Coyote Gulch

Friday, December 3, 2004

Governing by Network
Coyote Gulch works for the City and County of Denver. Governing well is the aim of most public sector employees I know including the 'Ol Coyote. I was intrigued by the review cited on Daily Kos the other day and linked to them, intending to march down to the Tattered Cover this weekend to take a look-see.
Sarah from ??? posted a comment on Coyote Gulch today with this link to a review on the Government Innovators Network: A Portal for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Powered by the Ash Institute. You gotta love the blogosphere.
10:02:35 PM

Michael Powell
The FCC Chaiman really got to Jeff Jarvis today. He writes, "Utter crap sir," and goes on from there. Thanks to Ed Cone for the link.
6:23:42 PM

IBM to exit PC Business
All the tech rags were running the story about IBM selling off their PC Business. Coyote Gulch's first PC was a screaming XT at work sometime back around 1982. I plugged an IRMA card into it so that I could connect to the mainframe and do serious computer work.
5:52:11 PM

The technology/political corrolation
Daily Kos: "There is a clear liberal/conservative divide in technology usage. You can find the data at any weblog with a public sitemeter, and the stats seem to hold true across the board. Liberals (ed. And moderates like the 'Ol Coyote) are more likely to use non-Microsoft products."
The Gulch manse is a Microsoft-free zone.
5:48:53 PM

2004 Presidential Transition
President Bush has some work to do to convince many Canadians that their nation should join him in his quest for nation building in the Middle East.
Update: Rummy will stay according to TalkLeft.
Update: AP via the Rocky Mountain News: "Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson resigned Friday, warning as he left of a possible terror attack on the nation's food supply."
Update: Why can't those Colorado Republicans fall in lockstep with the President? The other day it was Joel Hefley. Now today Tom Tancredo is warning the President that his policies may split the party. From the Washington Times, "When House Republicans blocked the intelligence overhaul bill two weeks ago, some congressional Republicans say they were showing President Bush he will split the party if he goes ahead with his broader immigration-reform plan. 'It would cause a break in the party that would be extremely unhealthy for the party,' said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican and chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. 'I can tell you right now, the feelings are deep. This is not a superficial argument with the president.'" Coyote Gulch blames Colorado's average elevation of 6800 feet above sea level.
Update: Taegan Goddard: "'The Democratic National Committee raised $390 million through late November while the Republican National Committee raised $385 million, yet another sign of how Democrats made great strides to keep pace financially with Republicans in the election this year,' the New York Times reports."
5:57:38 AM

2008 Presidential Election
The Western Democrat is looking at organizations trying to shake up the Presidential primary season. Mr. O'Connell writes, "The NASS's proposal would group all of the states and territories into four regions. The West would include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Guam. All four regions would pick their dates by lottery, with the primaries being held separately in March, April, May and June."
5:53:32 AM

Denver November 2004 Election
Ken Salazar and Peter Coors eclipsed prior election spending, in their quest for a U.S. Senate seat, according to the Denver Post [December 3, 2004, "Coors, Salazar spent record $17.2 million in Senate race"]. From the article, "State Attorney General Salazar, who beat Coors by 5 percentage points, raised $9.8 million, and Coors, chairman of the Adolph Coors Co., raised $7.8 million. That amount included $1.45 million Coors loaned himself both before and after Election Day. He repaid $150,000 of the loans before the Nov. 2 election. Salazar spent about $9.5 million through Nov. 22, while Coors doled out $7.7 million through the same time period. The two shattered the previous record of $10.5 million spent in the 2002 U.S. Senate race between Wayne Allard and Tom Strickland. Six years earlier, the 1994 gubernatorial race between Roy Romer and Bruce Benson cost $9.6 million." Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [December 3, 2004, "Salazar topped Coors in spending"].
5:29:58 AM

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