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Sunday, March 20, 2005
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Denver May 2005 Election
Jeralyn Merritt from the 5280 Weblog, "The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo has a shortage of forensic beds. Those impacted the most are mentally ill inmates in need of evaluation and treatment. The situation is particularly frustrating to sheriffs and judges."
7:59:52 PM 
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 Iraq
Coyote Gulch is disappointed to report a dearth of coverage of yesterday's protests against the war in Iraq. Here's a short article from the AP via the New York Times (that will soon scroll behind the paywalls).
I hope to get a first hand account from Hellchild today or tomorrow.
Update: Friends of Democracy: "Masoud Al-Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said in an interview on Al-Arabia TV that the Iraqi army will only be able to enter Kurdistan with permission from Kurdistan's parliament."
Update: IndyMedia: "Photos from the Troops out now coalition rally in Central Park."
7:55:34 AM
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Denver November 2006 Election
The state Republican party elected new leadership yesterday according to the Colorado Pols. They write, "The Colorado Republican Party held its reorganization vote today, electing former national committeeman Bob Martinez as its new chair and former Congressman Bob Schaffer as its new national committeeman. Martinez replaces former chairman Ted Halaby. The day was not without its fireworks, however. Former Ambassador and frequent congressional candidate Sam Zakhem challenged Schaffer for the national committee post, saying Schaffer shouldn't represent the party after what he did to thwart the re-election of Republican Ramey Johnson. Last fall, Schaffer headed a group that spent money on mailers against Johnson because she had previously voted against school vouchers; the mailer may have cost Johnson the election, since she lost to Democrat Gwyn Green by just a handful of votes."
7:30:46 AM
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Denver November 2004 Election
How is Senator Salazar doing? Some critics think he should switch to the Republican party. Here's a story from today's Denver Post [March 20, 2005, "Sen. Salazar crosses the aisle"]. From the article, "in his first 81 votes, he split 64 times with conservative Republican and fellow Coloradan Sen. Wayne Allard on reliably partisan votes such as abortion protests and oil drilling in Alaska. They've voted together 17 times. Of those, eight were feel-good measures that passed overwhelmingly. But some of the other nine were significant breaks with fellow Democrats. Voting to confirm Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struck Salazar's liberal critics as an endorsement of torture and the Iraq war. And those same folks wonder how a Democrat who talks about growing up poor could vote with credit-card companies to make it harder for people to use bankruptcy to get out of debt."
7:07:20 AM
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