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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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2006 State of the City Address
My boss, Mayor Hickenlooper, is inviting all his friends to the 2006 State of the City Address on July 12th. They're heading for the air conditioning this year - 11:00AM-12:00 P.M., Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax. Here's the link to the invitation (pdf).
9:20:38 PM 
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Immigration
Captain's Quarters: "Republican Congressional leaders have told the White House that they will not bend on any normalization scheme that allows those who entered the US illegally to have a path to citizenship without leaving the country -- and so no immigration reform will happen in 2006. They will not proclaim the effort dead out of respect to George Bush, but they will not consider the broader reforms that the Senate wants, and the Senate will not act on border security alone."
"2008 pres"
7:13:59 PM
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Dubai Ports world
The Moderate Voice: "Is the Dubai company still controlling the ports? If so, it will mean the country was massively misled. It'll be interesting to see what develops in terms of future news reporting, if this is the case."
"2008 pres"
6:17:28 AM
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English for Colorado?
Denver Post: "A group that wants students who don't speak English to be immersed in English-learning classes for at least one year began its drive Monday to put the proposal on the November ballot. English for Colorado must collect the signatures of at least 68,000 registered Colorado voters by Aug. 7 before ballot issue No. 95 can be voted on in the general election. Greeley attorney Bill Garcia, one of the leaders of English for Colorado, said volunteers are starting to gather signatures in all 64 counties. He expects support for the proposal to grow as more people learn about it...
"The proposal would mandate that students not proficient in English would spend up to one year in English-instruction classes before they are returned to the regular mainstream classroom. Students would only be taught in English and would not participate in other content areas such as math, science and social science, said proponents. Garcia said ballot issue No. 95 is needed because other programs used by public schools to help students learn English - such as bilingual education - have failed...
"Proponents also said the proposal is not an 'English-only' measure but one aimed at bolstering English skills. But opponents say 95 is just a variation of Amendment 31, an English-only initiative that was defeated by Coloradans in 2002."
"denver 2006"
6:05:03 AM
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Rocky Mountain News: "The Colorado Supreme Court has struck down a challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to prohibit legal recognition of same-sex unions. If sponsors collect roughly 68,000 voter signatures by Aug. 7, the proposed constitutional amendment will make the November ballot, joining as many as three other measures related to homosexual relationships. The court ruled late Friday against a challenge to a decision by the Title Setting Review Board to approve the measure. It is sponsored by state Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and former Colorado Springs car dealer Will Perkins. Their initiative is meant to counter an opposing measure that would extend legal benefits to domestic partners. That measure is already approved for the ballot. Pro-gay leaders argued before the Title Setting Review Board and then the Supreme Court that the Lundberg-Perkins measure is vague and violates the single-subject rule."
"denver 2006"
5:56:53 AM
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El Paso county hearing about the Cherokee Metropolitan District
From today's Colorado Springs Gazette: "The El Paso County Commission will discuss how development should proceed in a water-strapped eastern area of the county. Cherokee Metropolitan District, the water supplier for thousands of homes east of Colorado Springs, is accused of overpumping from the Upper Black Squirrel Creek Groundwater Basin. The case is at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the county must decide whether to allow developers to continue with subdivisions planned for the area while the courts decide who gets the water. Cherokee provides water to about 5,250 homes and 350 businesses in Cimarron Hills. It also serves the 300-acre Claremont Ranch development under construction and other developments east of the city, primarily along Marksheffel Road. Cherokee's boundaries run roughly east of Powers Boulevard, north of Platte Avenue and west of U.S. Highway 24. The county will consider how to proceed at a 9 a.m. meeting today on the third floor hearing room of the County Office Building, 27 E. Vermijo Ave. To watch and listen to the meeting live, visit www.elpasoco.com. Click on 'Board of County Commissioners,' click on 'Live Audio-Video of Board of County Commissioner Meetings,' then click on 'County Commissioner Board Room.'"
"colorado water"
5:45:19 AM
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Southern Delivery System
Here's an update about the Southern Delivery System from the Pueblo Chieftain. From the article, "The Bureau of Reclamation will look at effects of water development on Fountain Creek as it analyzes the environmental impact of a $1 billion water pipeline to Colorado Springs, but will limit its study of flood control. A recently released fact sheet answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the Southern Delivery System, a proposed 66-inch-diameter pipeline 43 miles north from Pueblo Dam to provide up to 78 million gallons of water per day to meet water needs in Colorado Springs, Fountain and Security through 2046. Many of those questions center around Fountain Creek issues such as growth, past studies of dam sites and a plan by Pueblo County consultant Ray Petros to incorporate water reuse with flood control. The draft Environmental Impact Statement for SDS won't be ready until at least late this year, but the bureau released a review of the process now, partly because of increasing questions about Fountain Creek...
"Even at the slower pace, however, Colorado Springs Utilities could build the pipeline by 2012, which it calls the critical date for meeting its water demand needs, said Gary Bostrom, regional projects manager...SDS is needed not only to supply water to a growing population, but to provide redundancy in the water delivery system and to develop water rights Ñ including the Fountain Creek exchange. Colorado Springs proposes releasing SDS return flows directly into Fountain Creek in the form of wastewater...
"The Fountain Creek exchange could further reduce flows on the Arkansas River through Pueblo and increase flows on Fountain Creek. Colorado Springs is restricted by a 2004 intergovernmental agreement with Pueblo and others to forgo exchanges at minimum streamflows, but plans to increase exchanges over time. The bureau will measure the environmental impact of that particular water right against six alternatives, possibly using components of the alternatives to mitigate damage, Lamb said. For instance, one alternative suggests a return flow pipeline to the confluence of Fountain Creek."
"colorado water"
5:37:18 AM
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Plan for endangered species on Platte river
From today's Denver Post: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has signed off on a plan to help endangered species using the Platte River in Nebraska. The federal agency has determined that the plan - involving two federal agencies, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, water users and environmentalists - won't jeopardize the endangered species. Those species include the whooping crane, pallid sturgeon, interior least tern and piping plover. The plan to help the species calls for increased flows on the Platte and more land set aside for wildlife in Nebraska. It also attempts to deal with needs of the growing cities along the river, agricultural irrigation, and four threatened or endangered species."
More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
"colorado water"
5:25:31 AM
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