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GOP Senate candidates Norton and Buck social-network for cash
It's the last day of the fundraising quarter and Colorado candidates are looking to boost their totals in part by sending web surfers to...
McKinley’s baffling animal rights bill succumbs to protest campaign
DENVER-- A complex bill apparently intended to strengthen animal protections in Colorado inspired contradictory interpretations and sparked a storm of protest this week. Sponsored by self-proclaimed cowboy and animal lover, Walsh Democratic Representative Wes McKinley, the bill sought mostly to set up new animal control rules and stiffen requirements for animal control personnel. Although detractors agreed with many of the bill's provisions, they said in remaking some of the rules, particularly those concerning impounding homeless dogs, the bill would end up in steep and unnecessary increases in euthanasia. A push to amend the bill failed. HB 1124 (pdf) was put down on a second reading in the House Friday afternoon.
Domestic terrorist Stack has a Facebook page, with friends and fans
Joseph Andrew Stack, the anti-tax terrorist who flew an airplane into an IRS building Thursday morning, now has a Facebook page. His profile is...
U.S. Rep. DeGette makes case for public option at Facebook town...
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Diana Degette conducted a Facebook question-and-answer session on health reform. She told participants that she strongly supported a public option,...
News Nuggets: 24 July 2009
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BUREAUCRATS GONE WILD: Boulder County management has had to have the talk with employees: "New policy requires county workers to get...
Early Bird Special: Panhandling remains legal in Grand Junction
Here’s our daily roundup of some of the news around Colorado that caught our attention:
• It's not illegal to ask for spare change on...
Twitter allows Iranian protests to continue, free speech questions arise
Twitter is facilitating democracy in Iran! The media is reveling in the idea that the tiny communication technology is calling forth democracy in one prong of the "Axis of Evil," accomplishing in mere days in Iran what our military failed to accomplish for years next door in Iraq.
These events beg a question some analysts have been asking since the dawn of the so-called new economy, when the internet and digital communications became integrated with the for-profit privately held universe. The question goes something like: Who will guarantee free expression now that we depend on businesses to transmit those expressions?