From today’s News Journal: On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a large tax credit for the company responsible for “Jersey Shore,” an MTV reality series set in the oceanfront borough of Seaside Heights. “I have no interest in policing the content of such projects; however, as Chief Executive I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Christie vetoes $420,000 tax break for MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’
Posted in Government Waste, tagged Chris Christie on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pelosi’s District is all about Transparency
Posted in Democrats, National, Parenting, Religious Freedom on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following article is from the NY Times. The article is about a debate about nudity in public. Frankly, the great majority of humans are pretty unattractive in the buff — which is why we spend so much money on fashion, and in the case of the former Madame Speaker, a serious and frightening jolt [...]
Chuck Woolery on Taxing the Rich
Posted in Taxes, tagged Chuck Woolery, Matt Damon on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s almost been two months and I have yet to receive a response from Matt Damon regarding his urge to pay more taxes. That’s okay – I can understand – he is likely upset and probably missed my post. But Chuck Woolery didn’t miss it! He produced a video to show Mr. Damon, [...]
Is It About 40,000 Jobs or Rewarding Donors?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Starkey did some truth checking on the Obama administration and the Senate Democrats in the Sunday News Journal and found that they may have stretched the truth a little concerning how many jobs were “saved or created” by the Advanced Technology Vehicles program. It was used to funnel federal money big Democrat fundraisers such [...]
$15 million a year!
Posted in Delaware, Delaware State House, Economy, Government Waste, tagged Gerald Hocker, Harvey Kenton, Jack Peterman, Ruth Briggs King, Unemployment Insurance on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Is what Delaware wasted in unemployment benefit payments for each of the past 3 years – just over $45 million total from July 2008 to June 2011. We had a 10.31% error rate! State Reps. Gerald Hocker, Harvey Kenton, Ruth Briggs King and Jack Peterman sent a letter yesterday to Labor Secretary John McMahon: In a [...]
Fossil Fuel Free World — Bring Back Solyndra!!!
Posted in Delaware, Energy, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Taxes on September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I just received the following press release. I know a number of the organizers, and I do have a soft spot for them, even if they are totally removed from reality as it relates to fossil fuels. The release did give me a good chuckle, almost as good as the one I had when our [...]
Websites and Weed
Posted in Delaware, Economy on September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just saw this on WDEL.com: Wilm. Police shut down major drug operation By Amy Cherry Wilmington Police shut down what they’re calling a major drug operation in the city. They’ve arrested three men and seized 30-pounds of pot from a Vultran Creative Marketing Group on North Market Street. Police say the drugs are worth more [...]
How are Fisker and Solyndra Similar? (updated)
Posted in Energy, Government Waste, President Obama on September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As the Solyndra scandal continues to develop and we discover the crony capitalism aspect of the Obama administration, I started to wonder: The electric car company that Delaware taxpayers generously bought the GM plant for, Fisker Automotive, also got $500 Million from Obama. A big Obama donor, George Kaiser was the chief investor at Solyndra. [...]
$1.5 Billion Tax Increase — even the Democrats don’t want it.
Posted in Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, President Obama, Taxes, Tea Party, Vice President Biden on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A little honesty on the President’s proposed tax increases… The proposed tax reform refers to raising taxes by $1.5 trillion on “millionaires and billionaires”. Bullfeathers. The details are clear… The foundations of the proposal are to end to the Bush tax cuts on taxpayers earning more than $200,000-$250,000 per year (which, allegedly, raises $800 billion over 10 [...]
State Rep. Lavelle Seeks Federal Probe of Questionable DelDOT Land Deals
Posted in Delaware State House, DelDOT, Government Waste, Press Release submitted via email, tagged Greg Lavelle on September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For Immediate Release: September 20, 2011 For More Information: Joe Fulgham (302) 744-4184 State House Minority Leader Greg Lavelle (R-Sharpley) has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a suspicious land deal between a state agency and a developer. Rep. Lavelle’s request for a meeting with Charles M. Oberly, III (U.S. Attorney for the [...]
