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"That's the biggest myth there is."
Bruce A. Lytle, a Colorado water engineer, on estimates that said Colorado's Front Range sits atop a nearly inexhaustible aquifer the size of Lake Erie.
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In the Rockies today, the demographers and analysts were wrong. In the early 1990s, they predicted the influx of newcomers into the Mountain West and the shift from traditional industries to a New Economy would moderate the region's politics. Instead, more than 1.4 million people -- mostly white-collar, mostly conservative and mostly Californian -- moved in, bought property and took up residence. And now, the region is the most staunchly Republican in the nation, and its voters are critical to control of both House and Senate USA Today deftly puts figures and context to the region's politics. |
New Mexico GOP hopes ride on Hispanic voteMontana forest wants salvage sale exempt from appeals Montana's dam-buying initiative won't guarantee lower rates, critics say Idaho officials want to pave last piece of Palouse Idaho governor the state's best in hand-to-hand campaigning |
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Rockies Today
Newcomers make Idaho and northern Rockies thoroughly GOP The flood of newcomers in the past decade has turned the northern Rocky Mountain states into a Republican stronghold, despite predictions to the contrary. USA Today; Oct. 28 Utah legislators aren't saying how they'll react to n-waste initiative Utah state senators sidestepped questions of whether they would try to block a company's move to import and process hotter nuclear waste. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 28
Twenty-nine states are moving toward taxing sales on the Internet, an issue revived by gaping budget deficits, and Colorado might go along later, if predictions hold that it will lose $686.4 million in revenue in 2006. Denver Post; Oct. 28 Official support for Utah monument hinges on popular vote Whether there will be a San Rafael National Monument in Utah's red rock country may depend on a local ballot measure. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 28 Utah amendment seen as way to generate 'free money' Utah voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would allow schools, public transit systems and any other governmental agency to sell assets to a private company and lease them back. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 28 Colorado aquifers dropping 20-plus feet a year Most of the attention during the drought has been focused on the reservoirs that supply metro Denver, but outside the basin, domestic, agricultural and industrial wells are lowering aquifer levels 20 to 30 feet a year. Denver Rocky Mountain News; Oct. 28 Opinion
Montana should pass initiative to see if buying dams is feasible Montanans will never know if buying hydroelectric dams makes economic sense unless it commissions a study, which is what the dam-buying initiative would do. Great Falls Tribune; Oct. 28 Idaho gambling initiative should pass as a matter of good faith Idaho's Proposition One would limit tribal gambling, and if Idaho voters want to eliminate Indian casinos, they need to do away with the state lottery. Idaho Falls Post Register; Oct. 28 Idaho senator's re-election would benefit state Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has achieved a rare level of influence in national politics, and re-electing him will give Idaho a powerful voice. Idaho Statesman; Oct. 28 Beyond the region
Canadian senators push for health tax to ward off 'dire' consequences The head of a Canadian Senate committee said unless the federal government imposes a $5 million health tax, a two-tiered health system is inevitable -- an issue that rose and faded from B.C. headlines in the past year. Vancouver Sun; Oct. 26 Alberta official leads effort to push back Kyoto ratification Alberta's environment minister is trying to rally support from other provinces to delay Canada's ratification of the Kyoto accords for eight months. Toronto Globe and Mail; Oct. 28 In depth
Idaho economy may be ready to plunge again, analyst says Idaho, and the rest of the nation, may be poised on the brink of the second half of a double-dip recession, and the second dip is typically worse than the first. Idaho Statesman; Oct. 28
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