My top ten reasons (at first they were going to count down in order, but then I kept not being able to prioritize them):
10. Everyone is always surprised when Delaware Psychiatric, Delaware Corrections, of DFS has another scandal; you have to wonder why, since there was no oversight built into these systems.
9. We have such a fully functional nepotism system that not only can your otherwise unemployable children get state jobs if you are an elected official, but you can get the entire Democratic Party membership to vote for Beau Biden as Attorney General.
8. Our environmental protection from our elected officials is so good that New Castle Country air quality is among the worst in the nation, bad water kills off thousands of fish on a regular basis, and the second smallest state in the country has 14 EPE superfund cleanup sites active.
7. Our Freedom of Information Act allows organizations like DSU to hide the salaries of legislators who work for them and openly lobby for them to get more money.
6. We have representatives attempting to hide anti-abortion language in the anti-cloning bill, and a bipartisan team of senators proposing a constitutional amendment that will not only prohibit gay marriage and civil unions, but also effectively nullifies part of the US Constitution.
5. We have the city of Wilmington declaring eminent domain over private businesses for economic development purposes.
4. We have a business/education lobby that is trying to help itself to $100 million in public funds for so-called "education reform" that is not selling well with the public, so they use their own house organ policy research institute to pimp for it and the News Journal prints that as legitimate news. (We won't talk about how many school districts are in financial trouble.)
3. We actually have elected officials trying to get John Atkins back into the General Assembly.
2. Many of our legislators are actually sitting back and quietly conspiring to help Delmarva Power kill wind power.
1. We're actually contemplating giving Orlando George and Del Tech their own tax to go along with all the free SEEDS tuition at the expense of competing colleges and universities in the area.
We don't have representative government in this state.
We have two superficially different insider groups dedicated to sharing the spoils.
10. Everyone is always surprised when Delaware Psychiatric, Delaware Corrections, of DFS has another scandal; you have to wonder why, since there was no oversight built into these systems.
9. We have such a fully functional nepotism system that not only can your otherwise unemployable children get state jobs if you are an elected official, but you can get the entire Democratic Party membership to vote for Beau Biden as Attorney General.
8. Our environmental protection from our elected officials is so good that New Castle Country air quality is among the worst in the nation, bad water kills off thousands of fish on a regular basis, and the second smallest state in the country has 14 EPE superfund cleanup sites active.
7. Our Freedom of Information Act allows organizations like DSU to hide the salaries of legislators who work for them and openly lobby for them to get more money.
6. We have representatives attempting to hide anti-abortion language in the anti-cloning bill, and a bipartisan team of senators proposing a constitutional amendment that will not only prohibit gay marriage and civil unions, but also effectively nullifies part of the US Constitution.
5. We have the city of Wilmington declaring eminent domain over private businesses for economic development purposes.
4. We have a business/education lobby that is trying to help itself to $100 million in public funds for so-called "education reform" that is not selling well with the public, so they use their own house organ policy research institute to pimp for it and the News Journal prints that as legitimate news. (We won't talk about how many school districts are in financial trouble.)
3. We actually have elected officials trying to get John Atkins back into the General Assembly.
2. Many of our legislators are actually sitting back and quietly conspiring to help Delmarva Power kill wind power.
1. We're actually contemplating giving Orlando George and Del Tech their own tax to go along with all the free SEEDS tuition at the expense of competing colleges and universities in the area.
We don't have representative government in this state.
We have two superficially different insider groups dedicated to sharing the spoils.
Comments
What to do? I have followed the discussion in previous posts closely.
What to do? The nature of any political organization, or organizations in general for that matter seem to lead to strife, disagreement, and eventual ineffectiveness (I am thinking of Common Cause as an example). Can you address how the inevitable clash of egoes and general crankiness can be managed?
Can I use that? Nice.