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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