Coyote Gulch

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

World Water Day
Egg on my face. Today is World Water Day. Coyote Gulch must have been focusing too much on Colorado Water issues.
Well Google knew. Click on the graphic to see a screen shot of their banner today. Thanks to Water Resources for the link.
6:21:51 PM

Denver November 2005 Election
Ed Quillen weighs in on last week's budget compromise in his column in today's Denver Post [March 22, 2005, "The big, bad tax increase"]. He writes, "With great fanfare last week, Republican Gov. Bill Owens and Democratic leaders of the legislature agreed to support the Colorado Economic Recovery Act, which will be on the ballot this fall as Referendum C. It doesn't violate TABOR, the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights written into our state constitution. TABOR requires a public vote to raise government income above a certain level based on monetary inflation, population growth and last year's budget. And that's what we're getting: a public vote. Nonetheless, our governor has been condemned by various fire-breathers in his own party because he supports allowing us to vote on whether the state government should be allowed to spend money that would otherwise be refunded to us."
7:16:47 AM

Denver May 2005 Election
Mayor Hickenlooper was on the road last night trying to woo sherriff's deputies to support the New Justice Center, according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 22, 2005, "Deputies take mayor to task on jail plan"]. From the article, "...it might not be enough to win union backing for the mayor's proposed $378 million justice center, said Mike Britton, union president. A vote from the membership will be held within two weeks."
7:01:31 AM

Social Security
President Bush was in Denver yesterday promoting his remake of Social Security, according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 22, 2005, "Bush touts reform plan"]. From the article, "Instead of the give-and-take of the town hall tradition, the president spent his 43 minutes promoting his plan for Social Security and painting himself as a folksy, aging baby boomer with the same issues about Social Security as everyone else in the room."
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [March 22, 2005, "Bush plan for Social Security gets Wings"].
6:53:05 AM

Colorado Water
Aurora hopes to buy a new reservoir from the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 22, 2005, "Aurora OKs water-storage deal"]. From the article, "The new reservoir has the capacity to hold 3,300 acre-feet of water, or just more than 1 billion gallons of water. In addition to the money, which will be paid from the Aurora utility's cash reserve, the conservancy district will also have the use of Aurora's water rights to the lower South Platte River for the next 20 years."
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [March 22, 2005, "Help on tap for city, farmers"].
6:46:33 AM

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