The archives have arrived
I may now have one of the deepest Substacks out there.
As I transition from website to Substack, a concern of mine was just how I was going to keep all that I’ve written over the last 17 years. I’ve often leaned on my monoblogue archives as a written record of the local political scene, but if I didn’t keep the website alive then I wouldn’t be able to use the resource.
But over the space of about 2 1/2 hours Sunday night, a nice little computer program brought all of the over 5,000 posts I wrote over that timespan and they’re now in my archive here. It’s really strange seeing my posts arranged under monthly and yearly headings.
I’m also going to give you a word of caution: I didn’t really see just how the posts turned out here aside from one random post. I’m not sure if the photos and such turned out, but over the coming weeks I’ll take a peek and see. Considering that a WordPress post is basically a similar code to the Substack - I really had no issue transitioning to writing here - I think these should turn out about the same.
As busy as I have been in the world outside Substack, I really didn’t have something earthshattering to write here tonight. I do have one observation based on a current event, though.
Today we learned that Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness, who was already on her way out because she lost her primary to Lydia York, was sentenced to a year of probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $10,000 fine for her misdemeanor conviction and resigned her office effective (almost) immediately, like close of business today. Now it will be up to Governor John Carney to appoint a successor to get them through until either York or GOP contender Janice Lorrah takes office in January. It wouldn’t be completely out of left field if Carney appointed York just to give her an advantage as the “incumbent” for about a week, but I think the post will go to whoever runs the office - sort of like how Joe Biden’s chief of staff Ted Kaufman was Delaware’s Senator as a caretaker for two years. (The deputy auditor is a lady by the name of Tori Parker, who made headlines today by filing a labor complaint against McGuiness.)
The two things I wonder about this case: how much dirt does McGuiness have on her Democrat friends and will she spread it when it’s most useful, like in the next three weeks? I’m sure she’ll be a good little Democrat and fall on her sword like the rest.