Denver loads up on pepper for DNC

[Meck77]

Last I heard they were still $15,000,000 short on funding, the security and transportation plan haven't been released to the public like they usually do but hey they have weapons locked and loaded!


http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...pepper-weapon/

[Bronco Jamus]

They are also 40 mill short for the convention as of last week. this thing might not happen.

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Bronco Jamus

They are also 40 mill short for the convention as of last week. this thing might not happen.

40million


Where do you scrounge for info?

[Spider]

Originally Posted by TailgateNut

40million


Where do you scrounge for info?

right wingers ........ facts and figures dont count ....... Just pull a #out of their ass and run with it

[Hotrod]

I hope the pepper spray the whole lot of'em

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hotrod

I hope the pepper spray the whole lot of'em

I eat pepper sray for a snack ............. ok not really but it sounded good

[Smiling Assassin27]

This is from March. I'm sure they're doing much better at this point.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar...a-denverdems21


Denver short on funds for Democratic National Convention
March 21, 2008

The long and winding fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is giving a fundraising migraine to the Mile High City.

As the host city, Denver must raise $40.6 million by June 16 for the party’s Aug. 25-28 convention. This week, the host committee missed its second fundraising deadline, and Mayor John W. Hickenlooper said he believed the drawn-out battle between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois had distracted potential donors.

“I think there’s still so much focus around who the candidate will be that it is hard for people” to focus on the convention, he said.

If the Democrats already had a nominee, “everybody would be focusing on ‘How can we make it a great convention?’ ” he said.

Denver’s host committee fell $5 million short of its goal to raise $28 million by March 17. Committee officials declined to comment, but said in a written statement that they had commitments for $28 million.

“Our strategy,” committee spokesman Chris Lopez said in a statement, “is to raise as much money in the months leading up the convention as we can. That’s the fiscally prudent thing to do, and we’re making our donors aware that we need their financial support now. Our team is working aggressively to meet all of our goals.”

Democratic National Committee officials declined to comment on the host committee’s missed deadline, one of four set by the national party. The Denver host committee missed its first $7.5-million goal by more than $1 million last June, but met a December deadline with $15 million.

It’s not uncommon for host cities to struggle to raise money, said veteran Democratic strategist Bill Carrick.

In 2004, Boston struggled with fundraising for the Democratic convention until several weeks before the election, when donations totaling $12 million poured in.

“You just see the scrambling every time,” Carrick said. “It’s probably exacerbated by the fact there’s so much turmoil… . I see the mayor’s point of view. They don’t have the nominee; they don’t have the focus.”

Corporate sponsors “don’t like confusion in politics,” he said. “They want to wait and see how it comes out before they open their checkbooks.”

However, if it becomes clear that Obama and Clinton will take their fight to the convention, then that might work in Denver’s favor.

“If it’s clear there’s going to be a contested convention, there might be a looky-loo impact: Everyone wants to be there to see what happens,” Carrick said. “We’re not to that point yet.”

The parties’ financial deadlines typically are pretty tough to meet, he added.

Nor does the convention have the active support of a presumptive nominee, noted Jennifer Duffy, senior editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. “Right now, neither Clinton nor Obama have the time to help them raise money,” she said.

The state of the economy doesn’t help, she added.

In St. Paul, Minn., the Republican host committee – which must raise $39 million – met its Dec. 15 goal of collecting 60% and expects to meet its June 15 deadline of 80%, spokeswoman Teresa McFarland said.

She declined to comment on whether fundraising had been aided by the fact that the Republican Party has a presumptive nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Spider

right wingers ........ facts and figures dont count ....... Just pull a #out of their ass and run with it

Last I heard on the news, they were about 4million short. A far cry from the 40million Jamus pulled out of his keester.

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by TailgateNut

40million


Where do you scrounge for info?

The local news said it last week.

[Hotrod]

Originally Posted by Spider

I eat pepper sray for a snack ............. ok not really but it sounded good

Break out the taser and rubber bullets for Spider

[Bronco Jamus]

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9421155

The buget is 40 million and they are 21 million or so short.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by TailgateNut

Last I heard on the news, they were about 4million short. A far cry from the 40million Jamus pulled out of his keester.

well these are the same guys that believed Saddam was the next hitler , and saddam shiped WMD out of his country before we invaded to trick us ... instead of using these powerfull weapons to defend his country ..........4 mill - 40 mill same difference to these a-holes ..........

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Hotrod

Break out the taser and rubber bullets for Spider

DONT TASER ME BRO

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by Meck77

Last I heard they were still $15,000,000 short on funding, the security and transportation plan haven't been released to the public like they usually do but hey they have weapons locked and loaded!


http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...pepper-weapon/

They are 15 million short on their June goal. 5 million short from May and 1.5 short from another month according to the post.

[24champ]

This DPO op-ed about how some Locals are worried the Dems aren't going to be able to raise the money they need and that Denver will have to foot the bill.

No wonder taxpayers are getting antsy about exactly who might be stuck footing the bill for the Democrats' four-day party here in August.

The host committee for the Democratic National Convention fell $11 million short of its total fund-raising goal, collecting just $29 million as of this week's final deadline.

The group was on the hook to raise $40.6 million in private cash to help host the DNC, but some insiders have long suggested they would actually need about $50 million.

The shortfall could have triggered a little-known clause in the host committee's contract with the DNC Committee that calls for making use of letters of credit totaling $19.6 million.

Trouble is, the host committee never established that line of credit. The deadline to do that was Feb. 1.

We're guessing it may have been difficult to secure credit with only balloons, confetti and Mayor John Hickenlooper's winning smile as collateral, but it would ease our concerns a bit if the host committee had something else to fall back on should the DNC Committee need more cash.

Right now, the only back-up plan is to continue raising money. And considering how difficult it's already been, that gives us pause. However, Kelly Jean Brough, the mayor's chief of staff, was quoted as saying that other cities who have hosted political conventions report that fundraising "always picks up in the final months before the event, with nominees assisting in the process."

We can only hope. We've heard for some months now that the Democrats' protracted battle for the presidential nomination hurt fundraising. Well, there's now just one nominee, and he just so happens to have an astonishing ability to raise money.

As we've said before, an e-mail from Barack Obama to his donor list, asking for support for the convention, would put the host committee much closer to meeting its needs.

City Auditor Dennis Gallagher sent a letter to Mayor Hickenlooper last week saying that rumors are "swirling" that taxpayers could be on the hook if the host committee doesn't raise the needed cash.

Hickenlooper has said no taxpayer money will be used to hold the event, and that's good. His spokeswoman, Sue Cobb, reiterated that this week, saying the city wouldn't loan money to the convention, either.

The host committee has begun combining parties and recently canceled a media walk-through of Pepsi Center to cut expenses. So be it.

It's OK that Denver wants to put on its best face for the DNC but, as Hickenlooper has said, taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for it.

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9616627







By the way I saw security and spec ops doing some drills/training from their blackhawk helicopters downtown yesterday. Was pretty cool.

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by 24champbailey

This DPO op-ed about how some Locals are worried the Dems aren't going to be able to raise the money they need and that Denver will have to foot the bill.




http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9616627







By the way I saw security and spec ops doing some drills/training from their blackhawk helicopters downtown yesterday. Was pretty cool.

I saw that as well. Very Cool.

[Dukes]

What exactly are the protesters going to be protesting? Shouldn't they be protesting the RNC? It's as if they are protesting eachother.

disclaimer****
I understand the fact they just like protesting, and don't really need a reason

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by TailgateNut

40million


Where do you scrounge for info?

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

You do see that they are 21 million short, and that if they end up needing 50 million they are 31 million short.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

You said $40 million.

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

You said $40 million.

40 million was what I heard on the local news while getting ready for work last week. Obviously they reported it wrong or I heard it wrong.

[Dukes]

Sounds like LABF is a regular listener of Rush. Not surprised

[TexanBob]

Why doesn't the city just pass a $50/night extra tax on conventioners? Democrats love tax increases. I'm sure they'd go for it.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Dukes

Sounds like LABF is a regular listener of Rush. Not surprised

Riiiiiight.

I also invented the Internet.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Bronco Jamus

They are also 40 mill short for the convention as of last week. this thing might not happen.

Originally Posted by Bronco Jamus

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9421155

The buget is 40 million and they are 21 million or so short.

Originally Posted by Bronco Jamus

You do see that they are 21 million short, and that if they end up needing 50 million they are 31 million short.

Your math sucks, why are you posting out of date numbers?

An appeal to donors by the probable Democratic nominee could help the host committee offset an $11 million shortage.
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 06/17/2008 08:39:20 PM MDT