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ARCHIVES -- FEBRUARY 2003
BILL LEE GETS WORK
Posted: Feb. 28, 2003
William Swain Lee has decided to get a job in
addition to being a Republican candidate for governor. A retired Superior Court judge,
he will join
the Wilmington law firm of Bifferato Bifferato & Gentilotti, working alongside Vincent A. Bifferato Sr., another ex-judge
and old friend, in the growing and lucrative field of mediation.
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MORE POLI-TICKING
Posted: Feb. 27, 2003
It's the little things that make politics
tick. This is a column about that. U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.
mixes it up with Don Imus. A political consultant returns to her
Delaware roots.
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EVEN INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Posted: Feb. 26, 2003
There is no political off-season anymore. Even
the race for insurance commissioner, typically a sleeper of a
contest, is coming alive with 20 months to go until the next
election. Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams, a three-term
Republican, is drawing early opposition not just from the Democrats
but from her own party.
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A QUIET ADMONITION
Posted: Feb. 20, 2003
After more than a year, the notorious
dog-shooting case of Wayne N. Elliott ended quietly with a
private admonition from the legal disciplinary system, about two
months after the prominent Dover attorney pleaded guilty to a
reduced charge of cruelty to animals.
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A COURTHOUSE FIRST THE WAY
IT WAS
Posted: Feb. 19, 2003
Going first is not always smooth. Calvin L.
Scott Jr. became the first judge to have a swearing-in at the New
Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington when he joined the Superior
Court bench on Wednesday, in spite of the snowstorm and a few
misplaced nameplates marking the historic occasion.
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POLI-TICKING
Posted: Feb. 18, 2003
It's the little things that make politics
tick. This is a column about that. State Republican Chairman J.
Everett Moore Jr. makes a prediction that sticks -- all too well.
U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle gets some moderate recognition.
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LINCOLN DAY JINX
Posted: Feb. 14, 2003
The Sussex County Lincoln Day Dinner was no
valentine. Old Abe took his knocks, and so did a couple of
candidates. Some judges made a cameo appearance, and even the food
got political when about 90 Republicans got together Thursday
evening in Rehoboth Beach.
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PRESIDENTIAL INCURSION
Posted: Feb. 10, 2003
U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards, a North Carolina
Democrat who would like to be president, is heading here Tuesday for
a fund-raiser, but only with the understanding that this is Biden
country if Delaware's favorite son decides to run.
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POLITICAL ENVY
Posted: Feb. 9, 2003
Delaware Republicans got a look at what they
wished would be a dream-come-true for their party when they gathered
for the annual Kent County Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday evening in
Dover. If they could, they would like to do what their neighboring
counterparts in Maryland did.
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POLITICS ON THE CUTTING EDGE
Posted: Feb. 7, 2003
A New Castle County Democratic Party
fund-raiser, rescheduled from the December holiday season, turned
into an evening that was anything but festive when state Sen. Karen
E. Peterson's car with its distinctive, gold legislative tag had its
tires slashed.
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THE TAXMAN GOETH
Posted: Feb. 6, 2003
In a masterpiece of timing, William M.
Remington is declaring victory and walking away from the Delaware
Division of Revenue, which he has run for 10 years, just as the
state's tax system is receiving national recognition. Can he do it
again on an international scale?
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ASSESSING TAXES
Posted: Feb. 5, 2003
If Governing magazine were Delaware
Grapevine, it would give Delaware a gold bar for its tax system. Of
the 50 states, nobody does it better, the nonpartisan publication
found, even if outsiders do regard it as a buccaneer on the high seas
of state finance.
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POPPITI TO LEAVE FAMILY
COURT
Posted: Feb. 3, 2003
Family Court Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti
still has a year to go on his 12-year term, but he has decided the
time is right for him to leave the bench and go into private
practice. He is lined up to be a partner at Blank Rome, a 440-lawyer
firm headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in Wilmington.
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