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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Allard Q&A Moved to the 15th
Colorado Pols: "Due to a busy Senate schedule this week, Senator Wayne Allard has asked for a few more days to answer your Q&A questions. In order to accomodate Senator Allard, the Q&A will now be posted on Wednesday, June 15, rather than tomorrow."
6:58:59 PM 
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Denver Water Customers Conserve
Denver Water customers are still doing a great job conserving water, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 9, 2005, "Survey: Water use drops 24%"]. From the article, "The majority of Denver Water's customers believe the drought, despite the wet spring and healthy levels in reservoirs, is not over; 53 percent have slashed the amount of water they apply to their lawns; 25 percent now take shorter showers; 66 percent would not go back to their old water-guzzling ways, even if the giant utility said they could; 72 percent believe Denver should do more to conserve so other communities will have enough water; 71 percent say all new homes should have smaller lawns."
Meanwhile the Rocky Mountain News reports that water experts are predicting water shortages in the Colorado River basin [June 9, 2005, "Water shortage predicted"]. From the article, "Water shortages on the drought-plagued Colorado River are almost inevitable by 2011, a fact that could force warring Western states to put aside their differences and find new ways to manage the river's dwindling resources...The five-year drought has drained the river's two major storage banks - Lake Powell and Lake Mead - to dangerously low levels. This year, thanks to abundant winter snows, levels in both storage ponds will rise, but not enough to offset the pain of the lengthy drought and a population boom that shows no signs of ending."
In other water news Bear Creek has been added to the EPA's list of endangered waterways, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 9, 2005, "Bear Creek 'impaired'"]. They write, "A popular creek running through much of western Jefferson County is the latest addition to Colorado's list of troubled waters. The Environmental Protection Agency, overruling state health officials, last week designated an 11-mile stretch of Bear Creek as an 'impaired' waterway because of conditions harmful to the creek's fishery...The EPA's ruling is significant because it marks the first time in Colorado that a stream's temperature has been considered a form of pollution. High temperatures can stress and eventually kill cold-water fish."
Category: Colorado Water
7:17:00 AM
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Referendum C
Both sides are gearing up for the battle over Referendum C according to the Denver Post [June 9, 2005, "Debate launches campaign on budget reform"]. From the article, "Two of the state's top lawmakers took the budget debate outside the Capitol on Wednesday - launching the campaign to persuade voters to accept or reject a plan to let the state keep an extra $3.1 billion in taxpayer money. House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver, portrayed a state without enough money to invest in its future. House Minority Leader Joe Stengel, R-Littleton, predicted a government run amok with uncontrolled spending."
The Denver Post reports that Governor Owens has signed into law two measures dealing with election reforms [June 9, 2005, "Election reforms on books"]. From the article, "The reforms come largely in response to concerns about Secretary of State Donetta Davidson's handling of the 2004 election. Davidson waited until nearly half of the state's 16,000 election judges had been trained last fall before issuing a manual designed to ensure that they all followed the same rules. Under the new laws Owens ratified Monday, the secretary of state must formalize the standards used to train election officials. To boost voter confidence in elections, the reforms also require voter-verified paper ballots by 2010, as well as random audits to compare electronic and paper results after each election. The measures also let absentee voters cast emergency or 'provisional' ballots if they have not voted through the mail and allow Coloradans who cast provisional ballots in the wrong precincts to have their votes counted in all statewide and federal races. Finally, under the new rules, absentee voters who have not received their ballots by mail may request they be sent by fax."
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
6:59:44 AM
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