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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Legal Pot?
From Elevated Voices: "Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown is, rightfully, upset about yard signs in Denver that use 'Make Denver SAFER' as a tagline...for the legalization of marijuana ballot measure." They're not buying the argument that Initiative 100 will get some of the drunks off the street. 
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
7:08:04 PM 
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Gingrich for President?
The Nashua Telegraph Online is reporting the Newt Gingrich wants to have open debate, in the tradition of the Lincoln-Douglas debates instead of the, "demeaning," debates from recent elections. Good idea.
Coyote Gulch recommends that he start a weblog and invite the other candidates to post in the comments. Better yet the former congressman should post in the comments section on an opponent weblog.
Thanks to Oval Office 2008 for the link.
New West: "...Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne is kicking the tires of a western states primary."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:03:43 PM
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Lindstrom for Governor?
Here's a story about State Rep. Gary Lindstrom's possible run for Governor from the Summit Daily News. They write, "The long-time Summit County resident is contemplating a run for the Democratic nomination in 2006 because friends, acquaintances and "people that I know" have asked him to consider it. 'I think their concern is, right now, it doesn't appear the Democratic party has a strong candidate for governor,' Lindstrom said."
Thanks to SoapBlox Colorado for the link
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
5:14:15 AM
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Fountain Creek Pollution
From today's Denver Post: "Pueblo County District Attorney Bill Thiebaut on Wednesday sued the city of Colorado Springs and its utility over a series of sewage spills into Fountain Creek. The federal lawsuit accuses Colorado Springs Utilities of violating the Clean Water Act by discharging more than 73 million gallons of sewage into the creek since 1998. Steve Berry, a spokesman for Colorado Springs Utilities, said he was disappointed Thiebaut resorted to suing the utility. 'With the lawsuit, there's not much I can say now other than we don't think this is the way to solve mutual watershed challenges,' Berry said. Pueblo officials have long complained about pollution flowing down Fountain Creek into the east side of their town, but this spring's major spills galvanized county and city officials. In late July, bacteria levels recorded in Fountain Creek in Pueblo were 240 times greater than state water-quality standards allow. Utility officials have argued that their system isn't the only source of bacteria plaguing the Fountain Creek Watershed. The U.S. Geological Survey has found high levels of bacteria upstream from Colorado Springs. Last week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fined the utility $110,000 for 21 sewer overflows that occurred between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct. 4."
Here's an opinion piece from the Denver Post about Consortium for Research and Education on Emerging Contaminants (CREEC) [October 13, 2005, "Stealth threat in water"]. Susan Thornton writes, "They're out there. Ten years ago we couldn't detect them, but now, advances in technology allow scientists to identify and measure them. The problem is that no one knows exactly where each of them comes from, how they are transported, or what impact they may have on human health or the environment. No, they're not something from outer space. They are called 'emerging contaminants,' or ECs, and they are in Colorado's lakes and streams - and possibly in our drinking water. Some occur naturally, but others come from man-made chemicals like detergents, fire retardants, pesticides, fertilizer and even anti-bacterial soaps...Members include representatives of private industry, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Water and wastewater treatment plants. Researchers from the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, the University of Wyoming and the Colorado School of Mines are all involved."
Category: Colorado Water
4:59:27 AM
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Legal Pot?
Here's an article about Initiative 100 from the Rocky Mountain News [October 13, 2005, "Denver councilman calls pro-pot signs 'devious'"]. From the article, "Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown is fuming about the "Make Denver SAFER" message on campaign signs pushing a city ballot measure to legalize adult marijuana use...Supporters of the ballot measure say the slogan speaks to their mission to amend city ordinances to make adult use of an ounce or less of marijuana a legal and 'safer' alternative to alcohol, which they contend fuels violent crime and deaths caused by drunken-driving collisions and alcoholism."
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [October 13, 2005, "Pot pitch called smoke, mirrors"]. They're running a photo of the yard sign in question.
The Rocky is reporting that voters may not know who funded the ads against Referendum C run by the Independence Institute until after the November 1st election [October 13, 2005, "Mystery donor was a nonprofit"]. From the article, "The reason (Jon) Caldara was in court was because of a complaint filed by backers of the referendums, who allege the group is violating Colorado's strict campaign finance laws by refusing to divulge the identity of its financial backers."
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [October 13, 2005, "C, D foe pressed on radio ad donor"].
Here's an article from the Rocky Mountain News about a new report about TABOR from the Center for Tax Policy ["October 13, 2005, "Tax watchdog: State faces dire finances"]. From the article, "Colorado's financial future is so dire it could shut down entire state departments and still face serious budget problems, according to a nonpartisan tax group. The Center for Tax Policy on Wednesday released a report looking at the implications of the so-called ratchet effect in the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, which doesn't allow the state to return to pre-recession spending levels."
Supporters of ProComp have raised $908,000, according to the Denver Post [October 13, 2005, "Backers give $900,000 to teacher-pay plan effort"].
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
4:25:47 AM
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