Why Should Delaware Care? The bond bill is a massive, billion-dollar capital budget the General Assembly passes each June that taxpayers will help to repay over a decade. The details of specific items within the bond bill are often unclear, as the legislature negotiates the capital budget amid its annual end-of-session rush.
While Delaware’s two largest cities will receive roughly $23 million from the state’s omnibus capital budget this year, smaller municipalities will receive no money at all.
And that funding disparity is not abnormal…