*Stan News Update*
As we come down to the wire, the news is coming down the pipeline pretty
quickly. We know you won't mind the pace as we strive to keep you
updated. As always, send comments to Karen
*Musgrave's Taxpayer Abuse Deepens*
We've been alerting you in our newsletter and on our website to concerns
about illegal activity that appears to be going on within the Musgrave
campaign.
Musgrave now seems to be engaging in illegal mailings to voters from her
Congressional office using taxpayer money. During the 90 days before a
campaign, Congresspeople aren't allowed to send unsolicited mailings
using official Congressional funds. Yet evidence points to the
conclusion that Musgrave has done just that.
We thought you'd like to see a copy of this letter so click here
its glory. For more information, also check out our press release
*News coverage and lack of coverage interesting*
When we sent you our last newsletter we pointed you to a Rocky Mountain
News
article on Musgrave's Congressional office abuse which we'd posted on
our website. Our website always links to online versions of papers which
keep an archive of their news articles.
If you attempted to go to the Rocky Mountain News page where we
originally found this article, however, you'd find a blank page
there now.
Apparently, the RMN originally ran the article online and then not only
failed to put it in its physical version but also pulled the story from
online. We do note that the RMN has endorsed Musgrave.
Since some people do like to actually read an article on the masthead of
the newspaper in which it ran, we took the snapshot we had that was
automatically captured on the computer when the piece was first viewed
and recovered it for you to see yourself.
That's now posted on our website
Note that the html code for the online version of RMN articles
automatically pulls up ads and certain other information unrelated to
the news stories themselves from the RMN server which are current rather
than historical. Since we didn't want to tinker with the html code,
you'll see the piece as it would look if you could view it today
directly from the RMN website.
We were pleased to see the Boulder Daily Camera
this story about the use of Congressional office space for campaign
purposes.
And the Sterling Journal Advocate
watchdog group headed by a former federal prosecutor asked the
Department of Justice to investigate whether Musgrave engaged in an
abuse of taxpayer funds.
*Musgrave campaign struggling*
The big story all over the news is that the Republican party and the
Musgrave campaign are catching on that voters in our Congressional
District want a change. The Denver Post
race is much closer than some had expected.
The Longmont Daily Times-Call
Stan's assessment of where things stand: "It's just like I tell the
football team I coach, 'We're in the last two minutes of this game and
it's tied,'" he told the crowd. "How bad do you want it?"
And the Coloradoan
discusses speculation that Bush and other Republican national leaders
are flocking to Colorado to try to salvage the race for Musgrave.
*Election night celebration*
The Larimer County Democrats invited us to spend our election night
celebration with them in Fort Collins. We'll have the whole first floor
of 555. S. Howes Street. This is a potluck event. Beverages and victory
cakes will be provided, but please bring a dish to share.
* Thanks again to our readers for all your help!*
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