Daily news roundup, Dec. 14, 2007
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Dec 16, 2007 Posted by Bill Luckett
A letter from Chairman Millin has generated a story in today’s Denver Post which will hit the Wyoming media today. The story can be found here (please give it a look):
Wyo Dem chief: Clinton would hurt party
And a slightly different version, with excerpts of an interview with John, can be found here:
Wyoming Democratic Party chairman says Clinton effect in the West “a dirty little secret”
Please note that the opinions expressed by Chairman Millin in the Denver Post article are his personal opinions only, and they do not reflect any official position of the Wyoming Democratic Party. The party remains neutral in all Democratic primary elections, and the party will enthusiastically support our presidential nominee. Every one of our party’s major candidates for president would make a better president for this country than any one running on the Republican side. As a state party chairman and as a superdelegate to the national convention, Chairman Millin is free to endorse whichever candidate he prefers for president. Part of our presidential election process involves the candidates trying to earn the endorsements of unpledged delegates to the convention. But any delegate’s endorsement of any candidate does not change the position of the Democratic Party, which remains neutral in the presidential primary.
In other news is this story from the Cody Enterprise on a recent legislative forum where property tax relief was the primary topic:
Legislators examine tax relief
For the first time, the state engineer is asking some coalbed methane producers to prove “beneficial use” in regard to the gas produced versus the amount of water being discharged, reports the Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming and six other Western states have reached an agreement on conserving and sharing water in the Colorado River. Our state engineer says the pact preserves all of Wyoming’s rights under current law:
Wyoming Public Radio has a couple stories on the energy bill working its way through Congress:
Senate removes timber provision from energy bill
Sen. Enzi doesn’t like the Senate energy bill
The Gillette News-Record takes a look at how the growth in Campbell County will affect school populations:
The Green River Star reports that opponents of that town’s new smoking ban are collecting signatures to place the issue on the ballot:
Smoking ban results in petition
Natrona County’s building a new courthouse for $26.2 million:
Natrona County gets its courthouse
Public Radio also reports that we are among about half the states that do not give child support payments to families on welfare:
Wyoming doesn’t give cash to welfare families
Finally, when’s the last time someone from Wyoming received a presidential pardon?