Denver November 2006 Election
The Denver Post editorial staff wonders if Governor Owens and the state legislature will work out a serious solution to the state fiscal crisis before the next governor is sworn in [March 7, 2005, "2006 victor may get '07 spoils"]. They write, "Lawmakers and lobbyists of every political persuasion are starting to question whether Owens is serious about finding a fiscal solution that would involve sharing credit with the Democratic majority. The chatter is that if former Govs. Roy Romer or Dick Lamm were in office, they would be able to bring all sides together around a viable solution to structural problems created by TABOR. We don't buy into this cynicism. To the contrary, we see that Owens and House Speaker Andrew Romanoff both have solid ideas for resolving the fiscal crisis, and we trust they can and will soon find common ground on a plan that would go to the voters next November."
Jeralyn Merritt writes on the 5280 weblog, "As Dan (Brogan) wrote yesterday, there was surprising news on the political front this weekend when members of the Democratic State Central Committee ousted Chris Gates as party Chair. The new chair is Pat Waak. Who? Pat Waak. She is from Erie, CO where she is director of a non-profit. She won by three votes. Gates will be contesting the election."
Here's the coverage of the state dems ouster of Chris Gates as chair on Satuday [March 7, 2005, "Progressive 'jihad' stirs upheaval at the top"].
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [March 7, 2005, "State Dems wanted 'change'"].
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