Colorado Politics - Page 24

Eeyore · #**461** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 3:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

Also, I'm sad that there won't be a Klingon Ambassador.

Me too

sashyenka · #**462** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 4:29 PM**

Yay, Bennet! The state House looks kind of terrifying - among others, Don Beezley won district 33, a nutter who thinks that public education should be eradicated because it is "communist."

Eeyore · #**463** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 4:34 PM**

Bad news out of Pueblo too.

U.S. House district 3 is going to be republican because Salazar did not get enough votes in Pueblo to over come his loss to Tipton in Grand Junction. That really sux as now a west slope republican will be Pueblo's representative for the next 2 years.

wong21fr · #**464** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 4:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by sashyenka

Yay, Bennet! The state House looks kind of terrifying - among others, Don Beezley won district 33, a nutter who thinks that public education should be eradicated because it is "communist."

The Republican majority leader in the State House is going to have fun riding this herd of cats. You've got a ton of mental midgets who are going to embarrass the the hell out of the State GOP and is going to provide a ton of ammo for the next election cycle. Condi and Beezley are going to be fun to watch, asides from the scariness of the idea that they will be writing legislation.

Oh, Eeyore, you've got 4 years of Tipton. Enjoy. I think that Pinon Canyon is about to become a reality.

Front_Range_Guy · #**465** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 4:58 PM**

Colorado Springs voters approved a measure that will change the city to a strong mayor form of government, eliminating the position of city manager and transferring executive power to the mayor. Here's a report about it from The Gazette.

Colorado Springs voters also approved a measure that will provide money for bridges and roads, and one for park maintenance.

Also in Colorado Springs... state house Dist.17 Democrat Dennis Apuan lost his seat to Republican Mark Barker. In state house Dist. 18, which covers downtown and the west side, Democrat Pete Lee beat out Republican Karen Cullen.

bunt_q · #**466** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

Also, I'm sad that there won't be a Klingon Ambassador.

I was *so* going to put my name in for that board too. The Gorkon-Bunt ticket.

(The ability to name at least four Klingon Ambassadors was part of the proposed qualification criteria, right?)

wong21fr · #**467** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 6:43 PM**

^Actually, I believe you had to know which would win in a fight: an Imperial Class Star Destroyer or a Galaxy Class Starship?

You had to know which side to support in an intergalactic war.

wong21fr · #**468** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Front_Range_Guy

Colorado Springs voters also approved a measure that will provide money for bridges and roads, and one for park maintenance.

Wait, COS actually approved additional funding for something?

Someone get me a snowball from hell.

Eeyore · #**469** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

Oh, Eeyore, you've got 4 years of Tipton. Enjoy. I think that Pinon Canyon is about to become a reality.

Elections have consequences. If southern Colorado (especially Pueblo since we are the political hub and democratic strong hold) can't get out the vote then shame on us. So if the consequence is Pinon Canyon becomes a reality then we have no ones to blame but ourselves.

Eeyore · #**470** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

^Actually, I believe you had to know which would win in a fight: an Imperial Class Star Destroyer or a Galaxy Class Starship?

You had to know which side to support in an intergalactic war.

Thats easy. Galaxy class starship.

bunt_q · #**471** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 7:06 PM**

That's a trick question actually. See, a Galaxy Class Starship is pretty sweet and all, for the 24th Century. But who knows what the Empire's got these days. Those Star Destroyers were a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.

Eeyore · #**472** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

That's a trick question actually. See, a Galaxy Class Starship is pretty sweet and all, for the 24th Century. But who knows what the Empire's got these days. Those Star Destroyers were a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.

They became the borg.

wong21fr · #**473** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

Thats easy. Galaxy class starship.

Nope, an ISD would swat that shit around like a fly.

Eeyore · #**474** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

Nope, an ISD would swat that shit around like a fly.

The USS Enterprise beat the Borg. Nothing else needs be said.

This is from youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJZbCNexctc

The quote Mr Worf "today is not a good day to die" well for the Enterprise.

Brainpathology · #**475** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

Elections have consequences. If southern Colorado (especially Pueblo since we are the political hub and democratic strong hold) can't get out the vote then shame on us. So if the consequence is Pinon Canyon becomes a reality then we have no ones to blame but ourselves.

If you let a western slope republican win your seat then by definition you no longer are a political hub or a democratic stronghold. (I'm aware that by using the words "no longer" I may be implying that I bought the baloney that you ever were a political stronghold. Don't make that inference.)

wong21fr · #**476** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 8:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

Elections have consequences. If southern Colorado (especially Pueblo since we are the political hub and democratic strong hold) can't get out the vote then shame on us. So if the consequence is Pinon Canyon becomes a reality then we have no ones to blame but ourselves.

Eeyore, after this election, I think you guys just went down a couple notches in irrelevance. With Pueblo Springs generating much of the growth in Pueblo County you're going from a steady Dem county to a split district and you have nowhere near the population to be a swing district. Hell, the Dem advantage in Pueblo County barely offset Montrose County. The local Dems really need to boost voter turnout to increase Pueblo's relevance.

Oh, I was wrong. You've only got two years of Tipton.

Eeyore · #**477** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 8:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Brainpathology

If you let a western slope republican win your seat then by definition you no longer are a political hub or a democratic stronghold. (I'm aware that by using the words "no longer" I may be implying that I bought the baloney that you ever were a political stronghold. Don't make that inference.)

Only if that happened because Pueblo was unable to determine the winner over Grand Junction. Pueblo determines the winner or loser based on many factors and this time it was because of lack of turn out then some people in southern Colorado voted republican because they thought Colorado would have a republican governor so they thought it would help to have a republican rep. So Pueblo still determined the winner as nothing changed on the western slope but Pueblo had a low and odd turn out.

So don't fool yourself Pueblo is still the hub of a 20 county region and democratic strong hold outside of the Denver area we just did a bad job with the vote for U.S. representative this time and now we will have to deal with the consequences for the next 2 years.

That being said Pueblo still leads the state when it comes to local issues. We were the only city in the state to go against the tide and have a bond issue on the ballot and it won with a wide margin. Now they will expand Memorial hall. Then on top of that Pueblo passed the 1/2 cent sales tax for primary jobs again by a wide margin. This shows that Puebloans still want to invest in our cities future and don't make a big deal about it like in other cities, Colorado Springs.

bunt_q · #**478** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 8:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

So don't fool yourself Pueblo is still the hub of a 20 county region and democratic strong hold outside of the Denver area we just did a bad job with the vote for U.S. representative this time and now we will have to deal with the consequences for the next 2 years.

Oh please. Tamanrasset and Timbuktu are hardly powerful cities, even if they are "hubs" for half the Sahara. And by that land-area-first, 20-county rationale, Republicans better start wooing Fairbanks.

Eeyore · #**479** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Oh please. Tamanrasset and Timbuktu are hardly powerful cities, even if they are "hubs" for half the Sahara.

Are you saying Colorado is like the Sahara?

Plus, Orlando is the hub for central Florida thus a powerful city even though they are located by larger cities.

Brainpathology · #**480** Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

Are you saying Colorado is like the Sahara?

Plus, Orlando is the hub for central Florida thus a powerful city even though they are located by larger cities.

Oh heavens Eeyore.. Orlando isn't important for anything AT all except a permanent home for outcast southern 'mos who find their dreams in the Disney college program. (And by southern I mean anywhere from Missouri to Chile)

Tampa is the hub for Central Florida followed closely by Jacksonville who are both dwarfed by Miami much the way Pueblo is by Denver.

No Eeyore Orlando is not the hub of Florida any more than the backyard swingset is the hub of a mansion. Though all of these points really do explain your similar delusion about Pueblo's importance (the compost pile isn't the mansion's hub either).