A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Election 2008, Gay Rights, Politics on Nov 7th, 2008
Although there are many reasons to celebrate the results of this week’s election, there are a few less favorable outcomes.
1. Hal Bidlack lost in his race to unseat my congressman, Doug Lamborn, who is proud of the fact that he’s voted most often of any representative against Nancy Pelosi.
2. Jan Hejtmanek received less than 25% […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Nov 5th, 2008
Among the many pieces of good news from the election, here are nine reasons to celebrate.
1. My adopted state of Colorado has gone blue. In addition to giving our nine electoral votes to Barack Obama, we will now have a Democratic governor, two Democratic Senators, and five out of seven Democratic representatives. Some people are […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Choice, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Oct 7th, 2008
Since my last post about Joining the Obama Campaign I’ve gone into the local Obama campaign office about once a week to volunteer. Although I tried at first to convince the volunteer coordinators that I should do data entry, they’ve mostly had me making phone calls. The way it works is that I get a […]
Posted in Voting on Sep 29th, 2008
I wrote last week about problems with Diebold’s electronic voting machines, and about the shenanigans of El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink. These seemingly unrelated stories came together for me last weekend when I read about John Gardner in the Colorado Springs Independent. Evidently Gardner, who is in charge of our electronic voting […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, Politics on Sep 25th, 2008
My local El Paso County Clerk and Recorder, Bob Balink, evidently told Colorado College in March that students could not register to vote in Colorado if their parents claimed them as dependents in another state. The Clerk and Recorder’s office has admitted now that the information was wrong. Anyone who’s lived in Colorado for 30 […]
Posted in Politics on Jan 18th, 2008
So it turns out that Colorado Springs’ reputation as a haven for right-wing wackos isn’t entirely unearned. Douglas Bruce, former member of the El Paso county board of commissioners and recent appointee to the state House of Representatives, is proving to be an increasing embarrassment to the city. This editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazette […]