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Wednesday, August 3, 2005
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Doc Searls Wins 2005 Open Source Award
2005 Open Source Awards
"At this evening's OSCON Tuesday Night Extravaganza Google and O'Reilly came together to begin the first of an annual Open Source Awards to honor five open source people whose contributions over the past year have been exceptional in five categories: Communicator, Evangelist, Diplomat, Integrator, and Hacker.
"The (rough) transcript of the awards:
"Communicator - This recipient is the most natural choice for this award. He defined the Cluetrain and hasn't gotten off since.
"Whether in his weblogs, his various columns, audio programs, or during speaking engagements he always provides the daily play by play as well as the deep insights into the open source way in the most broken down and layman terms possible.
"We don't know when he ever sleeps, but we're glad he's on the front line of discussions both with us and those who wish to know us better.
"Ladies, and Gentlemen our Communicator award goes to Doc Searls."
7:20:55 PM 
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Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act
 Here's a primer from the Craig Daily Press about the new Water Roundtables. They write, "During a tour of the Western Slope last week, Gov. Bill Owens signed legislation aimed at guiding water negotiations between the state's river basins. On Tuesday, Moffat County commissioners discussed the legislation and its potential impact in Northwest Colorado. House Bill 1177, also known as 'Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act,' establishes nine roundtables tasked with negotiating interbasin water discussions. The roundtables will represent nine river basins. Northwest Colorado is represented by the Yampa-White Basin Roundtable."
Category: Colorado Water
5:58:56 PM
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Tancredo for President?
The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that Tom Tancredo is working hard to get back to immigration issues and leave his comments about Muslim holy sites behind [August 3, 2005, "Tancredo gets back on track"]. From the article, " Rep. Tom Tancredo traveled several hundred miles, hoping to get back to his immigration message Tuesday. But even in South Carolina, he couldn't escape the fallout from his recent comments about threatening Muslim holy sites."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:20:43 AM
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Colorado River
 Here's a wrapup of the 30th Western Water Workshop held last week in Gunnison from the Cortez Journal.
From the article, "'The numbers don't add up,' said Doug Kenney of the Natural Resources Law Center of the University of Colorado. 'This river was in trouble before we ran into this drought.' Environmentalists have questioned the sustainability of the Colorado River for years, but Kenney is concerned because water managers have begun saying the same thing.
"The demand on the Colorado River averages 15.4 million acre-feet per year, Kenney said. The long-term average flow is 14.8 million, leaving a shortfall that eventually could further deplete the two reservoirs which regulate flows - Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
"Because of the prolonged drought the levels of both lakes are well below average, a source of contention between upper and lower basin states. Upper basin states, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, are required to deliver 8.23 million acre feet annually through Lake Powell, located on the Arizona-Utah border. Lower basin states, Arizona, California and Nevada, store flows in Lake Mead, located on the Arizona-Nevada border...
"Eric Kuhn, manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District in Glenwood Springs, came up with a slightly different conclusion. Kuhn said Colorado still has not fully appropriated its share of the Colorado River, and the pressure lies with growth downstream.
"'The worlds are so different between the upper basin and the lower basin, and it's going to take a lot to bridge the gap,' Kuhn said. 'There has been a huge change in the balance between the two basins and the problem is not the drought, but overuse in the lower basin.'"
Category: Colorado Water
7:14:57 AM
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El Paso County - Referendum C
Supporters of Referendums C and D rallied yesterday in El Paso County, according to the Denver Post [August 3, 2005, "Referendum backers launch campaign in anti-tax El Paso"]. From the article, "Ethan Eilon, a head volunteer for Vote No; It's Your Dough, said the opposition is fighting an uphill battle in the county. 'I think anytime you have to convince voters on a tax increase, it is an uphill battle,' Eilon said. 'I think we are going to do fine in El Paso.' Colorado Springs, the home of TABOR author Douglas Bruce, has emerged as a battleground for divided Republican leaders."
Meanwhile the future of the Denver Election Commission will be debated by City Council today. From the Denver Post, "The Denver City Council is holding a public hearing today on a ballot initiative that would eliminate the three-member Election Commission and remove the clerk and recorder position from the mayor's executive branch. Instead, a new position of elected clerk would be created and be accountable to Denver residents. The clerk would appoint a director to run election operations. If the council approves the measure, it will go to voters in November. The hearing is at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers."
DenverGov is down this morning so no link to the Election Commission website.
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
7:00:14 AM
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