Perlmutter continues to slam O'Donnell.

Republican Congressional candidate Rick O'Donnell continues to fuck up his chances at winning the Congressional seat. Mr. O'Donnell wants to expand a waste dump in rural Adams County despite objections from county commissioners, Congressman Mark Udall, Ed Perlmutter and even Senator Wayne Allard. Nobody wants nuclear waste in their backyard, and the Deer Trail facility expansion would make things far worse for Adams County and its residents, and O'Donnell supports it while Ed Perlmutter opposes it. Perlmutter is slamming O'Donnell with it. It is important since this facility is in their district. The backstory to this is quite interesting.

. In an article published in Environment & Energy Daily, O’Donnell is quoted supporting Deer Trail for additional radioactive waste, despite the objections from local governments and the Adams County Commissioners stating, “We’re not talking about materials from Energy Department defense-grade weapons – there’s no nuclear material, uranium or plutonium.” In addition, Doug Benevento, who worked to approve the amendment to Deer Trail’s license while working for the Owens Administration, is a significant contributor to Rick O’Donnell and worked with O’Donnell to organize a widely criticized fundraiser in March of 2006, where the head of the EPA met with numerous lobbyists and companies who had pending issues in front of the EPA in exchange for campaign contributions for O’Donnell.

The whole press release is here: http://www.perlmutter2006.com/node/274

It is interesting that Ed had to fight his way through a primary, which cost money and O'Donnell had a clear field and has more money in the bank, yet it seems that O'Donnell has been waging a defensive campaign while Ed Perlmutter is waging an offensive one. He won't let anything slip by. I am not one for negativity, but if it is the truth, then I want to know it.

Well, this morning, Future-Governor Bill Ritter was doing a campaign event in Jefferson County and I was there with a Perlmutter contingent to represent the campaign. Then a few of us went walking in Lakewood later. The walk went decently. Though 80% of the people were not home. The ones that were, the D's and the U's were mostly interested, though I need to do a better job of engaging.

Been polishing up my Letter to the Editor for Bill Winter. I wish I could do more for that campaign, but with the crush I have on one of his campaign staff and lack of presence in Jefferson County, I just don't think I could. I am trying to help Perlmutter win because this is an extremely competitive race and now that the primary is over, it is an exciting one since we can fight for the seat and not bicker over who the Democratic nominee for that seat should be. I will be sending Bill some more money at some point though.