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Thursday, June 30, 2005
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Here's a link to Steve Jobs' commencement address at Stanford this spring. It's been making the rounds on the blogosphere because he has a great message. Coyote Gulch is pretty sure that we ate at the same Hare Krishna temple in Portland. I mean, how many could there have been back then?
8:14:05 PM 
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Impeach President Bush?
Zogby is asking what should be done if the President is found to have lied about Iraq. From the article, "Among those living in the Western states, a 52% majority favors Congress using the impeachment mechanism while just 41% are opposed."
Ahh, the West, where a man's word ...
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
6:24:23 PM
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Weblogs in Elections
MyDD: "Representative (Mark) Strama was invited by the Austin Kos group to speak at the Bloggers' Caucus, which was attended by numerous candidates for office at various levels of government in Texas. Following is the story Mark told of how he used technology to achieve his election victory with less funding than his opponent's. (Editor's note: If in the Texas House election of 2004 there was an equivalent of the arrogance of U.S. congressman Tom DeLay, it was the outrageous arrogance of Strama's opponent, Republican Jack Stick.)
If he ran his campaign in Denver Mr. Strama would probably have won one of the coveted Gulchie Awards.  Thanks to Left in the West for the link.
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:09:40 PM
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Federal Shield Law
John Temple: "The decision today by Time to turn over documents to a special prosecutor will provoke a lot of debate in the journalism community. It's sad that it ever came to this. The actions by the special prosecutor will have a chilling effect on the American press and on sources. The case shows why it's important that Congress pass a federal shield law, similar to the protection journalists have in Colorado."
6:03:17 PM
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Howard Dean in Colorado
DemNotes: "The Colorado Democratic Party is pleased to announce that DNC Chairman Howard Dean will be attending a fundraising luncheon on Thursday, July 14. Please save the date. Additional details will be announced soon."
Robert Kuttner: "It's 8:30 on a sparkling June evening, and leaders of Montana's resurgent Democratic Party are hosting a river trip for the annual meeting of the party's Western States Caucus. The group of nearly 100 party leaders and elected offcials is motoring through the canyon of the Missouri River that Captain Meriwether Lewis, 200 years ago this July, named the Gates of the Rocky Mountains. At a narrow bend, river pilot Tim Crawford swings the Sacajawea II around 180 degrees, and the passage literally looks like immense rocky gates opening and closing. As the setting sun lights up the peaks, Howard Dean, in town for the gathering, peers up the canyon's sheer, 800-foot limestone walls, and spots a bald eagle nested atop one of the ponderosa pines. Turkey buzzards circle, but the group's good spirits suggest that the birds are looking for Republicans."
Political Wire: "Though 56% of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a new Democracy Corps poll also shows that voters have more positive feelings about Republicans. Specifically, 43% of voters favor the Republican Party, while 38% had positive feelings about Democrats."
Political Wire: "'In a potential preview of what may become a more public fight between the duo for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination,' Sen. George Allen (R-VA) 'has publicly questioned' Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-TN) handling of a number of recent high-profile issues, Roll Call reports. Many observers note that 'the issues the Virginian has picked to champion are touchstones for social conservatives who will be critical in the 2008 nominating process.'"
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:01:45 PM
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Wi-Fi
Lawrence Lessig: "There's a fascinating and important battle going on in Lafayette, LA. Citizens are pushing a referendum to permit the Lafayette Utility System to sell bonds to fund a project to 'expand its existing fiber-optic network in Lafayette to everyone in the city.' The move is being fought by the telcos -- who would rather bring much more expensive DSL and cable to everyone in the city. John St. Julien and Mike Stagg have been blogging the fight. There's a great website explaining it. And today they've announced the winners in the 'Fiber Film Festival,' a film contest run to explain the benefits of fiber.
"The theorists, of course, who live life in theory-land, object. In theory-land, all this stuff should be provided by the market. In theory-land, the government should stay away. And I'm quite sure, in theory-land, there's lots of cheap, fast broadband available to everyone. Yet most of us don't live in theory-land. And some of those unlucky real world people living in Lafayette have a good shot at getting something that the rest of us real world sorts only dream about -- cheap, fast broadband access.
"Good luck with the referendum, Lafayette. Your example might well bring the rest of us down from the clouds of theory-land."
7:05:03 AM
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Beauprez for Governor?
Colorado Pols: "It looks like we were wrong on this one. Earlier this week we had heard that Congressman Joel Hefley was leaning towards endorsing Marc Holtzman for governor, but he must not have been leaning that far. Congressman Bob Beauprez announced today that Hefley has endorsed his candidacy for governor."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:53:27 AM
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Referendums C and D
Both sides in the battle over Referendums C and D have started running ads, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 30, 2005, "There are lies, dang lies and Ref. C lies"]. From the article, "The other guy's radio ad is a lie. That's the word from both friends and foes of Referendum C, who on Wednesday released competing ads about the November ballot measure."
David Harsanyi scorches Republicans for remaining silent on Referendum C in his column in today's Denver Post [June 30, 2005, "Republicans leaderless on TABOR"]. He writes, "Where are congressman Bob Beauprez or former University of Denver president Marc Holtzman - the leading Republican candidates for governor? Are any Colorado Republican leaders willing to take on Owens and Democrats on this colossal tax hike?"
It appears that the group that brought Dick Armey to Colorado this week broke local campaign law, according to the Denver Post [June 30, 2005, "Anti-tax group broke state law"]. From the article, "The national conservative advocacy group that brought in former U.S. Rep. Dick Armey of Texas to kick off its campaign against suspending TABOR tax refunds violated Colorado election law right out of the gate. State law requires that such groups register as soon as they spend $200 or more to support or oppose ballot questions such as Referendums C and D. But FreedomWorks officials, who already have spent more than that in their campaign against Referendum C, are only now preparing their paperwork for the secretary of state's office, said Molly Byrne, FreedomWorks vice president for campaigns. The group's failure to register before crossing the $200 threshold, punishable by a fine of $50 per day, was accidental, Byrne said."
5280 Weblog: "The Independence Institute, Colorado's conservative think tank, is coming under fire for using its tax-exempt status to raise money that may fund advertisements opposing Referendums C and D, the ballot measure voters will face in November that deals with adjusting Colorado's finances. What the institute is doing is dancing through one of the many campaign finance loopholes that exists in Colorado."
The article is from the new 5280 blogger, Jason Bane.
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
6:09:33 AM
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