of that post, Ms. Jones-Potter responded by writing: [Y]ou should know that I have not been [...]
Giddy – up!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday all new teachers in the Christina School district had inservice training. The facilitator from Georgia was paid thousands of dollars for such gems as this, “the children are like horses, when they’re tired you need to dismount”. And we wonder why our kids can’t read or add? Not one thing was taught to new [...]
