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This message comes from Aaron Owens of the Gary Trauner campaign: Dear Fellow Trauner Supporters, This is the most important announcement I have shared with you so far in the campaign. I would appreciate a reply from each and every person who reads this, please. We have set up a local team to handle your replies. You can reach the team at southeast@traunerforcongress.com . The Democ...
hummingbirdminds - 6:30 a.m.
The Bush administration has drafted new rules in their attempt to keep us dependent on oil, while transferring more Colorado lands and resources into the hands of their largest donors. The Bush plan accelerates oil-shale development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, rather than investing in alternative fuels. Still many years away from even potential results, the plan is being sold as an emergency...
DailyKos (Wyoming) - Wed 10:12 a.m. - 9 clicks 
It seems that Daily Kos wields a lot of influence in Wyoming. Martin Halverson from Etna, Wyoming, wrote a letter to the editor in this morning's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle . He is shocked SHOCKED to find that Daily Kos, an admitted prog-blog run by Liberals, supports Gary Trauner, the only Democrat running for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat, a seat being vacated by the already vacant Barbara Cubin...
hummingbirdminds - Tue 7:07 a.m. - 10 clicks
This is big news from the wires: A federal judge in Montana has restored endangered species protection for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, putting a halt to legal wolf killing in Wyoming and derailing plans by it and two other states to hold public wolf hunts in the fall. ...
hummingbirdminds - Sat 8:04 a.m. - 18 clicks
Adam Ruff, campaign manager for Trauner for Congress, reported today that Gary raised $322,578.45 during the second quarter of this year. With cash in hand of more than $700,000, that gives the campaign a war chest of a million-plus. More than 500 new Wyoming donors kicked into the pot this quarter, adding up to 1,000 donors inside the state. Trauner for Congress raised a big chunk of change two ...
hummingbirdminds - Fri 9:31 p.m. - 21 clicks
Nicole Novotny, secretary of the Laramie County Democrats, sends this notice: There will not be a meeting of the Laramie County Democratic Party in July, but we are in need of your help! We currently have the huge task of entering names into our new database. We have gathered names from our caucuses and meetings to assist us with our membership drives and fund-raisers. We also would lik...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 16 - 20 clicks
I have a low tolerance for people who don't vote. I've heard all the excuses. "It doesn't matter -- all political parties are the same." That was disproved soundly in 2000 and 2004. "Too much trouble" or "My boss won't give me time off to vote." Jeez, in Wyoming you can vote early and absentee and by mail and even on election day. "Don't know how or where to register." Before elections, register a...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 16 - 18 clicks
Republicans aren't worried about losing the strangehold they hold on Wyoming politics. At least if you believe GOP Chair Diana Vaughn. In an AP story by Matt Joyce: Vaughan said she expects the party's core principles of "smaller government and lower taxes" to win the day in state and federal elections this November. "We're talking about Wyoming," said Vaughan, who became the state GOP chairma...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 15 - 15 clicks
The Washington Post reported today that both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are "aggressively courting Latino voters." "Make no mistake about it: The Latino community holds this election in its hands," Obama said Sunday at a conference of the National Council of La Raza , one of the nation's largest Latino civil rights groups. "Some of the closest contests this November are going to b...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 14 - 21 clicks
The Colorado Street Medics have some advice for those attending the "actions" planned for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 24-28 in Denver. Overall it’s good advice. We Rocky Mountain residents sometimes forget that the majority of Americans do not live at a mile (sometimes a mile-plus) above sea level. In fact, most live at or near sea level. When I travel from Cheyenne (elevation 6,20...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 13 - 25 clicks
"Mandatory" is a despised term in Wyoming, especially when it's applied to our vehicles. Mandatory seat-belt use. Mandatory non-use of alcoholic beverages while driving. The imposition of mandatory fuel-efficiency standards which could change the design and utility of our monstrous pick-ups. The worst is about to come: mandatory 55-m.p.h speed limits. That's the latest buzz from Washington,...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 12 - 26 clicks
From the July 8 Huffington Post : WASHINGTON — Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday. The official, Jason K. Burnett, said the White House was concerned that the proposed tes...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 10 - 21 clicks
I noticed that the summer's first energy bill from Cheyenne Power & Light is higher than last year's at this time. The rates are creeping up, and they're expected to go through the roof this winter. But steps are being made locally to put renewable energy sources online. Good for global warming, but not necessarily a harbinger of lower energy prices. This comes from a July 8 press release: ...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 9 - 14 clicks
