Politics Page

Important Dates:

• Feb 13, 2004 - last day to affiliate with a political party to vote in precinct caucus
• Mar 30, 2004 - Town of Berthoud Candidate Forum 7:00 PM at Community Center
• Apr 06, 2004 - Town of Berthoud Election
• Apr 13, 2004 - Precinct Caucus. The location is Maggi Realty.
  Get involved at the Grassroots level! This is where delegates are chosen for the county, district, and state assemblies. Party platform resolutions are also collected.

  May 01, 2004 - Larimer County Republican Assembly & Convention

  ??? ??, 2004 - Congressional District Conventions

  Jun 05, 2004 - Colorado State Republican Convention, City Lights Pavillion

  Jul 12, 2004 - Last day to register to vote in primary election

  Aug 10, 2004 - Primary Election

  Aug 30 to Sep 02, 2004 - Republican National Convention, New York City, New York

  Oct 04, 2004 - last day to register to vote in general election

  Nov 02, 2004 - General Election

Govenment Links:

Republican Party Links:

The Four Basic Principles of the Republican Party:

(The Party For All The People)
1. Protect the rights of the individual.
2. Protect the free enterprise system.
3. Reduce government to the lowest practical level.
4. Endorse and practice fiscal responsibility.

The Democratic party has no principles that I know of:

• It is the party of group entitlements.
• It is the party of special interests.
• It endorses a government program to solve any problem.
• It is the party of tax and spend

If you live in this precinct, you are probably served by the following elected officials:

Office	Name	Photo	Contact
Mayor, Town of Berthoud Apr 2000-2008	Milan Karspeck		706 Eighth St Box 1362 970-532-3064
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2000-2008	Donald Ashcraft		206 E. Colorado Ave 970-532-2427
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2000-2008	Peder Thorstensen		848 Eighth St. 970-532-3175
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2002-2008	Michael Patrick		111 E. Indiana Ave. 970-532-5884
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2002-2006	David Gregg		205 E. Colorado Ave. 970-532-5207
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2002-2006	Glen Buckingham		626 Seventh St. 970-532-2427
Trustee, Town of Berthoud Apr 2004-2008	Louis Gervasi
Thompson R-2J School Board Director, District-G	Robert Towles		845 Bruce Dr. 970-532-2215 First elected for 2003-2007 term.
Larimer County commissioner District-III	Glenn Gibson (R)		ggibsong@larimer.org 498-7003 He was re-elected in 2004.
State Representative District 49	Kevin Lundberg(R)		http://www.KevinLundberg.com kevin@KevinLundberg.org P.O. Box 2123 Loveland, CO 80539 970-532-3070 Kevin was first elected to the State House in 2002. He was elected to a 2nd term in 2004.
State Senator District 15	Steve Johnson (R)		steve.johnson.senate@state.co.us Capitol: 303-866-2907 Loveland: 970-223-8045 Steve was first elected to the State Senate in 2002.
Colorado Governor	Bill Owens (R)		governorowens@state.co.us (303) 866-2471 http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/governor_office.html Bill was re-elected in 2002.
U.S. Congressman District 4	Marilyn Musgrave(R)		rep.musgrave@mail.house.gov (970) 663-3536 http://wwwc.house.gov/musgrave/ Marilyn was first elected to Congress in 2002. She was elected for a 2nd term in 2004.
Junior U.S. Senator	Ken Salazar (D)		http://salazar.senate.gov/ Senator Salazar was first elected in 2004, after serving as Colorado attorney-general, where he sued his own employer for partisan political gain.
Senior U.S. Senator	Wayne Allard (R)		Capitol: 202-224-5942 Greeley: 970-351-7582 http://www.senate.gov/~allard/ Wayne was re-elected in 2002.
U.S. President	George W. Bush (R)		president@whitehouse.gov White House: 202-456-1414 He was re-elected to a 2nd term in 2004.

QUOTES:

"... for me it's humiliating to vote for Kerry, because I don't respect him; but I would -- I will -- it's unpleasant, it's like killing a big rat that is running around your apartment. It must be done. But you're not proud of it." actor and playwright Wally Shawn, 21 Oct, 2004 on Democracy Now

"Conservatives think liberals are stupid.

Political parties use abbreviations ... for example "GOP" which stands for Group of Old People, and "DEMO" which stands for Demolition. (Pat Paulson)

The difference between the parties is that the Republicans don't want to spend any money, and the Democrats want to spend other people's money. (Jim Zawor)

Both parties claim to be superior in their ideology--the Democrats in compassion; the Republicans in morality. (Russ Josephson)

We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society, not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state. (British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)

My favorite cartoon from the 2000 campaign:

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