Category: Denver

Did I hear something about a GOP VP choice?  Hoo-humm.  Who cares!  I'm still psyched about this past week.

I was in section 525 at just about the top row available, just beneath one of those huge screens.  This is about what our view looked like of the convention floor without a zoom lens or binoculars.

The Host Committee is telling folks going to Invesco to take public transportation, shuttle buses or bikes to Invesco for Obama's speech tonight.
Read the full advisory...

DENVER, Aug. 27, 2008 - Those who have obtained Community Credentials to the Thursday, August 28, event at Invesco Field at Mile High are strongly encouraged to use public transit, walk, bike or carpool to the event, and to arrive as early as possible.

For attendees who choose to drive and park on the neighborhood streets surrounding Mile High, the standard parking enforcement used during weekday special events will be in effect. Only vehicles with the appropriate residential permits will be able to park on surrounding neighborhood streets.

Gates to the event will open at 1 p.m. The following options to get to the stadium are recommended:

Downtown Route Shuttle:

This morning I'm kicking off the third day of the convention by attending a roundtable on international relations. The Denver 2008 Convention Executive Committee has hosted a series of 10 roundtables this week at the Denver Performing Arts Center.

Today's roundtable was the one I wanted to see most when I applied for credentials a few weeks ago.

Moderator: Tom Brokaw

Peter D. Hart Research Polling Results: Geoff Garin
Enhancing the U.S. Role in the World : Madeleine Albright, Richard Haas, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Jessica Mathews, Vin Weber

After extensive preparation and work with local, state and federal transportation and security officials to meet Democratic National Convention needs while keeping Denver open and accessible, the City and County of Denver provided information today about local mobility and access for the last day of the Democratic National Convention: Thursday, August 28, 2008.

Ever driven to the store to get milk and forgotten your driver's license?  How about move your car from the street to the garage without your wallet?  Guess what.  If question 100 passes in Denver on the primary ballot on August 12th, the police can impound your car for that.  Worse however is the barely hidden agenda.

Chapter 54 section 811 of the Denver Municipal code states:

The chief of police, the undersheriff and the manager of public works, and their respective designees, are hereby authorized to remove, or have removed at their direction, a vehicle or automobile junker from any public or private way or place, under any of the circumstances hereinafter enumerated, the council hereby finding and determining such vehicles under such circumstances to be obstructions to traffic or public nuisances. For purposes of this section, an automobile junker is defined in section 54-812.
(1)???When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct, subway or tunnel, or where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;

It goes on to state many other instances in which a car can be impounded.  The very first addition question 100 would make to this section: