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ARCHIVES -- OCTOBER 2003
TRICK OR TREAT FOR JUSTICE
Posted: Oct. 31,
2003
Mary M. Johnston chose Halloween for her
robing as a Superior Court judge, and the result was a gremlin or
two in the proceeding. Most of all, Johnston took the occasion to
walk away from one of the scariest jobs in legal circles -- her
previous work as the chief disciplinary counsel, policing lawyers'
conduct.
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CHANCERY BECOMES A LEGACY
COURT
Posted: Oct. 30, 2003
When Donald F. Parsons Jr. was installed
Thursday as a vice chancellor, he became the third judge on the
five-member Court of Chancery who once clerked for U.S. District
Judge James L. Latchum. Naturally the ceremony felt like a reunion
with a lot of tattling and a lot of laughter.
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BILL LEE IS THE NAME,
AND POLLING IS THE GAME
Posted: Oct. 29, 2003
Candidates typically rely on polls for the
numbers game, but Republican William Swain Lee turned a recent poll
into a name game, too. What he learned will be on display when he
declares his candidacy for governor next month against first-term
Democrat Ruth Ann Minner.
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NO SWITCH THIS TIME
Posted: Oct. 28,
2003
Republicans have not won an election for New
Castle County executive since 1984 and did not even have a candidate
last time. No wonder there has been talk about recruiting a
Democrat. Could they get Council President Christopher A. Coons to
switch? They could not.
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STATE GOP HEARS FROM
HOME OFFICE
Posted: Oct. 22, 2003
Edward W. Gillespie, the Republicans' new
national chairman, brought a strategy and a message to the Delaware
GOP about keeping the White House in 2004, but his optimism was not
quite so sunny when it came to winning the governorship. As for the
U.S. Senate seats, he was not even going to go there.
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LIEBERMAN COMES CALLING
Posted: Oct. 20,
2003
U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is hoping that
Delaware Democrats will be impressed by the company he keeps when
they vote in the presidential primary in February. He was squired to
campaign stops in Wilmington and Dover by U.S. Sen. Thomas R.
Carper, who knows something about winning elections here.
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A VICMEAD HUNT FOR MIKE
CASTLE
Posted: Oct. 10, 2003
Delaware Republicans were all set Friday to
salute U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle at the Vicmead Hunt Club, except
for one thing. No congressman. Castle, flying back from a
fact-finding trip to Iraq, was delayed and had to hook up by
loudspeaker. What he had to say, though, had everyone listening.
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AT LEAST ONE BIDEN IS
GETTING IN
Posted: Oct. 9, 2003
When U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. decided to
pass up the presidential race, it also meant Valerie Biden Owens
would not take on her usual role of running her brother's campaign.
Instead of heading for the sidelines, Owens is heading for Wesley K.
Clark's campaign with the political consulting firm where she works.
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JUST WHAT GLENVILLE NEEDS
Posted: Oct. 7,
2003
Glenville residents saw how destructive water
can be when a flood from Henri forced them from their homes last
month and left them asking government officials to buy them out. In
a surprising twist, even more water could be the solution to their
predicament.
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