http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Now that city council elections are over, I look foward to seeing the destructing political landscape we see before us as we near the 2010 elections. As the GOP self destructs, and the democrats lose control of their too big for business tent. So I watched CSPAN last night as the votes on the h...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~683376.aspx11/8/2009 3:49:36 PMThomas Randle Ihave filled out and turned in my ballot of 2009.Here is a rundown of who I am supporting this fall. City Council: Ward 4:Dave Wiechman-Ward 4s multi-decade activist, with experience to guide the decision making of city council.Achoice above the partisan fray, A choice that is not a gamble, an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~675861.aspx10/23/2009 4:05:58 PMThomas Randle The time to vote for City Council is here, and so are reports detailing the type of fundraising in which each candidate has taken part. Council races are competitive in three of the five wards, with two Ward incumbents unchallenged. Going through the financial reports, it is easy to make a break...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~670437.aspx10/15/2009 10:54:03 PMThomas Randle We only have a few more weeks before the ballots go out for this years city council race, and the nickles are falling into place. One one site, Jeffcopols.com, there was a comparison made between each of the candidates in ward 2, 4, and 5 races giving predicted wins as of this week. In...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~661539.aspx9/30/2009 10:37:30 PMThomas Randle Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Citizens Partnership Project which was hosted by Dave Wiechman, a candidate for City Council Ward 4. I originally expected this to be a simple drive for votes, but what I saw was much more. Usually, these types of candidate meetings consist o...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~647953.aspx8/19/2009 12:40:21 PMThomas Randle Wow! One word that describes certain parts of tonight's city council meeting. The first item discussed was the transfer of Lakewood Police Department Division Chief John Camper to Grand Junction while they look for a replacement of their Police Chief.This is something that could take half a y...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~645184.aspx8/10/2009 10:17:09 PMThomas Randle I had originally planned to show a side by side comparison of our Ward 4 candidates. Unfortunately, Amy Attwood has failed to return the questionnaire by the time requested (she was given 3 weeks.) Therefore what I will give is a comparison between Dave's answers, given in person immediately, an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~642061.aspx7/30/2009 3:19:57 PMThomas Randle Part 1 of a 3 part series: This is a questionnaire I gave to both Ward 4 candidates to be answered and returned by July 29th. My commentary is in italic bold. Background Information 1. When did you first decide to run for city council? What prompted you to make this decision? -T...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~641950.aspx7/30/2009 12:03:24 PMThomas Randle I have been reflecting a bit on what I have learned in recent weeks regarding Lakewood and the actual politics that seem to influence the way any city government seems to work. As legislative politics have two well established parties, it would seem that even nonpartisan politics still adhere to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~639860.aspx7/23/2009 9:15:22 PMThomas Randle I haven't written in a while and that is because I have been in Europe for the last 10 days! My family and I took a leisure trip to Rothenburg, Munich (Muenchin in German where ue represents u with two dots above it called an umlaut) Berlin, and a few days in Aarhus Denmark (where Aa represents A...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~638830.aspx7/21/2009 4:38:07 PMThomas Randle Through my recent studies of local politics, I have realized there were a few major controversial issues that were considered in the last 4 years and will most likely be made as issues in this year's city council race. One that I have yet to find an understanding of the opposition, is the develop...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~633934.aspx7/7/2009 2:45:08 PMThomas Randle This evening, I went to the campaign kickoff for Diana Allen, who is a current city councilor for Lakewood ward 5. I was hoping to get a little bit of insight on fundraisers in person to develop a better understanding of the campaign process at a local level. Diana had replied at city council to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~631859.aspx6/30/2009 8:24:04 PMThomas Randle Recently while driving around I found myself behind a car most likely belonging to a liberally leaning woman which had an Obama 08 sticker, a Mark Udall sticker, a gay equality sticker, a pro choice sticker, and a few other catchy but possibly sacreligious quotes. One sticker really caught my att...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~630472.aspx6/25/2009 10:32:30 PMThomas Randle Last night, June 22 I gave a speech to the Lakewood City Council about an ordinance they were passing regarding campaign finance. While I knew the oridnance did not change anything, I wanted to make sure it was clear to the citizens of Lakewood the financial issues related to their respective ci...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~628868.aspx6/22/2009 11:34:01 AMThomas Randle