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Originally Posted by Eeyore
My first reaction was great a Denver major as governor of the state, then I asked my political insiders in Pueblo and they liked him and said he would be good for Pueblo so that got me thinking. I still need to see him come to Pueblo and speak but as of now I have a open mind.
About Pueblo growing, you make a good point. However, I don't think we could ever be like the Springs, unless Pueblo tried to grow by attracting mega churches and if that happens I would riot. Even if we get the tech park I want combined with the energy park that would still make Pueblo more industrial. I am sure the kind of companies the tech park would attract would work with the ones in the energy park. I do not think Pueblo will attract the kind of high tech companies Denver and northern Colorado does, that would be a complete change in Pueblo's make up and even with the growth of CSU Pueblo I don't see that happening. Even the proposed R&D parks would be more for industries that seem to like Pueblo.
So I think our postion as the states democratic center is safe for the forceable future.
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COS isn't republican because of mega churches. It is RADICALLY, crazily republican because of mega churches. Any suburban city I've ever explored be it Orlando, Phoenix, Atlanta, Dallas, etc tends to be right leaning if not right dominant.. that's pretty much been confirmed by people here who actually study the phenomenon too. Also Doug CO, Highlands Ranch, East Aurora if not all of Aurora.. etc. You don't need to have slobbering, inciteful, bat shit crazy republicans move into your pretty new suburb. All you need is registered republican voters - the kind that this state really doesn't have an abundance of but that would still put the nincompoops just to the north in power. You're right that you wouldn't be COS without the churches.. but you wouldn't be the good city of Pueblo that you are today either.
You seem to cherish your city's role in the democratic party power in this state - even though you exagerate it like a professional wrestling promoter. Whatever the true role is would be gone with Pueblo Springs. And with your geographic location next to COS you would be nothing to most political strategists except a part of some "south central conservative coridor."