Sunday, July 11, 2004

Denver November 2004 Election Here's an article about last Thursday's debate between the candidates for Denver District Attorney, from the Denver Post [July 9, 2004, "DA hopefuls plead cases"]. Events 7/12/04 - 7/18/04 There will be a Denver D.A. debate this Thursday, July 15, 12:00 pm, hosted by Anti Defamation League. Contact info, E-mail, denver@adl.org, Phone, (303) 830-7177. Thanks to Beth McCann for the info. Ms. McCann, please include contact and address information with events. That goes for all candidates. John Walsh's events are listed here. No event's listed on Mitch Morrisey's website. All candidates should note Mike Miles event information. Great attention to detail, providing information like this about a debate this week. Ken Salazar's event information can be seen here. Nothing mentioned about the debate above. Check out Bob Schaffer's event information here. His presentation is also great. No events listed for Peter Coors. I'm gearing up for the primary election Gulchie Awards right now. Send me e-mail (jworr@operamail.com) or post nominations in the comments. Update: Colorado Luis: "Speaking of people who are trying to change a party from the inside, check out this story from the Grand Junction Sentinel about the new Colorado branch of Republicans for Environmental Protection, a group that believes Republicans have abandoned conservative ideals about protecting the environment (you know, 'conservation')." Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to register for the August 10th primary. 8:30:55 AM

Colorado Water Thirsty cities are drying up Colorado's agriculture, according to this article from the Denver Post [July 11, 2004, "Cities' water needs uprooting Colorado farms"]. From the article, "With cities offering much higher prices for water than farmers could ever get from crops or selling their land, experts and others fear that brisk water sales will hasten the erosion of whole farming communities in Colorado. And the onset of drought has only quickened a farming exodus. Over the last decade, Colorado has lost an average of 90,000 farm acres a year to drought and other reasons; 4,000 of the state's 51,000 farmers could get out of the business this year, according to Colorado State University researchers. With $17 billion in annual sales, agriculture is the state's third-leading industry and the biggest consumer of water. Even in the South Platte River basin, home to Denver and most of the state's big cities, farms use about 82 percent of the water. In the Yampa, Gunnison and Rio Grande basins, crop irrigation accounts for more than 99 percent of water use. If agriculture used just 10 percent less water, there would be enough water to serve twice the population of the Front Range, experts said." Update: MakesMeRalph and the Durango Herald are stirring up the muck around rainy side water politics. 8:02:16 AM

2004 Presidential Election The Denver Post has an article today about the presidential race, funding, and some of the negatives each candidate has to overcome this fall [July 11, 2004, "Following the money"]. From the article, "Bush-Cheney versus Kerry-Edwards. Millionaire Republicans funded by businesses and corporations taking on millionaire Democrats heavily supported by lawyers. Only days after former trial lawyer John Edwards was tapped as a vice presidential candidate, the battle for the White House is shaping up to be a campaign of stereotypes. Corporate crooks against ambulance chasers." Update: MakeMeRalph: comments on a New York Times article conferring the coveted status of "Swing State" to Colorado. Update: TalkLeft asks, "Should President Have Emergency Power to Delay Election?" No. Update: The Onion: "According to a study released Monday by the Hammond Political Research Group, many of the nation's liberals are suffering from a vastly diminished sense of outrage." 7:57:18 AM

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