Coyote Gulch

Saturday, July 24, 2004

Denver November 2004 Election
Peter Blake's column today is a sort of primer for unaffiliated voters. He's encouraging them to vote in the August 10th primary. Here's the link to the ballots for Denver County, from DenverGov. Here's a link to the Rocky's Election page. You can get the Denver Post election coverage here.
9:02:14 AM

Colorado Water
Here's an article discussing the future of the Colorado River, from the Rocky Mountain News [July 24, 2004, "Water fights likely"]. From the article, "Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey say the drought may be the worst in 500 years...While Colorado's water demands have grown 30 percent in the past decade, the rate has been 40 percent in Arizona and 66 percent in Nevada. All three states rely, in part, on the Colorado River, as do California, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico. The 1922 Colorado River Compact divides the flows among the states. Some Colorado water interests fear that California, Arizona and Nevada, which have relied on surplus flows, could try to revise the compact to increase their share of the river."
Coyote Gulch was out driving around last night, checking out the creeks and the South Platte. You would never know that we're in a drought. Out north of town the river was running high, like it used to, before they built Chatfield.
8:47:32 AM

2004 Presidential Election
The Rocky Mountain News was on hand to cover Senator John Kerry's stop yesterday in Denver [July 24, 2004, "Birthplace bash"]. From the article, "But the rally in a rock venue was more drowsy than rousing, with Kerry giving a long speech to about 3,500 die-hard Democrats crammed into a hot and stuffy Fillmore Auditorium. After standing outside for hours under cloudy skies, the crowd had to clear airport-like security checks before waiting another 11/2 hours for the candidates to appear. The campaign had planned to hold the first stop of its America's Freedom Trail trip in Aurora at the former Fitzsimons Army Hospital, where Kerry was born in 1943, but moved it to an indoor venue because of rain. Still, people circled the blocks around the Colfax theater, waiting to see the 'two Johns' they hope will replace President Bush. Supporters showed their spirit in T-shirts, with those '. . . for Kerry' including Catholics, veterans and union members." The Rocky quotes Kerry as saying, "Now, I'm not one to read into things, ladies and gentlemen, but guess which wing of the hospital the maternity ward was in? Ladies and gentlemen, you got it. I'm not making this up, I promise. I was born in the west wing!"
ElectoralVote.com has jazzed up the website with Flash. You can now get information on the latest poll for each state. Just point at the state.
8:19:34 AM

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