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Diary Of A Mad Voter: Jessica Peck Corry
Actions Of Colorado Lawmaker Harmful To Limited Government Movement
On Monday, Colorado state Rep. Douglas Bruce didn't just kick a newspaper photographer. When he refused to apologize, he also launched a blow to his beloved limited government movement. While the first mistake was forgivable, the second is not.
As was widely reported by media around the nation, including USA Today, Bruce became upset after a news photographer crouched before him during the chamber's morning prayer continued to take his picture. He responded by swiftly kicking Rocky Mountain News photographer Javier Manzano in the knee.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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Applauding A New Strip Club In Heavily Regulated Boulder
In highly regulated cities like Boulder, Colo., you've got to take freedom where you can find it. And in the process, you may just find yourself cheering on the owner of a sleazy strip club.
Described on the Internet as "edgy, artistic, erotic gentlemen's entertainment," Boulder's newest business establishment, Nitro Club, opened just before Christmas and is raising alarm bells with city officials shocked that that club's owner, Michael Cobb, didn't first give them the opportunity to kill the project.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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Animal Cruelty: Are We All Guilty?
Michael Vick, the former NFL star-turned-convict was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison this week for his role in a dog-fighting scheme.
He did a bad thing. Dogs suffered. Children cried. But does he really deserve prison? And if he does, how many of us should be joining him there?
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of NewWest.Net/Politics' "Diary of a Mad Voter" feature, a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. For more columns check in with www.newwest.net/madvoter. And for more information on each of the bloggers, click here.
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Denver’s Diversity Training Needs To Go
Mean jokes can lead to hurt feelings. But portraying white men as racist, sexist slobs is perfectly acceptable.
This is the message public workers have been subjected to as part of a City of Denver employee-training video titled "Laughing Matters - Think About It." In the eight-minute-piece, the main character is Billy, a white blue-collar worker. He walks around the office making fun of every minority imaginable.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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Democrats Struggle With Cost And Benefits Of Domestic Oil Production
Western Democrats are stuck between a rock and a Prius. They want to use booming oil revenues to fund expanded government spending. But saying yes to energy exploration means saying no to the demands of the region's powerful environmental lobby and a national party agenda increasingly resistant to domestic oil-and-gas development.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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Where Has The Power Lunch Gone?
I've got some troubling news: The power lunch is continuing its sad decline. Well, at least it's not as fun as it should be.
While once this midday ritual brought together leaders, sealed business deals, and launched bi-partisan compromises, today it has become a confusing mess of politically correct gender-related etiquette that has taken all the pleasure out of what should be a union of two of life's greatest joys - getting to eat and not having to work.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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Ritter’s Labor Deal Misguided, GOP Now Have Opening
In the aftermath of a front page Sunday Denver Post editorial condemning Gov. Bill Ritter's secretive push to impose collective bargaining on state employees, state Democrats are floundering in their response. The question: What should they be doing to help rebuild the trust they've lost with voters?
The Post editorial didn't just condemn Ritter's pro-labor executive order; it went into detail about the dire consequences that could result from the governor's actions: "We're concerned this may be the beginning of the end of Ritter as governor."
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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There is nothing more annoying than powerful women playing the victim card. It's a fact I'm reminded of this week as Debbie Stafford - a longtime Republican now turned Democrat - suggests that she was "battered" by her former party's leaders.
The state representative from Aurora asserts that her decision to become a Democrat had little to do with policy - and more to do with protest. "If I believe someone is being battered...I would tell them to pack their bags and get out fast. My party was trying to batter me into submission," she told a Denver Post reporter last week.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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Hickenlooper: Fancy Ads Promote New Taxes, Bigger Budget … No Snowplows?
As a politically active libertarian Republican living in large Western city, a day of civic advocacy can feel as pleasant and productive as climbing a 14,000 foot mountain in the middle of a lightning storm. Simply put, the forces are against you.
I chose my adopted hometown of Denver because - in some respects - freedom runneth over. Life here is too impatient to endure the municipal controls that burdened the smaller communities I used to call home. And I like it this way. But as is the case with every great adventure, there are also drawbacks.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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Ritter’s Back Room Dealings Need Some Sun Light
Just ten months into Gov. Bill Ritter's administration, the nickname "Back Room Ritter" is already gaining traction. And rightly so - this is a man who likes to make important decisions without public input.
Earlier this year, Ritter remained silent after a Denver District Judge scolded officials from Ritter's Department of Public Health and the Attorney General's office for violating constitutional mandates regarding open meetings. The judge ruled that this government coalition had violated the Constitution by meeting in secret to set arbitrary limits on sick and dying patients seeking relief under the Colorado's voter-implemented medical marijuana program.
Editor's note: Jessica Peck Corry's weekly blogs are part of a new feature on NewWest.Net/Politics called "Diary of a Mad Voter," a group blog, published in partnership with the Denver Post's Politics West intended give a glimpse into the hearts and minds of several independent-minded voters and thinkers in the Rocky Mountain West in the '08 election cycle. Check back this week at www.newwest.net/madvoter.
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