Coyote Gulch

Wednesday, April 23, 2003

2003 Denver Mayoral Election
The events below are from e-mail from John Hickenlooper's campaign:
Thursday, April 24
Associated General Contractors of CO Candidate Lunch & Forum, Lakewood Country Club 6800 W. 10th Ave (10th and Pierce), 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Thursday, April 24
INC / LWV Forum, Channel 8 Studios, 2390 Ulster (Stapleton), 6 PM -7:30 PM
Friday, April 25
Lincoln Club of Colorado Forum, Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm, 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
Saturday, April 26
Metro Arts Coalition Candidate Forum, Acoma Center, 1080 Acoma, 12 NOON - 2 PM
Sunday, April 27
Intermountain Jewish News Mayoral Forum, BMHBJ Synagogue, 560 S. Monaco Pkwy, 7 PM - 9 PM
9:15:54 PM

2003 Gulchies
On May 6th I'll be naming the winners of the Gulchie award in each contest in the 2003 Denver Municipal Election. Gulchies reflect the best practices in applying Internet technology to politcal campaigns. Please send me e-mail or post comments if you have a nomination or two.
8:01:17 PM

2003 Denver Election for Auditor
From e-mail from Dennis Gallagher's campaign. Numbers from a recent poll:
Gallagher - 30%
Ortega - 16%
Thomas - 14%
Taylor - 4%
7:09:48 PM

2003 Denver Mayoral Election - 5280 Magazine
Daniel Brogan posted this comment in response to my questioning the editorial independence of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post in my post on April 19th:
"5280 has also endorsed Hickenlooper (the print edition of our May issue will be out the week of April 28; in the meantime, the endorsement is available on our website). Does this mean we're also in cahoots with the DNA?"
Ouch, but thanks for whacking me upside the head. I'm sorry I missed your comment until today Mr. Brogan.
Update: The link below is broken. [Posted, 8.1.2003]
Here's the article about 5280 Magazine endorsing John Hickenlooper. From the article, "But for all that's changed, some things have come full circle. Once again, Denver finds itself in an economic slump. Once again, the city is in need of new energy. And once again, Hickenlooper thinks he understands what the city wants and needs."
I guess I'll have to buy a copy of the magazine now and figure out what Mr. Brogan does over at 5280. Update: He is the Editor and Publisher of 5280 Magazine. I'm honored that you visited Coyote Gulch Mr. Brogan. Maybe I can buy you a beer at the Wynkoop sometime.
7:09:09 AM

2003 Denver Election for City Council - District 1
The Rocky Mountain News has a story about a bit of nastiness in the race for City Council District 1. From the article, "Politics in northwest Denver have been down-and-dirty for decades, but even longtime politicos are stunned by the nastiness in the District 1 race."
I live in District 1 and I'm shocked at the perception that politics up here can take a nasty turn at times. Well, not really.
7:00:46 AM

2003 Denver Municpal Election
Denver voters, DenverGov is providing a quick way to locate your council district, polling place, and precinct number , along with a personalized candidate list. The lookup didn't work for my address. Oh well. It looks like it was a browser problem. Safari on the Mac didn't work but Netscape on the Mac is OK. Update: Not a browser problem. Don't enter a street direction if you live north of Ellsworth. The lookup application won't find your information. I entered N before Osceola St. and it failed.
6:26:16 AM

2003 Denver Mayoral Election
Susan Casey took off the gloves yesterday, with two weeks remaining until the election, according to the Denver Post. She is accusing Mayor Webb of finding permanent city jobs for appointees before he leaves office. She says that she's not attacking Mayor Webb. She claims to be concerned with the effect of appointees moving to Career Service positions would have on the next mayor. From the article, "Casey also said any current city employee who takes a top job in her administration will give up Career Service status, which offers job protection." Ms. Casey believes that she can get by with far fewer appointees than the Webb administration. John Hickenlooper says that he'll beg some of the appointees to stay. I hope he'll talk with the effected agencies first. That's what Don Mares plans to do.
Today's Election Watch from the Denver Post focuses Ari Zavaras, Susan Casey, and Elizabeth Schlosser.
6:14:48 AM

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