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Monday, May 2, 2005
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Filibusters and Pat Robertson
The Moderate Voice: "This kind of verbal overkill stops political debate - cold. So Robertson now says our judges are in some ways worse than terrorists. Why? Because they don't rule the way HE wants. And Republicans (rightfully) complained about some of the verbal excesses of Michael Moore?"
Political Wire: "Terry Neal gets it right: 'Both sides of the debate on the judicial filibuster issue will insist they're fighting over facts. But in reality the fight is over what it always is in Washington -- power.'"
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
7:58:58 PM 
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Savvy young editor
John Temple is linking to a Rocky article about army recruiting tactics and the young (high school) editor that broke the story. From the article, "The report featured David McSwane, an Arvada West High School honors student and editor of his school newspaper, who was 'curious' to see what recruiters at a Golden recruitment facility would do if he told them he wanted to join the Army as a high school dropout with a serious marijuana problem...Starting in January, McSwane met with two recruiters in Golden several times and secretly taped a series of phone calls with them. On the tapes, one recruiter is apparently heard encouraging McSwane to create a fake high school diploma to cover for the fact that he had dropped out." Oops.
I wonder if they'll let Temple's links rot.
6:03:10 PM
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Campain for Environmental Literacy
A few days ago Coyote Gulch received email from Cory Davies asking for help in getting out the word about Campaign for Environmental Literacy. From their website, "The Campaign for Environmental Literacy seeks to first secure and then significantly increase the amount of federal funding dedicated to environmental literacy. Our first two campaigns are dedicated to restoring $14 million in lost funding to the only two federal programs specified for environmental literacy, operated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Davies writes, "I need your help in reaching not only educators but everyone who understands that changing America's environmental ignorance will enable us to achieve an improved environment, a more vibrant economy, better-planned communities, and even optimal human health."
Here's the link to their weblog. Good luck!
Category: Colorado Water.
7:03:27 AM
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Cinco de Mayo
If you live up in North (or West) Denver you know what is coming this Cinco de Mayo weekend, cruisers! The North Denver News has the Denver Police plan for dealing with the celebrants along Federal Boulevard. Negative incidents have declined over the last few years as the department has gained experience and implemented plans to keep traffic moving and out of the neighborhoods.
Coyote Gulch loves the police.
6:20:38 AM
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Social Security
Paul Krugman (From the NY Times): "Sure enough, a close look at President Bush's proposal for 'progressive price indexing' of Social Security puts the lie to claims that it's a plan to increase benefits for the poor and cut them for the wealthy. In fact, it's a plan to slash middle-class benefits; the wealthy would barely feel a thing."
Thanks to the Daily Kos for the link.
TalkLeft: "Now that I've had a few days to reflect on Bush's proposed plan for social security, I unequivocally find it warrants rejection."
6:08:14 AM
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Green Party Chair Q&A
Colorad Pols: "Don't forget: tomorrow Colorado Green Party Chair Dave Chandler will join us for a Q&A and will be taking your questions. When will Colorado see a Green candidate in the state legislature? See what Mr. Chandler has to say about that and more."
6:02:56 AM
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Bolton and Filibusters
Blogs for Bush: "Interesting article on John Bolton. It is from the Los Angeles Times, so it is naturally pitched in an anti-Bush manner, but even in such a media outlet, there's a lot of good to be said about John Bolton. One of the interesting things is how one State Department official described John Bolton's tenure over the past four years..."
TalkLeft: "Here are some of today's news and events on the nuclear option and protecting the filibuster."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
5:59:10 AM
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Norton and the Colorado
The Denver Post editorial staff has an opinion piece in today's online edition dealing with the allocation of water from the Colorado River [May 2, 2005, "Colorado River's future on the line"]. They write, "The first decision Norton faces is whether the Bureau of Reclamation should release more water from Lake Powell, still low after years of drought, into Lake Mead, where water levels have partly recovered. Norton will get an in-depth briefing this afternoon and may announce a decision afterward...Regardless of how she settles the first matter, Norton confronts another, longer-term problem: how to get the seven states to share the pain of water shortages. A 1922 compact allocates a share of water to each state, but in prolonged droughts there's not enough to satisfy all the demands. Last week, the seven states failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with potential shortages."
Category: Colorado Water
5:35:21 AM
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Justice Center
Here's the link to Coyote Gulch's coverage of Tuesday's General Municipal Election. Additional links and coverage from Fail the Jail, and Safe Denver.com, DenverGov and the Denver Public Library.
You can find the address for your polling place at DenverMaps or download a .pdf of locations from the Election commission.
Opponents of the new justice center are questioning the construction schedule, according to the Denver Post [May 2, 2005, "If OK'd, jail still years away"]. From the article, "Construction of the justice center is scheduled for completion in 2009. That will allow the city to shift inmates awaiting trial from the Smith Road jail to the new jail downtown. In turn, sentenced inmates could be moved from the older, obsolete portions of the Smith Road jail to newer areas. After opening the justice center, the city would embark on a renovation of the Smith Road jail. Those plans call for razing old buildings containing 464 jail beds and replacing them with modernized facilities with 384 beds. Thus, the Smith Road renovation would amount to a net reduction of 80 beds, but it would add safer, more humane facilities."
The Rocky Mountain News editorial staff is urging voters to approve the new Justice Center [May 2, 2005, "Vote 'yes' on Denver's justice center"]. From the editorial, "Public safety is central to the role of government, yet Denver's Smith Road jail is overcrowded, unsafe, inhumane and expensive to operate. Planning for a facility adequate to meet the city's needs for decades is prudent and responsible. Denver is what it is today, in large measure, because planners in the past took a similarly long view about what it should become."
Colorado Pols: "Some politicos watching the jail campaign in Denver think that Republicans are behind some of the anti-jail efforts as a means of damaging Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's mystique. We've mentioned this before, and when you look at some of the new anti-jail mail being sent out, that theory makes a lot more sense."
Category: Denver May 2005 Election
5:23:09 AM
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