Last June, Senator DeLuca refused to consider a bill allowing SEED scholarships for Delaware State University students. Along with allegations of outright racism, a great chorus of complaint arose and his caucus forced him to hold a special session in the middle of campaign season to vote on the bill. During the fall/winter, Senator DeLuca [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Senator DeLuca Continues to be a Lightning Rod of Negative Attention…
Posted in Delaware, Delaware State Senate, Democrats, Elections, General Assembly, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Open Government, Sen. DeLuca, Taxes, Tea Party on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Big Cincinnati Boondoggle
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cincinnati Zoo gets solar canopy to provide power Workers have finished installing an $11 million canopy of solar panels to help power the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports nearly 4 acres of solar panels cover a parking area, and the system is expected to be turned on by mid-April. The collection of 6,400 panels [...]
A Deeper Look at Delaware’s February Employment Numbers…
Posted in Delaware, Economy on March 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The News Journal reported today that “Delaware’s economy added 2,000-plus jobs in February”. Let’s see what the Department of Labor said in it’s release: In February 2011, seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment was 414,800, up from 412,000 in January 2011. The over-the-month increase of 2,800 jobs was mainly due to increases in Leisure and Hospitality, and [...]
The Party of Big Business
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Jack Markell on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have blogged before about the close ties between the present administration and the big banks — just search the blog for Goldman Sachs or Tim Geithner. But, what to our wondering eyes should appear but GE earning lots of money and paying ZERO US tax. According to CBS (which I admit is a questionable [...]
How a Spending Cut is Really a Tax Increase
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hopefully the extra money that DEFAC has discovered will first go to restore the money Governor Markell wants to cut from school busing. This is not a spending cut, just a sneaky shifting of spending to my school taxes. I already pay enough for other people’s kids. It is not a cut in spending for [...]
Rep. Melanie George needs to pay more attention during the commercial breaks?
Posted in Delaware State House, tagged Melanie George on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s News Journal article about the civil unions bill, Rep. Melanie George (D – Bear) is quoted: George said it’s a matter of fairness, likening the current situation to the insurance company’s TV commercial, where a man offers a little girl an ice cream cone, then gives it to a little boy passing by instead. [...]
Child Abuse: Why are public school students less deserving of protection than private school students?
Posted in Delaware, Delaware State House, Delaware State Senate, Democrats, Education, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Parenting, Sexual Predator on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the State of Delaware, if you are or were abused by a priest or some other non-government employee, you can sue the individual alleged to have perpetrated the abuse, AND you can sue the person’s employer. However, if your child attends a State of Delaware public school, and your child is abused by a [...]
Nuclear Accident US Impact Poll
Posted in Energy on March 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Japanese Radiation Plume
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I realize that I am expected to suspend any grip of reality about the “plume” of radiation when the latest “expert” describes his scholarly theory to predict how it is going to “get us.” I am apparently one of those “anti intellectuals” who dares to question their nonsense. I was once told about an incident [...]
