Friday, January 20, 2006

Rice or Clinton for President? Dick Morris (via Political Wire): "Many political observers are wondering why the former First Lady chose to ratchet up her rhetoric and go after the House leadership and call it a plantation. The reason is simple. She hears the footsteps of Condoleezza Rice. It is no coincidence that on Sunday Laura Bush said Rice would make a good president and that she hopes the Secretary of State runs for president and on Monday, Martin Luther King day, Hillary strengthens her identification with black America. She is worried sick about Rice and needs to work overtime to hold the African American vote in line if Rice does run, hence her comment. "In my book, Condi vs Hillary, my wife and I talk about the prospects for such a race. There is no way that Laura Bush would have mentioned Rice for President without at least clearing it with the president. My own guess is that he put her up to it. With Jeb out of the running, Condi is the closest thing to family he has in the race." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 7:14:09 AM

President Reagan Blogs for Bush: "The Wall Street Journal points out that 25 years ago today, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as our 40th President." 7:03:27 AM

Grand Junction: No drilling in watershed According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel the city of Grand Junction is going to fight oil and gas drilling in their watershed on Grand Mesa. From the article, "The Grand Junction City Council will fight a plan that could open the city's watershed on Grand Mesa to oil and gas development, saying it wants to take every precaution to safeguard the city's drinking water. "Council members voted 5-2 Wednesday night to oppose a federal lease sale offering more than 13,000 acres on the mesa for drilling. The city will send a formal letter of protest to the Bureau of Land Management and letters to the Western Slope's congressional delegation asking for legislators' help in removing Grand Junction's parcels from the sale..." "The BLM is planning to auction oil and gas leases on 22,000 acres in Mesa County on Feb. 9. About 12,000 acres are in Palisade's watershed, and 600 acres are in Grand Junction's watershed, according to the BLM. Those watersheds provide drinking water to the municipalities. "Grand Junction is following the lead of Palisade town trustees, who voted unanimously last week to battle the lease sale. Palisade officials said they not only want to protect the town's watershed, but also a $6 million investment in a new water treatment facility the town board approved last year. "Officials from both municipalities are concerned that drilling operations could harm their water supplies. The BLM has said there are watershed stipulations in place to protect the two watersheds. But Western Colorado Congress Executive Director Matt Sura has said the stipulations aren't sufficient to protect water quality, and Palisade Mayor Doug Edwards on Wednesday night called them 'woefully inadequate.'" Category: Colorado Water 6:53:13 AM

Arkansas River PSOP Here's an article from the Pueblo Chieftain with details about a new Preferred Storage Option Plan for the Arkansas River valley. From the article, "A revised federal bill for the Preferred Storage Options Plan was unveiled Thursday by Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District President Wally Stealey. "At the same time, copies of the proposed legislation were delivered to the state's congressional delegation. "The Southeastern District will not formally consider language in the bill until its Feb. 16 meeting. A PSOP committee will look at the bill on Feb. 1. "Stealey said he wants unanimous consensus from the Southeastern board and the congressional district before the bill is introduced." Previous Coyote Gulch coverage here. Category: Colorado Water 6:40:26 AM

Beauprez for governor? Coyote Gulch thinks that it's cool that the Bob Beauprez campaign has a weblog. Here's the link to the post from yesterday. We want to repeat our standing offer to help any campaign start a weblog, free of charge. Our interest is to see what impact weblogs can have in a campaign locally. You'll need $2,500 or so for a PowerBook and $39.95 for a copy of Radio Userland. You'll also need a broadband Internet connection. We can have you up and running in a few minutes. Category: Denver November 2006 Election 6:06:36 AM

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