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Fri May 25, 2012 at 12:24:25 PM MST
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The name "Tisha Casida" has yet to appear in The Denver Post and other legacy media in Denver, but that didn't stop The New York Times from including Casida in a front page article Wednesday about how "Paulite candidates for Congress are sprouting up from Florida to Virginia to Colorado, challenging sitting Republicans and preaching the gospel of radically smaller government, an end to the Federal Reserve, restraints on Bush-era antiterrorism laws and a pullback from foreign military adventures."
The Times piece showed how these so-called constitutionalist candidates are making waves if properly funded, and the piece spotlighted a PAC that's backing some of them with serious money.
"I've called myself a constitutionalist from the get go," Casida told me. "People who believe in fiscal conservatism and social liberty will come to our side."
The Times reported:
And lightly regarded Paulites running for Congress could become forces with the right amount of money. Tisha Casida, an independent in Colorado, is running against Representative Scott Tipton. Calen Fretts is chipping away at Representative Jeff Miller in Florida's Panhandle, and Karen Kwiatkowski is challenging Representative Robert W. Goodlatte in Virginia.
"I think there's a great movement going on in this country," said Ms. Casida, who said she was pulled into politics by Mr. Paul's message and the red tape she faced trying to open a local farmer's market.
"We were really pleased by the article," Casida told me today. "We're hoping that people nationally see our platform, which is much like Ron Paul's, and connect with us." The article sparked internet signups on her website, Cassida said.
I told Casida I was glad to see that The Times correctly identified her (above) as an independent candidate, but I was sorry the newspaper stated she was running against Scott Tipton and neglected to mention that she's also running against Democrat Sal Pace.
She says she's frustrated that reporters sometimes omit her name completely when reporting on the congressional race.
"I think my true competition is Pace," she told me. "I don't think Tipton has a chance of winning no matter what."
Casida mentioned that a congressional debate, sponsored by the Aspen Daily News and Aspen Public Radio, is planned, but a date isn't set yet. Pace is planning to attend, but Tipton hasn't accepted his invitation, according to Casida. "I think it would be interesting to discuss issues with Sal Pace," Casida said.
The New York Times article capped off a "good couple of weeks," said Casida
"At any point in time, we could get an influx," she said. "People are hungry for candidates who will talk about issues."
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 at 06:27:14 AM MST
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As Mississippi debated then defeated a "personhood" amendment that would have granted legal rights to fertilized human eggs, multiple media outlets reported that GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney refused to clarify whether he supported the measure, which would ban not only abortions but also common forms of birth control.
But no media outlet that I could find reported that four years ago Romney said he supported the federal equivalent of the Mississippi personhood measure.
The federal version would expand the definition of a "person" under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to include the unborn.
On August 6, 2007, Romney was asked on ABC's "Good Morning America" about the following plank of the Republican platform, which, incidentally, remains in the national GOP platform to this day:
"We support a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make it clear that the 14th Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."
Romney was asked, "Do you support that part of the Republican platform?"
"You know, I do support the Republican platform, and I support that being part of the Republican platform, and I'm pro-life," Romney told ABC.
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Mon Aug 09, 2010 at 10:08:23 AM MST
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This diary is serving to host a chain of emails specifially between School Board Member Jeanne Kaplan,Michael Bennet, Tom Boasberg, Theresa Pena and the rest of the school board. This is to expose the notion that the calls for an audit of the 2008 DPS banking derivative investment are being driven by 'politically motivated board members' - which the email chain below will prove to be factually wrong. In fact it appears Tom Boasberg's and Theresa Pena's opposition to providing an audit is politically motivated to protect themselves and Michael Bennet.
I have redacted the names and emails of everyone except former Superintendent Michael Bennet, current Superintendent Tom Boasberg, school board President Theresa Pena, and Jeanne Kaplan - however the names of the other board members are in the public record.
Everyone reading this diary on other sites will be redirected here to see the full list of emails.
The purpose of the emails is to get information on details of the finances pertaining to the Bank Derivative investment by the board in April of 2008.
The time line of these emails begins a full 15 months before there was even a primary and more astoundingly, 7 months before Michael Bennet was appointed to the Senate.
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Sat Aug 07, 2010 at 19:07:45 PM MST
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((guess this won't help win any popularity contests over at TOPB) - promoted by wade norris)
This Friday's New York Times investigation:
"Payback Time: Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt"
casts a laser focus on Michael Bennet's investment into a 'risky' derivative swap by as Superintendent of Denver Public Schools.
Pasts attempts by the Bennet campaign to deflect questions about this investigation are now laid bare and there are guilty parties involved.
Now, Colorado Democratic Representative Mark Ferrandino, Chair of the State Budget committee is calling for a bi-partisan audit by both the Colorado State House and Senate of this investment that has already cost Denver Public Schools 25 million dollars and counting.
Listen here on local Progressive Talk show host Mario Solis-Marich's Friday show at about 1/3rd through the podcast.
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