Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Energy policy The Cherry Creek News is running the speech given by Richard Lugar on energy policy at the Richard G. Lugar-Purdue University Summit on Energy Security, at Purdue University. From the article, "U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Dick Lugar calls for dramatic and immediate action to address U.S. energy vulnerability. 'Neither American oil companies, nor American car companies have shown an inclination to dramatically transform their businesses in ways that will achieve the degree of change we need to address a national security emergency,' Lugar says in the address. 'Most importantly, the federal government is not treating energy vulnerability as a crisis, despite an increase in energy related proposals.'" "2008 pres" 6:52:31 AM

Immigration The Rocky Mountain News is running an article about the U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing in Aurora today. They write, "As contentious as illegal immigration has become, most everyone likely will agree on one thing when a congressional hearing takes place in Aurora today: The immigration system is broken. Deciding how to fix it, however, is another matter. Even discussing how to change immigration laws has been difficult. More than 400 bills on the topic were introduced in Congress this year, and both houses passed major reform bills. But lawmakers have not yet taken the next step: bringing both sides to the table to hammer out compromises that could become law. Today's field hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee in Aurora is not likely to bring lawmakers closer to a compromise. Instead, Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard asked for the hearing in hopes of shedding light on the effects of proposed legislation on federal, state and local governments." Meanwhile immigrant activists are planning another march, according to the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "Local activists are planning what is likely to be another massive march and rally to push for compassionate treatment of the country's immigrants. The plan is to march Sept. 30, said Ricardo Martinez of the Denver activist group Padres Unidos, which was heavily involved in the large but peaceful May 1 and March 25 downtown Denver rallies. But organizer Jennifer Herrera said the details are still being decided and could change... "The march is part of a wave of national events starting Labor Day intended to pressure Congress to pass immigration reform that gives illegal immigrants a path toward legalization, Martinez said. Herrera said local organizers are still deciding on which message the local demonstration should take and which groups to align with." "2008 pres" 5:41:52 AM

Ritter or Beauprez for governor? Colorado Media Matters looks at Bob Beauprez's support for Referendum A (in 2003) and chastises the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel for omitting Beauprez's support of the Referendum from their coverage. From the article, "Summary: A Grand Junction Daily Sentinel article about an August 25 Colorado Water Congress meeting reported that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez 'told the Congress that he would not let one area of the state -- specifically the Front Range -- seize the rest of the state's water resources.' But it failed to note Beauprez's support of Referendum A in 2003, a proposal that could have had precisely that result." "denver 2006" 5:19:11 AM

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