Coyote Gulch

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Thank you vets

Make sure to thank a veteran for their service today.
10:45:11 AM

Denver County results today?
It looks Denver County plans to finish counting votes this morning, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Secretary of state Democratic candidate Ken Gordon plans to have a poll watcher on hand when provisional ballots are counted by the Denver Election Commission on Saturday. Gordon is running about 32,000 votes behind the Republican candidate, Mike Coffman, with about 67,000 votes yet to count statewide. Of those, the Denver Election Commission has about 25,000 absentee ballots yet to count, with another 3,000 provisional ballots. Many of the provisional ballots were handed out to people delayed in long lines on Tuesday's election night, so they could still cast their vote. Gordon said he wants to have a poll watcher on hand to monitor the provisional ballots because they could be subject to challenges by the Republican Party. Gordon said the absentee ballots are less likely to prompt challenges, and he isn't making plans to monitor their counting. Coffman's campaign said it also is making arrangements to monitor the election commission on Saturday. The poll watchers must be designated by the candidates' political parties."

The Denver Election Commission is still showing incomplete absentee vote as of 8:45 a.m.

Here's the counting news statewide from the Denver Post.
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8:47:17 AM

Fountain Creek management

Here's a report about a call to action to improve Fountain Creek, from the Pueblo Chieftain. From the article, "A vision for Fountain Creek must be rooted in action, not just studies, a steering committee decided Friday. So the panel will recommend the Fountain Creek Vision Task Force come up with concrete proposals by mid-2007, work with the Arkansas Basin Roundtable and push for completion of the Fountain Creek Watershed Plan. 'They've been studying Fountain Creek watershed for 70 years. I've been coming to meetings myself for 25 years,' said Jane Rhodes, a landowner on the creek. 'Let's start some action.'[...]

"Some efforts are already under way, the committee learned Friday: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments has applied for a $776,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to move the vision process forward, said Rich Muzzy, environmental planning manager; Colorado State Parks is beginning land acquisition studies after making an initial assessment of recreation opportunities on Fountain Creek, said Tom Ready, chairman of the State Parks Board; The Arkansas Basin Roundtable is working on a matrix that will catalogue the numerous studies about Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River, said Jay Winner, vice chairman of the roundtable."
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8:02:12 AM

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