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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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Colorado Water
The City of Aurora has decided to impose watering restrictions starting May 1st, according to the Denver Post [April 13, 2004, "Aurora adopts watering limits that start May 1"]. Next up, Denver. Denver Water meets today to discuss restrictions.
Here's a story from the Rocky Mountain News about the effect of the recent moisture [April 14, 2004, "Rain, snowstorms fall short"]. From the article, "After weekend snowstorms dumped more than 18 inches of snow in the foothills, the statewide snowpack jumped to 76 percent of average, compared with the 65 percent mark registered April 1. Mountain snowpacks are tracked closely in Colorado because they provide about 80 percent of the state's annual supplies of fresh water. The recent snowstorms could boost runoff forecasts - critical indicators of new water - by 5 percent to 10 percent, according to Mike Gillespie, snow survey supervisor for the Natural Resource Conservation Service.But mountain snows have registered below average for seven consecutive winters, Gillespie said."
"The Colorado River was designated Tuesday as the nation's Most Endangered River for 2004 by American Rivers, a Washington, D.C., conservation group," according to an article from the Rocky [April 14, 2004, "Colorado River labeled most endangered in U.S."]. From the article, "One of the chief concerns is the Atlas Uranium Mill located on the banks of the Colorado River near Moab that leaks 60,000 gallons of radioactive waste into the groundwater, which in turn seeps into the river daily, according to American Rivers. Problems downstream include human waste reaching the river from towns in California and Arizona where people use septic tanks that overflow, allowing nitrates to seep into the ground water and into the river. In Henderson, Nev., the toxic chemical ammonium perchlorate is getting into the river from a former military facility, the group said."
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Denver November 2004 Election
The Colorado caucuses were well attended affairs last night, according to the Denver Post [April 14, 2004, "Races for Senate, presidency stoke state's caucuses"]. From the article, "Democrats said Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Salazar received much of the delegate support. State party chair Chris Gates said that 32 of the state's counties were counted and 50 percent of the delegates favored Salazar. Nine percent favored educator Mike Miles. The rest were undecided. Gates said that from the counties contacted, Miles' support fell short of the 30 percent needed to force Salazar into a primary." That's really too bad. Mr. Miles is a quality individual that has worked hard. I wonder if he'll try to get on the primary ballot with a petition effort? Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [April 14, 2004, "'People are very pumped'"].
As expected, Peter Coors jumped into the race for Ben Nighthorse Campbell's U.S. Senate seat yesterday, according to the Denver Post [April 14, 2004, "'Common-sense' Coors joins race"]. Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [April 14, 2004, "Coors makes it official"].
Denver voters may get to vote on FasTracks this fall afterall, according to the Rocky Mountain News [April 14, 2004, "FasTracks picks up steam toward ballot"]. From the article, "The committee concluded FasTracks, a 12-year program by the Regional Transportation District for expanded rapid-transit and bus service, is on solid footing, even if the economy doesn't recover as much as expected." According to the Rocky, "Next Wednesday, the full DRCOG board will vote on whether to approve the plan. The following day, the RTD board will vote on sending the issue to the Colorado secretary of state's office for placement on the Nov. 4 ballot."
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