Denver November 2004 Election
Here's a story about Mike Miles and his disappointment with the state Democratic party from the Denver Post [February 18, 2004, "Senate hopeful feels spurned"]. From the article, "Mike Miles wants state Democratic leaders to stop acting like he's not there. For more than two years, the Colorado Springs educator has been running for the nomination to challenge Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Republican. Yet party leaders keep courting better- known or richer would-be candidates such as former Sen. Gary Hart or Rutt Bridges, a software entrepreneur who now runs a Denver think tank. 'I have a problem with a process that puts money as the first criteria,' Miles said. 'That's not the way it should be. It may be the way it is, but it shouldn't be.'" Well as Joe Trippi said at last week's Digital Democracy Teach-in, "It's the money." Trippi claims that the media and the party ignored Howard Dean's campaign until the third quarter fundraising reports.
Colorado Luis is wondering whether state Democratic chief is nervous about running a non-white candidate?
Denver voters may have yet another proposal on the fall ballot to help with Amendment 23 and TABOR, according to the Rocky Mountain News [February 18, 2004, "Balanced-budget plan"]. From the article, "King's plan would retain $350 million of the projected surplus from the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights in 2005-2006 - $132 for married couples and $66 for singles. It would also halve the amount of money that goes to the state education fund under Amendment 23...King said his plan will help solve the 'ratcheting down' effect created by TABOR, making it difficult for the state to resume its previous level of spending after an economic downturn. It would also take the 'trigger' away from Amendment 23, so it would require less funding during recessionary times. Amendment 23, which requires increases in school funding with an inflation-growth formula, will force massive cuts in other government agencies in future years, King said. King's proposal would also create a rainy day fund, which would give the legislature a pot of money to spend during an economic downturn."
Update: Wired: "But that was before Chandler's campaign turned a $2,000 investment in blog advertising into over $80,000 in donations in only two weeks. Chandler -- who won a seat in the House of Representatives Tuesday evening -- definitely knows what a blog is now, Sauer said. 'It's that thing that brings in money.'"
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