Coyote Gulch

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

2004 Presidential Election
The Daily Kos has some poll numbers from the John Edwards campaign that show him rising in Iowa and leading in South Carolina. The numbers for Gephardt and Lieberman look terrible.
NHPrimary.com is running a story about Wesley Clark, one week after his announcment. From the article, "Wesley Clark's week-old campaign is off to a slow start, staggered by miscues but still drawing crowds of dreamy Democrats who hope the retired general can defeat a wartime president. His impact on the 2004 race was immediate. The little-known Clark vaulted to the top of national polls, underscoring President Bush's vulnerabilities and the desire by some Democrats to find a four-star alternative to what they say is an uninspiring original cast. Despite the high national rating, Democrats said Tuesday they would give Clark poor or incomplete grades for his first week. Until he fleshes out his views on the Iraq war - not to mention domestic policies - activists in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and other early voting states told The Associated Press they can't be sure whether their hopes in Clark were misplaced."
Will Parker has a link to a John Zogby story on the good general.
7:11:33 PM

Denver November 2004 Election
Well back on September 11th I said it's way to early to talk about the November 2004 election in Denver. We now have another candidate announcing a run against Ben Nighthorse Campbell to gain a Senate seat, according to the Denver Post [September 24, 2003, "Denver lawyer Freedberg joins U.S. Senate race"]. From the article, "Brad Freedberg, a self-described moderate Democrat, told about 30 supporters at City Park on Tuesday that the state's senatorial delegation has to go. 'The world has become too complicated for run-of- the-mill politicians to be governing our great nation,' he said. Freedberg, 39, was born in Colorado and works as an accountant and lawyer in Denver. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1986 and received his law degree from George Washington University in Washington in 1989. Freedberg is married and has two young children, Gabriel and Maia. The only other person to announce he is running against Campbell is Mike Miles, an educator and former soldier and diplomat from Colorado Springs." Where are your weblogs Brad and Mike? The voters want to hear from you, undedited, in your own voice.
I can get you started. Radio Userland costs $40 and you can get some inexpensive hosting from a company like Forethought.net. You'll be up and running in a couple of hours. I'll help. No charge.
Here's a story from the Rocky Mountain News [September 24, 2003, "Hart 'defers' to Udall"] about Gary Hart not running against Campbell and hoping that Mark Udall will.
6:36:02 AM

2003 Denver Mayoral Transition
During the campaign Mayor Hickenlooper promised to find a way to market the Metro area to the world, promoting Denver as a great place to do business, and a fine tourist destination. According to the Rocky Mountain News [September 24, 2003 "Denver on the market"] he plans to appoint a marketing director to coordinate the marketing of the Denver Metro area. From the article, "The newly created position will be one of 54 appointments the mayor is making as he rounds out his administration. Traditionally, marketing efforts by the city, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and other groups have been piecemeal, and they rarely team up to attract tourism and economic development."
5:59:13 AM

Denver November 2003 Election
A Wembley executive, Ty Howard, did not attend an Adams County 14 school board meeting on Tuesday as planned after he learned that the meeting would be public according to the Denver Post [September 24, 2003, "Video-lottery proponent skips public meeting"]. Wembley is the owner of 4 of the 5 race tracks that will benefit from the passage of Amendment 33 allowing video lottery terminals. From the article, "Howard declined to say why he did not wish to proceed with the meeting after learning it would not be private. He chatted briefly with other amendment backers in a parking lot across the street from the district's administration building while the meeting was supposed to be taking place. On Aug. 26, the school board passed a resolution condemning Amendment 33. In the resolution, the Adams 14 board said the local racetrack casino would be too close to schools and would not give any money to the schools or the local government to reimburse them for the 'local gambling impacts."
5:44:20 AM

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