Daily news roundup, Dec. 17, 2007
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Dec 17, 2007 Posted by Bill Luckett
Here you can see that the Wyoming Republican Party’s strategy to break its national party’s rules and hold an early primary has reaped rewards – stacks of glossy messages from Ron Paul:
GOP activists get more attention
The Gillette News-Record has this report on Campbell County Republican caucuses, held Saturday:
County GOP readies ideas for change
Has anyone else noticed that the Casper Star-Tribune waited until Barbara Cubin announced her retirement before the paper dared to complain that Cubin has completely refused to answer to the people of Wyoming in any way, all year, while she continues to take a salary that pays five times as much as the average Wyomingite and pretends to be functioning as our representative in Congress?
Here’s a news story on that very issue that the paper published on Saturday:
And that’s enough snarky comments from me. The good folks in my hometown of Sheridan are looking into switching to a city administrator form of government:
Petition may put issue on ballot
Sales tax exemptions designed to encourage alternative energy development in Wyoming may be hurting local communities’ ability to cope with the impacts. But proponents say the tax incentives are also bringing such projects to Wyoming, and communities should consider the long-term benefits, including good jobs and new opportunities:
Tax exemption hits local governments
PacifiCorp's recent decision to pull coal from its bag of future electrical generation fuels does not herald the end of Wyoming's coal industry, according to energy officials. But it does signal change, reports the Casper Star-Tribune:
Will Wyo’s electrical export ambitions go up in smoke?
The state of Wyoming has filed a petition seeking review of the federal government’s winter-use plan for Yellowstone Park, asking that a federal judge set aside requirements for commercial snowmobile guides, avalanche management for Sylvan Pass and the number of daily snowmobile entries into the park.
State challenges plan for Yellowstone
All school districts but Uinta County No. 1 in Evanston have settled with the Department of Education in a dispute over about $6.7 million the state claims to have overpaid the districts, according to a report issued to the Legislature's Joint Interim Education Committee last week:
Districts, state settle overpayments
Wyoming may soon join more than 40 other states in allowing its courts to consider new DNA evidence in old criminal cases:
Our junior U.S. senator has talked to the new Veterans’ Affairs secretary about the elimination of the full-time veterans’ benefits director in Sheridan: