Monday, December 1, 2003

WebMink - Java Desktop System Simon Phipps is running the Java desktop from Sun on his ThinkPad. 7:00:31 PM

2004 Presidential Election NHprimary.com: "It's another Democratic presidential debate, probably the 37th or so, and Savelieff and some of her comrades in the College Republicans at American University have gathered to watch and snicker and hoot - and play Democratic Debate Bingo." 6:51:50 PM

Denver November 2004 Election Update: Josh Marshall writes about today's redistricting decision. Update: The Colorado State Supreme Court threw out last spring's redistricting plan, according to the Rocky Mountain News [December 1, 2003, "Colo. court: Redistricting unconstitutional". From the article, "In a decision with national implications, the Colorado Supreme Court threw out the state's new congressional districts today, saying the GOP-led Legislature redrew the map in violation of the state constitution. " The talk of the town will now be: What will Mark Udall do?. I see that Dave Thomas is going up against Bob Beauprez. Any Jefferson County election weblogs out there? I just found out that the Denver Decides website is still up on DenverGov. The Scientific and Cultural Facilities people should download this software and set up their website for the November Election. The software is DeanSpace (Who thinks up these names?) and is the Open Source implementation of campaign software. Weblogs (of course), static pages, e-mail lists, etc. Community based development on open source PHP. Dean's website is running Apache on FreeBSD. The sales tax for the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District will be up for renewal by the voters next November. Here's an editorial from the Rocky Mountain News [November 30, 2003, "Cultural district fit for renewal"] in support of the tax. I remember Mayor Hickenlooper voicing his support for the district during the election. 6:52:00 AM

Colorado Water Here's an opinion piece, written by Melinda Kassen of Trout Unlimited, urging the adoption of a sensible water policies for Colorado, from the Rocky Mountain News [November 30, 2003, "Speakout: A chance for smarter water use"]. From the editorial, "The answer to this dilemma is not to build large, risky and damaging water projects, but to develop or improve sensible, local solutions that take into account all factors: the wide variety of demands for water, sources of supplies, and mitigation of environmental and economic consequences in affected areas." The Rocky editorial staff is worried that the powers that be won't come together in time to solve Douglas County's water problems [November 29, 2003, "No time to lose in race for water"]. 6:48:17 AM

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