Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Immigration The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that Tom Tancredo is upset with Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico's undersecretary for North America [September 26, 2005, "Tancredo rips Mexican official"]. From the article, "U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo did not take kindly Monday to a Rocky Mountain News report on Saturday that a top Mexican diplomat said his government opposed the congressman's immigration reform plan while it favored a guest worker program for illegal immigrants that eventually could lead to citizenship. Tancredo criticized Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico's undersecretary for North America, for injecting himself into U.S. politics when he told the News last week that he supported the McCain-Kennedy bill that would allow unauthorized employees to become part of a guest-worker program, permit them to normalize their illegal status and give them the opportunity to become citizens while imposing a monetary fine." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 7:03:23 AM

Wringing Water From the Rocks Don't forget the last installment of the series Wringing Water from the Rocks tonight at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Reaching For Common Ground: Sharing Perspectives & Possible Solutions for Regional Water Supply Challenges. You will get a chance to ask all the tough questions you've been storing up over the summer. Mayor Hickenlooper will lead a panel discussion. Here's the Coyote Gulch coverage of the series, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Category: Colorado Water 6:44:32 AM

Referendums C and D Here's Part III in the series highlighting individual voter's reactions to Referendum C, from the Rocky Mountain News [September 26, 2005, "Sterling principles"]. From the article, "The Joneses, as business owners and community leaders, take a broad view. The state's business climate and the importance of education weigh more heavily for them than the refund they might forgo. 'Quality of life is more than the income you're making,' said Laurie Jones." The Independence Institute defends their report on state spending in this article from the Rocky Mountain News [September 26, 2005, "Official rebuts 'corporate welfare' report"]. From the article, "Referendum C opponent Jon Caldara says the state's $100,000 in 'cold, hard cash' to the Red Robin restaurant chain is 'corporate welfare' and another example of wasteful government spending. But Red Robin 'hasn't received a penny of cold, hard cash' from the state, countered Brian Vogt, director of economic development for Colorado." Here's the latest salvo in the war of words between the Holtzman and Beauprez camps over Holtzman's appearance in a TV ad opposing Referendums C and D from the Denver Post [September 26, 2005, "Holtzman returns fire on ad criticism"]. Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [September 26, 2005, "Holtzman campaign blasts Beauprez over ads in 2002"]. Coyote Gulch is not certain that either side is getting good advice on this issue. Meanwhile from today's Denver Post, "The Independence Institute filed a lawsuit Monday in Denver District Court that seeks to block an administrative hearing into whether the nonprofit think tank has violated state election laws in the debate over Referendums C and D, its attorney said. Proponents of the state budget-policy ballot questions have accused the Golden research group of failing to register with the state as a campaign committee spending money in the fight. The new legal filing asks a judge to interpret the state's constitutional requirements for disclosure and to consider First Amendment concerns raised by a subpoena seeking information about the institute, said its attorney, Dick Kaufman. Kaufman said he also would be asking an administrative law judge who was set to hear the dispute next week to postpone the matter." Category: Denver November 2005 Election 6:27:55 AM

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