Coyote Gulch

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Immigration
These guys disrupted proceedings after the Mayor's State of the City Address on Thursday. Standard stuff, english only, too easy on illegal immigrants. Here's their page on sanctuary. They also have a link to a Denver Post article on Executive Order 116.
They were representing the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform.
Coyote Gulch reader Owen Burnett sent this link to a recent Washington Times article. They are looking for much discussion around immigration in the 2006 races. Representative Tancredo is right in the middle of the discussion.
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
9:54:37 AM

Joe Wilson
Josh Marshall: "Perfect. Just when everyone seemed about to get bogged down in the rain forest of minutiae, batting down lies like flies, here come two articles with an aerial view of the case, putting all into perspective."
TalkLeft: "Frank Rich has a column in Sunday's New York Times in which he writes that Iraq, not the Wilsons, is the real issue in RoveGate. And, 'Seasoned audiences of presidential scandal know that there's only one certainty ahead: the timing of a Karl Rove resignation. As always in this genre, the knight takes the fall at exactly that moment when it's essential to protect the king.'"
Oval Office 2008: "With the National Governors' Association meeting currently in Des Moines, the Arkansas News Bureau reminds us that Republican Governor Mike Huckabee's assumption of the NGA chairmanship on Monday presents an opportunity for him to bolster his place on the long-list of 2008 presidential hopefuls."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:03:55 AM

? for Governor
John Andrews has an opinion piece in today's Denver Post with some discussion of the governor's race [July 17, 2005, "Backbone voters speak up"].
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
7:46:01 AM

Referendums C and D
Bob Ewegen higlights John Andrews' opposition to Referendum C in yesterday's Denver Post [July 16, 2005, "More toll roads, fewer schools"]. Ewegen writes, "John Andrews let the cat out of the bag Thursday, admitting that if Referenda C and D are defeated in November, Colorado will be forced to slash billions of dollars from public school budgets over the next decade.
"Actually, that's the third cat Andrews has let out of the 'anti' bag, which apparently just swarms with felines. On June 16, he admitted that defeat of Referendum D - by killing the $1.3 billion in highway funding Gov. Bill Owens is fighting for - would force Colorado to build more toll roads, a step he hailed as 'bringing Colorado into the 21st century.'
"Andrews was off by a couple of centuries. Actually, it's a pair of 19th century laws passed in 1877 and 1896 granting eminent domain powers to private highways that developer Ray Wells wants to use to build his controversial 'Super Slab' toll road east of Interstate 25.
"The third mouser liberated by Andrews was his admission that defeat of Referendum C would force massive tuition increases for Colorado college students. Actually, Andrews thinks that higher tuition is a great idea."
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
7:36:02 AM

Tacha for Supremes?
The Denver Post suggests that Deanell Reece Tacha of Kansas, chief judge of the Denver-based 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals may be a candidate for U.S. Supreme Court justice [July 17, 2005, "Kan. judge in high court arena"]. From the article, "Tacha, 59, was named to the federal bench by President Reagan in 1985. She first appeared on lists of possible Supreme Court nominees in 1996, when former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, a longtime supporter of the judge, won the Republican presidential nomination."
CBS News: "Nearly six in ten Americans think it is important to name another woman to replace O'Connor, while 40 percent think that is not important." Thanks to the Political Wire for the link.
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
7:17:59 AM

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