Mainly Mita

The political scene in Colorado and the weather both!  I’m talking about the policital race for the congressional seat in our district and the race for the governorship of the state of Colorado.

The race is oh-so-tight  for the 5th District Congressional seat and negative ads are popping left and right.  The amazing thing about this?  This is the 5th District - the bastion of conservative Republicans in Colorado. I’ve heard it said this district was actually created so all conservatives will be lumped together in one district.  Our city is home to Evalengelical Christian superstars, the Rev. Ted Haggard and James Dobson after all.  So why does the Democratic candidate Jay Fawcett have a chance to win the seat you ask? (more…)

We have two very different men in the running to be the next governor of Colorado.  It’s not a very interesting race because one candidate has always taken a lead in the polls since the campaign began.

Running on the Republican ticket is the current representative to the US House of Representatives, Bob Beauprez.   The Democratic Party candidate is the current Denver District Attorney, Bill Ritter.  (more…)

Bill Owens is on his last term as Colorado governor.  In the five years I’ve lived here, I’d say he did a pretty good job as governor.  I greatly admire what he has done for technology in our state.  But his single most important accomplishment would have to be in transportation.  Transportation affects the citizens directly, and the economy as well.

When Spouse and I first drove through Denver on I-25 on our way to Cheyenne, Wyoming I felt like I was back in the Philippines with the humongous traffic we encoutered!  T-REX, that monster of a road project had just begun and there was just no escape for motorists like us who were just passing through Denver. But things have vastly improved and driving to and through Denver is no longer something to dread. (more…)

I’m voting in this mid-term election in November.  It will be my first time to cast a ballot in this country and I’m taking my vote seriously - just as I did in 1986 when I first voted back in the Philippines.

Those who have visited my blog in the past might recall my travails with the INS regarding my N400 application.  The day finally arrived when I did the citizenship interview.  I correctly answered all the 10 questions about US history and government the immigration officer asked, did the reading and writing exam and was congratulated for passing the rigorous process that guaranteed me the precious right to vote in my adoptive country. (more…)

According to this report from Yahoo! 58 illegal immigrants were detained while trying to enter Fort Bragg in North Carolina.  According to the report, almost all of them worked construction jobs on base.

In a PBS news program I caught some months back, it was alleged that illegal immigrants in New Orleans were getting most construction jobs at a much lower rate.  According to that show, they were hired by big business enterprises who were contracted by the federal government for reconstruction jobs after Hurricane Katrina.  They interviewed a middle-aged man who worked in the construction business for years and was a local New Orleanean.  He admitted his pay was much higher than what an illegal immigrant would be willing to take.  But he had years of experience behind him and had to pay all the taxes as a consequence of his being a bonafide US citizen. (more…)