Probably not.  And with a comment rescue from kavips in a minute I will show you why not. But first, thanks to Nancy Willing's Delaware Way , here is the response from State Treasurer Chip Flowers that neither the WNJ nor Governor Markell wanted you to see--sent to all legislators:

... it's still Treasurer Chip Flowers who needs to be reined in on financial issues? OK, so technically Jack didn't admit he made a mistake (he doesn't do that).   He only admitted that Fisker was bankrupt and--by extension--that the State of Delaware has zip, zero, nada chance of recovering the $21.5 million (plus) that we loaned  gave them. You know, maybe if Markell had consulted a financial advisor, he'd have discovered that it was a bad idea before he lost enough money to give all State employees a raise.

One of the few things you are allowed to know about DIAC is that it has this cool Eagle logo Unfortunately, we haven't found our own Edward Snowden yet. (So I guess you'll just have to make due with me.) What if I told you that Delaware has its own little baby NSA, with an unknown budget, unknown capabilities, and no civilian oversight? And that this entity already has a history of using false pretenses to collect data from and about Delaware citizens? Specifically, I'm talking about Delaware's "fusion" center, the Delaware Intelligence and Analysis Center in Dover? This is a very long post below the break, but it contains virtually all the publicly known information about one of the most shadowy government organizations in Delaware, the one that nobody wants to talk about...

... which is a spoiler of sorts so I will put it below the break ...

The News Journal editorial board apparently thought that HB 88 (the fatally flawed "common sense" bill for keeping firearms out of the hands of the seriously mentally ill) was such a slam dunk after it passed the House 40-1 that the paper didn't even bother to publish an editorial piece supporting it. Oops. Today the WNJ opines that this "common sense" bill is a critical "if only" opportunity: If House Bill 88 dies in the state Senate, it runs the chance of becoming one of those “if only” bills. That is what they said after the Aurora, Colo., shootings, when a mentally ill patient armed with guns and bullets, walked into a movie theater opened fire and killed 12 people.   If only Colorado had a law that kept deadly firearms out of the hands of a dangerous mental patient ...   If only Colorado had a law that allowed trained mental health professionals to alert police when a disturbed patient is threatening violence ...   If only ...   Hou...

State Treasurer Chip Flowers Of course it would be set to happen on the last day of the legislative session without advance notice or committee hearings.  That's the Markell way. You must remember the current manufactured controversy between State Treasurer Chip Flowers and the Cash Management Policy Board in the context of these earlier Markell actions: --removing all the members of the hospital review board who disagreed with him about approving a new rehabilitation hospital in Middletown; and--   --seeking private counsel (not the Attorney General's opinion) on how to skirt the Coastal Zone Act so that he would be able to claim attorney-client privilege, and then allowing DNREC to keep other opinions from the Attorney General's office secret-- You must also remember that this controversy has both political and policy aspects. 1.  The Politics You trust these two to reduce transparency in the State Treasurer's office without real debate, don't y...

Remember George Orwell's Animal Farm ? “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Apparently only certain people are allowed to organize and lobby the legislators in the General Assembly. When the Delaware Campaign for Liberty [as well as a lot of Libertarians] put in an intensive lobbying effort after gun-control measure HB 88, this struck not only our local liberal population but also NRA surrogate The Delaware Sportsmans Association as foul play. First, let's check in at Delawareliberal , where cassandra m. whined that HB 88 should have sailed through the Senate because a deal had been made, after all with the NRA and DSSA: To say that this defeat is a surprise is an understatement. It’s overwhelming majority in the House should have been an indication to the Senate of just how well this bill had been worked. In addition, the NRA was NEUTRAL on this bill — as good as it gets on a gun measure. How did it get defeated? Ever hear of a group ...