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Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Baghdad's Sister City
MakesMeRalph: "Evidently, the White House decided that Denver and the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) had agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to Baghdad as a sister city. The White House promised that Denver -- which faces a possible $33 million budget shortfall in 2005 -- will give Baghdad 'humanitarian assistance' and 'other aid initiatives.' Let's send the Rockies. Or better, yet, Marilyn Musgrave." Heh.
5:50:47 PM
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RSS
Dave Winer: "Something is not quite right when people say 'RSS is not going away anytime soon' and then say they want peace not war. That's arrogant, and tempting fate. As a longtime sports fan, I believe the time to declare victory is after you win, and then be humble, because your challenger is waiting in the wings (wait till next year, they say as you pour the champagne). My old friend Jean-Louis Gassee, the genius of sexual metaphor, calls this tactic, which is common among adolescent males and Silicon Valley tech companies, premature congratulation. It's bad practice. Be humble. If you like Atom, say you like Atom, no problem with that. But if you dis the format that created the market that you hope to dominate, well, as Mrs Landingham says, I don't even want to know you."
Update: Simon Phipps posted the following message in the comments, in response to Dave Winer, "Something is also not quite right, of course, when Dave doesn't cite the site he's criticising. Pity there's not a little more grasping of olive branches going on."
Mr. Phipps is right. I've had a bit of a time following the battle.
5:47:29 PM
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2004 Presidential Election
The Onion: "Ending months of speculation, presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry announced Tuesday that he has selected the young, vibrant, recently decorated war hero John Kerry as his running mate."
Update: Fox News: "The national registered voter poll finds the Republican incumbent would receive the support of 43 percent to Kerry's 45 percent, if the presidential election were held today. When independent Ralph Nader (search ) is included, he receives three percent, Bush 42 percent and Kerry 42 percent." Thanks to Taegan Goddard for the link.
Update: Daily Kos: "New Democrat Network (PDF). 5/19-26. MoE 2.5% for overall sample, 3.3% for battleground states: Nationally - Kerry 47, Bush 46; Battleground states - Kerry 51, Bush 43.
Update: American Research Group: "George W. Bush and John Kerry are tied among likely voters in New Hampshire according to a survey by the American Research Group. A total of 46% of likely voters say they would vote for Bush if the presidential election were being held today and 46% say they would vote for Kerry. A total of 2% of likely voters say they would vote for Ralph Nader and 6% of likely voters are undecided. In a race between just Bush and Kerry, Bush is at 47% and Kerry is at 47%."
Update: Daily Kos: "Los Angeles Times poll. 6/5-8. MoE 4%. (No trend lines): Missouri - Bush 48, Kerry 42, Undecided 10; Ohio - Kerry 46, Bush 45, Undecided 9; Wisconsin - Kerry 44, Bush 44, Undecided 11; National (MoE 3%) - Kerry 51, Bush 44, Undecided 5."
6:01:49 AM
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Denver November 2004 Election
The 'Ol Coyote's state representitive, Jerry Frangas, showed up, along with Freda Poundstone, to deliver petitions to the Secretary of State's office, to get the coveted top line on November's ballot for their initiative challenge to a law restricting home buyers in suing builders for home defects, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 10, 2004, "Petitions for spot on ballot delivered"].
A fix for the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR), may or may not be on the fall ballot, according to the Denver Post [June 10, 2004, "Activist's cash fuels push for fiscal fix"]. Rutt Bridges, who briefly flirted with a run for the U.S. Senate earlier this year, has donated a $100,000 to help alter the law. Denver's favorite slumlord and author of TABOR, Douglas Bruce is quoted as saying that the plan is a, "dream by a bunch of collectivist drips. I'm going to oppose it, and it's going to get buried."
Here's an article from the Cortez Journal about last Saturday's Republican State Assembly. From the article, "Heavy political hitters were up to bat Saturday for their MVP in the run for Senate during Republican State Convention festivities at the City Lights Pavilion center. Leading off were Sen. Wayne Allard and former Sen. Bill Armstrong, who chose to side with candidate Bob Schaffer. Gov. Bill Owens and outgoing lawmakers Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell and U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis made their pitch for Pete Coors. There were 3,407 delegates eligible for the swaying, and Schaffer earned top billing on the state's Aug. 10 primary ballot by garnering 61.3 percent. Coors, who entered the race approximately two months ago, finished with 38.6 percent."
The U.S. Supreme Courts's decision to not take the Colorado Congressional redistricting case is the subject of this article from the Cortez Journal. From the article, "A fractured court refused to consider replacing that map with a GOP-drafted redistricting plan, a defeat for Republicans who have sought to reopen the boundary-drawing process in several states to protect their control of the House. The Colorado Supreme Court had ruled last December that Republicans violated the state Constitution by pushing a new map through the Legislature just a year after a judge had redrawn the boundaries. District drawing may be done only once a decade, the court decided. Justices refused Monday to consider an appeal of that decision. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas wrote separately to say the court was wrong not to hear the case."
5:28:09 AM
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Colorado Water
Water use amongst Denver Water customers is down 28% from normal, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 10, 2004, "Water use drops"]. From the article, "In a year of unrestricted water use, Denver Water's 1.2 million customers use about 260 million gallons of water a day in May and June. Through June 10, the average was 188 million gallons a day...For 95 percent of Denver Water's customers, the charge will go from $4.91 to $8.51. That's more than Thornton, Aurora, Arvada and Golden, which charge less than $7 bimonthly, but it's less than the $26 at Highlands Ranch, $16.24 in Boulder and $9.40 in Westminster. The hike will raise about $8 million a year, which Denver Water needs because the drought has dropped water sales." Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [June 10, 2004, "Denver Water ups service fee by 73 percent"].
5:19:38 AM
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