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Thursday, June 22, 2006
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Revamp Denver Election Commission?
From today's Denver Post: "Denver voters may be asked to consider revamping the Denver Election Commission in November, depending on the findings of a panel announced Wednesday. City Councilwoman Marcia Johnson, council President Rosemary Rodriguez and Mayor John Hickenlooper's office plan to convene the eight-member panel for four meetings next month. The panel will review 'problems with the way the commission functions' in light of 'recent events,' according to a news release. Early this month, the Denver Election Commission announced it had misplaced thousands of records containing voters' personal information. The panel's recommendations will be presented to the mayor and City Council in early August."
"denver 2006"
6:03:52 AM 
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Dem convention in Denver?
Democrats were scouting out Denver yesterday as a possible 2008 national convention site, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Officials from the Democratic National Committee were touring Denver on Wednesday to size the city up against three other finalists for the party's 2008 convention. A private committee is working to lure the presidential nominating event and has vowed to cover the estimated $80 million cost with federal security funds and private donations."
"2008 pres"
6:01:38 AM
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Iraq withdrawal debate
U.S. Senator Ken Salazar is on the side of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Wading into a tough partisan battle over America's involvement in Iraq, Ken Salazar urged his fellow senators Wednesday to endorse a timetable for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops. A nonbinding amendment to a defense measure co-sponsored by the Colorado Democrat urges the Bush administration to begin withdrawing forces from Iraq by the end of this year. The legislation was the subject of intense debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, with a vote expected today. A competing Democratic amendment would require the administration to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by July 2007. The two plans reflect divisions among Democrats over the party's response to the war as fall elections approach...
"Salazar on Wednesday criticized the Bush administration's 'fingers-crossed, stay-the-meandering-course approach' and urged senators to stop 'sitting on our hands while policy drifts from one goal and mission to another with no end in sight.'[...]
"From the other side of the aisle, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., opposed the Salazar- backed amendment, which, he said, 'undermines everything we have achieved. Why would we risk our success by a premature withdrawal?' Allard asked. 'Why would we risk handing Iraq over to terrorists when they are on the run?'"
"2008 pres"
5:57:17 AM
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Holtzman on ballot - for now
Colorado's activist judges granted a temporary reprieve to Marc Holtzman yesterday, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Republican Marc Holtzman's campaign for governor lives for at least one more day. Less than an hour before the secretary of state's office was going to yank his name off the Aug. 8 primary ballot, Holtzman on Wednesday afternoon was granted a temporary reprieve from the Colorado Supreme Court. Holtzman has another 24 hours to remain on the ballot while the court considers his appeal...
"While it's impossible to know what the seven- member court will do today, the fact that it has ordered a 24-hour stay signals that the justices have decided to wade into the case - even if just a little bit...
"Holtzman appealed Hyatt's decision last week that state law requires 1,500 signatures from each of the state's seven congressional districts. Secretary of State Gigi Dennis found three weeks ago that Holtzman was short signatures in the 1st and 7th congressional districts. A flurry of motions immediately followed Holtzman's appeal. Bob Beauprez, the only official GOP gubernatorial candidate, and a trio of registered Republican voters argued to the Supreme Court that Holtzman has failed to prove he has enough signatures to make the ballot. The 48 hours ran out Wednesday afternoon, and the secretary of state's office was ready to notify the state's 64 counties to reprogram their electronic-voting machines and remove Holtzman's name from their ballots, according to Deputy Secretary of State Bill Hobbs. If he is removed from the ballot, the counties where ballots have already been printed will be instructed not to count his votes."
"denver 2006"
5:53:27 AM
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John Singletary: Our mission is not to let agricultural water leave the basin
An agreement seems closer over the Preferred Options Storage Plan, according to the Pueblo Chieftain. From the article, "A 'super ditch' water management program is a key part of negotiations over proposed water storage legislation shared Wednesday by the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District board at its monthly meeting. The district has been negotiating with participants in the Preferred Storage Options Plan for 18 months. In May, a PSOP bill being drafted by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District stalled partly because the Lower Ark and Colorado Springs have not reached agreement on key issues. 'Our mission is not to let agricultural water leave the basin,' said John Singletary, Lower Ark chairman. 'We have found a tool to do it.' Singletary said an agreement could be reached soon, within a month at most. Colorado Springs also is hopeful an agreement is near, Bruce McCormick, chief water services officer said in a telephone interview following the meeting...
"Colorado Springs is hoping to move PSOP forward, as well as getting support for its Southern Delivery System through negotiations, McCormick said. Others in the negotiations are the Southeastern District, Pueblo Board of Water Works, City of Pueblo, Pueblo West, Aurora, Fountain and the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District. Last year, all parties asked Congress to hold off on any PSOP bill until an agreement was reached. A cornerstone of negotiations, from the Lower Ark's point of view, has been Colorado Springs' acceptance of a water management plan. The plan would provide valleywide leasing of ditch water to avoid the wholesale purchases that have devastated parts of the valley in the past, Singletary said. Attorneys for the Lower Ark Wednesday stressed the district could not legally control a water management agency, although the district would help fund the steps leading up to the formation of a what water lawyer Peter Nichols called 'super ditch company.'"
"colorado water"
5:37:25 AM
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