More "Unrelenting Attacks Unleashed"

(Hat tip to Dave Burrell for the title).

Take a look at this photo from the Madison website:

Now take a closer look. Something isn't quite right. In particular, note the shadows under the faces. Note the older lady - no shadows - looks like she's sitting in her living room.

Note the unreadable patches on the gentleman with the beret. Uh oh, it looks like backwards printing. Here, I'll flip it over for you and zoom in.

Looks like the reversed shoulder patch spells Cometic - an automotive gasket company. I still can't read the patch below that one. But again, compare the shadows on his face and neck with the lady directly above him.

I could go on, but I think you get the point. Perhaps you can see why I call this Photoshopped Diversity. Critics of this blog may say, "So what?, Photoshopping is not illegal". True, but when depicting diversity, one should probably use an actual photograph of a diverse group.

If you are lucky enough to get the Neighborhood Life newspaper, check out the ads for Bailey and Madison on pages 10 and 11. Bailey's ad is mostly informative, ballots, dates and such. Madison's ad is actually a thinly disguised attack on Bailey.

The Madison ad contains the same photo (above) and you can see the backwards printing clearly. If you have the newspaper photo to compare, you'll find many places where the two photos differ. You can see that the older lady, Carla, Beretman, and the sign have moved with respect to the rest of the picture.


The ad goes on to make two points (among others): "Vote for the candidate (Carla) unencumbered by special interest groups and established politics" implying that the other candidate is encumbered.

And at the bottom of the Madison ad: "Because we know that she (Carla) will represent all of us!" the underlining (original) implying that the other candidate will only represent some of us - and which "some of us" would that be?


In a nutshell, these pictures and ads tell the whole story - a real candidate (Bailey) and a pretender (Madison). That's what I've been trying to say all along.


Don't forget to send in that ballot!

Campaign Sign Demons at Work

I was surprised when I went out this morning to clean up after yesterday’s hail storm. In the dumpster behind my house I found:



Oh no! The campaign sign demons at work again! Three Bailey signs in the dumpster. Let’s see; three is more than one person should have in their yard, so it probably wasn’t just a neighbor tired of the decorations. Two were folded and there were no wire sign holders. The lids were closed but the signs were right on top - as if arranged?

Why my dumpster? I checked the other dumpsters in my alley and there were none. What could it mean?

Probably nothing.

Financing and Participation

Broken Windows

Sharon Bailey discusses "broken windows" at the Merchants Forum on April 12, 2007. Carla Madison had to leave early and was not present for this discussion. See also this morning's Denver Post article. >

Flag This! (Part 3)

Received yesterday: Mr. Trumbule, Both Vicki Ortega and I spoke to representatives of the Madison campaign. They have made changes to the logo and have agreed not to print future items with the City flag. We are in the beginning stages of research for trademarking the City flag which will provide clear lines for future use. Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Stacey Rohrer From: Gerald Trumbule Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:27 PM To: Rohrer, Stacey L. - OED Subject: Re: Denver City Flag Has a determination been made on this matter? ----- Original Message ----- From: Sargeson, Stacey L. - OED To: Gerald Trumbule Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:00 PM Subject: RE: Denver City Flag To my knowledge, they do not have permission. Vicki Ortega and I are going to place a call to the Madison campaign staff early next week . Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we will definitely follow up. Stacey

Fighting Crime in the Neighborhood

Snow Removal

Gentrification

Latest District 8 Results

The DenverGov count for District 8 has changed again (11:35 am). Looks like another 119 votes posted in the write-in category (Lynn Smith?).

- Darrell B. Watson 1728/ 6,431 26.87%

- Carla Madison 1803/ 6,431 28.04%

- Sharon Bailey 2295/ 6,431 35.69%

- Greg Rasheed 486/ 6,431 7.56%

- (Write-In) 119/ 6,431 1.85%

What Ever Happened to Lynn Smith?

This morning I noticed that the total votes cast in District 8 (as reported at DenverGov) crept up from 6227 (last night) to 6312. Apparently, votes are still being counted. But there are no votes listed for write-in candidate Lynn Smith. I saw a few of her yard signs so I assume that there must have been at least a few votes. Have the write-ins not yet been counted? In 2003, an uncontested Wedgeworth got 7225 votes out of a total of 7399. Are there 1000 fewer voters now in District 8? Please comment if you have any info.