CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
November 03, 2011 03:36 PM UTC
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
They’re already here, Mark. Check out this amateur footage shot in Wyoming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
I loved that movie.
Do not know why the Thrivers had to mix aliens with an electronic device that may very well be possible of extrapolating energy from the surrounding environment.
They should make the darn device and give it away. You would think it would take off like wild fire.
I’ll bite: you say that “rather than censor” you for using a vile homophobic slur, we should “redress your grievances.” As another commenter noted, that sentence is basically incoherent, so let me ask: what on earth are you talking about? What “grievance” are you saying we should “redress” as a response to your use of a bigoted slur?
and MG doesn’t revisit history unless it’s a version he likes
I’m right along with ya wondering why we’re to set right any rebuke of MGs homophobia and the consequences paid but you know you’re up against white male hetero victimization and that’s a scene that gets played daily.
doesn’t mean it’s true.
But, hey, pretend movies can be fun too.
Charlie Brennan, in an article on Education News Colorado, says that Draper-Carson has not conceded and is waiting until all the provisional votes have been processed. Here is the link:
http://www.ednewscolorado.org/…
The article also states that the election division will certify
the election results on November 16. That makes sense if the Board of Education is going to swear in new members on the 17th. However, the Election Division calendar still lists
Friday, November 18th, as the date to certify the election.
Draper-Carson isn’t one of those bitter candidates that will fight election results, but when the margin is just over one hunderd votes, makes sense to not conceed right away.
Personally, I hope she wins. Jimenez hasn’t done much to back up his incumbency.
It is by Tina Greigo and describes the neighborhood I used to know.
Jimenez has been an asset to District 5 and our schools.
As one of the founders of Northwest Neighborhood Middle Schools Now (known around District 5 as NOW), Jimenez has been a source of support and encouragement as we have worked with Skinner Middle School staff for two and a half years to create a terrific school for kids in NW Denver. In fact, Jimenez is the one who introduced us all – we had contacted him individually about the need for a quality middle school in our neighborhood and he suggested we meet to see if our visions aligned. They did and voila, a community group was born.
Working with the very talented Skinner staff, we helped articulate our shared goals for an academically challenging, well-rounded, socio-economically diverse middle school. Jimenez helped us understand the administration and board process and politics so we could successfully secure a school improvement grant to fund a robust and non-tracked honors curriculum, continued support for interventions for struggling students, expanded arts and Spanish instruction (um, where were all those elementary dual-language graduates supposed to go…turns out nowhere, a big hole in the NW feeder pattern).
Then NOW moved into support and marketing mode, explaining the renaissance-in-progress through our blog, the website, school tours, wine & cheese nights, “coffee talks,” presentations to feeder pattern PTA/CSC meetings, flyer updates, school swim parties, community fun days/nights and old-fashioned chatting with neighbors, friends, parents, kids on the soccer sidelines, at playgrounds, at dinner parties and in the local grocery stores’ aisles.
And it’s working! Academic scores jumps were in the DOUBLE DIGITS and enrollment is growing. One of my own kids started there as a 6th grader this fall and loves it because the classes are challenging, she has made new friends, she was on the school softball team and she’s now in drama club. She is having the well-rounded experience we all want for our kids during the tween-early teen years.
But it’s hard work, people – and it takes a village. Former Skinner Nicole Veltze gets a lot of credit, and current principal and former A.P. Michelle Koyama and the amazing staff bring their A game every single day. NOW folks gave up three hours every Sunday for close to a year and every other Sunday for another year and a half, not to mention the thousands of hours writing blogs, designing flyers, organizing events, sending emails, meeting with elected and administration officials and talking to everyone in the community that would listen. Jimenez was with us every step of the way, from helping us organize and strategize outreach to attending events and spreading the word, too.
That’s not to say NOW hasn’t had our differences in opinion with Jimenez. We have disagreed on several issues. But the point is that he has been responsive and helpful, and when we have not come to consensus, he has explained his thinking and treated us with respect.
I don’t understand where all the vitriol in this election came from…I can only assume it was promulgated from folks outside the district. Even when I disagree with Jimenez, I know he’s doing what he thinks is right for kids. There was so much crap slung in this election, it really bummed me out. But I’m trying not to dwell on it so we can move forward with building Skinner into one of the city’s finest middle schools and help Nicole Veltze navigate a 180 degree turnaround for North High School. That’s what really counts – making great schools for Denver kids.
This is an excellently written perspective. I only wish you had posted prior to the election. As to your statement:
My point, exactly.
But I did talk to folks in the neighborhood and provided similar (if less detailed) text for Jimenez to use on his website and in emails. He was there for NOW and Skinner when we needed him most and he still drops by our meetings from time to time to see how he can help.
NOW printed up some bumperstickers you can see on our typically unremarkable parent cars up here: “Skinner Middle School – Be The Change.” Do the work. Send your kid/s. Build community. Be all in. That’s how we’ll effect change.
Education News Colorado has an update stating that Draper-Carson has conceded.
Same link.
Boyles, hard on for the police, has gone after Perlmutter.
He is evidently pissed that Perlmutter went down to the Occupy Denver site and urged non-violence…calls him “Fast Eddie, plays the Mighty Mouse theme song and otherwise ridicules him.
Anyone know any other reason for boyles’ hostility??
Perlmutter should wear this as a badge of honor.
Perlmutter is the only Democrat Representative in the Congressional Delegation who might be vulnerable in 2012.
I bet boyles has a buddy in JeffCo who is thinking of running against Perlmutter.
So you, MADCO, are right on. Thank you.
Seems greed overrules reason and why not — U.S. taxpayers to dumb and will bend over for “Too Big To Fail” again.
Bloomberg’s Yalman Onaran has a great write up: Selling More CDS on Europe Debt Raises Risk for U.S. Banks
Remember credit default swaps and AIG? Remember convoluted exotic investment tricks tied to esoteric self-determined asset valuations? Remember how we ate the losses but WS keeps the gains? In just 3 years time Wall St. has tried to hit reset and play the game again but this time offshore. It’s the European bond market instead of US real estate.
American lenders now on the hook for over half a trillion dollars worth of insurance on European debt mostly as credit default swaps. If European bond issuers default well then US banks (Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citbank, BofA) are on the hook to cover.
G20 partying hard in Cannes as we speak trying to keep Europe’s economic teeter from a monstrous belly flop. Y’all ready to take the plunge again?
why the GOP in Wisconsin passed a law that it is OK to bring guns into the Capital building, but people are being arrested for bringing camera’s into that same building?
only pervs in the men’s room will have cameras.
them to 10-round film clips?
Why the West is losing out to the rest
We’ve got everyone in this country jockeying for partisan and personal advantage. And very few looking at how best to address the problems of the future. Meanwhile those focused on how to succeed tomorrow are shooting ahead.