Delaware and National Politics from the Center-Right. Formerly First State Politics.
Posted in Development, Environment, Growth, Infrastructure, Land Use on Jun 9th, 2008
When I listen to the land management debate, I wonder why the real issues are often mentioned only in passing. We are in danger of becoming a bedroom community not a vibrant self-sustaining one. In Kent county, most people can no longer afford to live here on the wages paid. According to the housing report, most […]
Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Business, Change, Competition, Conservatism, Deficit, Economics, Election 2008 - Delaware, Election 2008-President, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Growth, Iraq, Liberal Media, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP, Reform, Regulation, Spending, Taxes on Jun 4th, 2008
There comes a time in all men’s lives when they are downtrodden, where they see nothing but dead-ends and roadblocks ahead, when they feel that all their endeavors are doomed to failure, and that all hope is lost. Fortunately though, those times are few and far between for Americans, and even then they seem to […]
Posted in Development, Growth, Infrastructure, Regulation on Mar 27th, 2008
Here are the comments from William B. Chandler III, the Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to the Liveable Delaware conference at the University of Delaware.
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Posing the challenge of creating a livable Delaware
Remarks by William B. Chandler III
University of Delaware - Clayton Hall
March 25, 2008
If there is one thing we need not […]
Posted in Change, Economics, Education, Growth, Guest Posts, Infrastructure on Mar 18th, 2008
Guest Post by Randy Nelson and Walt Lydic of Ocean View.
It’s the classic chicken and egg argument: what comes first, high-paying jobs or an educated, skilled workforce? It’s a riddle that Delaware politicians, educators and business leaders have been unable to solve as they struggle to bring new enterprise to the state. The problem is […]
Posted in Budget, Change, Conservatism, Deficit, Delaware Taxpayer Coalition, Economics, Growth, Open Government, Reform, Spending, Taxes, Transparency on Mar 17th, 2008
UPDATE: I was wrong. It’s not $300,000,000 over five years. It’s $326,000,000 over TWO YEARS, including $126,000,000 this year alone. That’s it. Time to slash spending. The Minner-Carper gravy train, which was built on the backs of the DuPont-Castle successes, is over. All the Democrat administrations have left us with is mountains of debt and […]
Posted in Conservatism, Delaware Taxpayer Coalition, Economics, Growth, Reform, Regulation, Taxes on Feb 19th, 2008
The Governor and her Delaware Economic Destruction Office have struck a deal with asset management firm Black Rock, who will add 300 jobs to Delaware by 2010 in exchange for a permanent corporate income tax created just for the asset management industry.
However, the legislature doesn’t know anything about this yet, and the deal hinges on […]
Posted in Conservatism, Economics, Growth, Infrastructure, Land Use, Regulation on Feb 14th, 2008
Often times opponents of land-use restrictions cite the effect those restrictions have on housing affordability as a reason to oppose new regulations. The cost is too high, they say. I’ve always heard the argument, but I’ve never seen a price tag put on it. Until today:
Backed by studies showing that middle-class Seattle residents can no […]
