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Saturday, August 27, 2005
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Beauprez for Governor?
The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that Bob Beauprez is on the stump running for Governor Owens' job [August 27, 2005, "Beauprez takes folksy tone on tour"]. From the article, "Beauprez, the former Boulder County dairy farmer turned banker turned GOP congressman, shared farm war stories Friday as he campaigned at the monthly Highlands Ranch Republican Breakfast Club meeting...He said Ref C does not fix the root problem of conflicting constitutional amendments that put the state in its current budget fix. The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights limits government spending and requires that surplus funds be returned; Amendment 23 mandates increases in school funding, regardless of the economy."
Bob Ewegen's column in today's Denver Post profiles Bill Ritter [August 27, 2005, "Ritter vs. Holtzman, Beauprez"]. Ewegen writes, "Former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter isn't just the only Democrat running for governor. He's also the only candidate for chief executive in either party who is supporting Referendums C and D, the Colorado Economic Recovery Act twins."
Colorado Pols: "Last night Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman launched something called a Technology Town Hall, which is a patented new technology that apparently tries to replicate a traditional "town hall" meeting through a phone line."
Category: Denver Novmeber 2006 Election
8:31:39 AM 
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Referenda C and D
Mayor Hickenlooper and Governor Owens teamed up yesterday to lead the charge to pass Referendums C and D, according to the Rocky Mountain News [August 27, 2005, "Owens, Hickenlooper lead rally for Refs C, D"]. From the article, "Owens and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper were the featured speakers at a kickoff rally for the Denver Yes on C&D campaign, which will be headed by former state Republican Party Chairman Don Bain, former state Sen. Penfield Tate and Denver City Councilwoman Carol Boigon. Hickenlooper said that he, like Owens, is a fiscal conservative and a supporter of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, which requires a popular vote on tax increases."
Mike Littwin is patting the guv on the back for supporting Referendum C [Rocky Mountain News, August 27, 2005, "Littwin: Owens is doing the right thing backing Ref C"]. Littwin writes, "Imagine, Democrats standing alongside Republicans. Business standing next to - not on top of - labor. I was waiting for a sighting of a Nebraska fan with a CU fan. Anything was possible."
Money quote from the opinion piece, "'I'm still going to have one of the most conservative sets of spending limits and one of the most conservative tax rates in the country - if we pass this,' Owens says."
Mt. Virtus: "Following the lead of the El Paso and Larimer County Republican Party organizations, my own Jefferson County Republican Party has taken a significant stand in opposition to Referenda C and D. Congrats to my JeffCo GOP, under the able leadership of Chair Renee Nelson, for passing the following resolution."
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
8:27:49 AM
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Drying Up Farms
Here's a background piece from the Rocky Mountain News about the future of the farming economy along the South Platte River as urban growth leads to competition for their water [August 27, 2005, "Plowed under by urban thirst"]. From the article, "Here in the South Platte River Basin, the state's largest urban center and largest irrigated farm economy have coexisted for more than a century. But the bucolic picture is changing fast. Experts say 25 years from now, farm acreage in the basin, which occupies most of the northeast quadrant of Colorado, may have shrunk as much as 30 percent, mainly because cities are so desperate for water they'll outbid anyone to get it, drying up hundreds of farms in the process. Longtime farmers, battered by low crop prices, are choosing to sell their water to cities, as others, like Strohauer, struggle to hold on. Competition for water between cities and farmers is already taking a toll. Ten years ago, Strohauer was one of 40 potato growers in Weld County. Today, he is one of two. For a man whose grandfather helped build the first sugar beet factory in Greeley, the notion of moving even some of his operations to Kansas is mind-bending."
Here's a short article from the Rocky about the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy. From the article, "Though cities now own the majority of the district's water, they continue to lease much of it back to farmers. The exception was in 2003, when the drought-stricken cities chose to hold on to their supplies. That year, for the first time in the district's history, more water was used in urban areas than on South Platte Basin farms, according to district manager Eric Wilkinson."
Meanwhile Wyoming is looking to build more water storage to keep water in state that is now flowing down river, according to the AP via the Rocky Mountain News [August 26, 2005, "Wyoming aims to expand water storage"]. From the article, "Each year, Wyoming receives about 18 million acre-feet of surface water from rain, snow and other states. Interstate river compacts and court decrees permit Wyoming to use about 4 million acre-feet. But the state uses just 2.8 million."
Howling At A Waning Moon: "Water returns to Iraqi marshlands."
Category: Colorado Water
8:03:26 AM
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