As an actor, I'm a pretty good writer. That's why I spend my stage time as a master of ceremonies at the Cheyenne Old-Fashioned Melodrama each summer. As one of the emcees, I fire up the crowd and keep the action moving. I occasionally do battle with hecklers or, during Cheyenne Frontier Days, drunken hecklers. I'm big and I'm loud, two important assets for any melodrama emcee. The melodrama thi...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 9 - 12 clicks
Cheyenne’s “Day of Action for an Oil-Free President” rally will take place at 8th & Warren Ave. On Wednesday, July 9, 5 p.m. Hosted by Cheyenne’s Moveon.org Council. Meet at the southeast corner of Lion’s Park at the corner of 8th & Warren Ave. Host is Kate Wright. RSVP at http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=48246 ...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 8 - 12 clicks
Are you ready for gargantuan home heating bills this winter? Rob Hurless, energy adviser to Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, predicts that those bills could rise 30-70 percent. "It's pretty gruesome," he said in an Associated Press story. Hurless and other state officials say consumers should prepare now, because the first heating bill after a cold snap this fall could be a real shock. Chris Petr...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 8 - 8 clicks
Casper’s Keith Goodenough announced through The Underdog Report e-mail newsletter that he will officially launch his campaign for U.S. Senate on July 10, which is "Statehood Day." He plans to conduct weekly podcasts on Sunday evenings. He says that he will "invite my opponent to be a part of each and every one of them. I doubt that he will accept, but with enough voter pressure he might." To ...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 7 - 14 clicks
Sen. Barack Obama spent the Fourth of July in Butte, Montana, which says something about his hopes about winning at least some of the Rocky Mountain states in November. Here's an excerpt from today's story by Mike Dennison in the Billings Gazette: BUTTE -- At events more likely to host a candidate for county sheriff than president, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spent a sunn...
hummingbirdminds - Jul 5 - 11 clicks
In the second part of my interview with Alexandra Fuller, we discuss her passion for Wyoming, her concern for the state's welfare in the wake of the oil boom, her thoughts on other Wyoming writers, her run-in with Wyoming State Senator Kit Jennings, and how Jackson Hole "feels a whole lot smaller" when both she and Dick Cheney are in town. New West: How has Wyoming changed in the years you've li...
New West Jackson Hole - May 30 - 14 clicks
Alexandra Fuller grew up on a farm in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and her first book was a critically-acclaimed memoir of those years, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. She followed it with a nonfiction book about an African soldier, 2004's Scribbling the Cat. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming and this month she published her first book set in the state, The Legend of Colton H. Bryant, a moving, poet...
New West Jackson Hole - May 29 - 17 clicks
Horses That Buck: the Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith By Margot Kahn University of Oklahoma Press 194 pages, $24.95 I grew up going to the National Western Stock Show in Denver and Cheyenne's Frontier Days, but I never knew much about the rodeo cowboys that I saw--where they came from, what they did when they weren't riding broncos or bulls at these big showcases. Margot Kahn's Horses ...
New West Jackson Hole - May 26 - 14 clicks
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant By Alexandra Fuller The Penguin Press 202 pages, $23.95 In her extraordinary new book, The Legend of Colton H. Bryant, Alexandra Fuller does a cruel thing. She makes readers fall in love with a Wyoming boy in the space of a few pages, carries us through his life, which leads inevitably to a dangerous job on an oil rig, and makes us stand as witnesses to his end, h...
New West Jackson Hole - May 9 - 14 clicks
Wyoming’s popular Governor Dave Freudenthal is the second Western governor to endorse Senator Obama in recent weeks. While not saying anything negative about Senator Clinton, he views Senator Obama as "incredibly smart" and someone who gives honest answers instead of......
Western Democrat (Wyoming) - Apr 5 - 9 clicks
Back in the saddle again! And big news while I was gone: Chris Rothfuss, who has a doctorate in chemical engineering, announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Mike Enzi: UW instructor launches Senate campaign against Enzi NOTE: Chris is an "instructor," but not a "professor," at UW. This distinction probably doesn't mean much to most of us, but it's important to thos...
Wyoming Democratic Party - Mar 24 - 10 clicks
The Gillette News-Record leads off the news roundup today with this excellent piece on a wounded Marine's struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder as he tries to return to a "normal" life in Gillette: Slipping through the cracks The Casper Star-Tribune is examining our state's workers' compensation system in a series of stories this week. Here are a few: Do injured workers get enough? Wh...
Wyoming Democratic Party - Mar 17 - 10 clicks
Wyoming was part of Barack’s Rocky Mountain firewall. And now Mississippi voted for Barack as well. Very different states, same result. And it is really hard to think of these two states as latte-sipping boutique states. However, I would like......
Western Democrat (Wyoming) - Mar 11 - 12 clicks
