The Greening of Napa Valley

Mrs. Lucas and I recently spent the night at the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa. The hotel is the world’s first and, to date, only LEED Gold-certified hotel. 

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a set of environmentally friendly, so-called green building standards created by the aptly named United States Green Building Council.    Read more »

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Gov. Palin’s Speech and Harry Truman

(Editor’s Note: Gov. Sarah Palin’s invoking of Harry Truman has stirred up plenty of banter on the Internet. Truman was more than a failed haberdasher, some of the comments say. And a Democrat, others rather unnecessarily inform. He was, among other things, initially refered to by colleagues in the U.S. Senate as the “Senator from Pendergast,” the political machine that fostered Truman’s political career.    Read more »

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Republican National Convention Coverage By Grace Malaihollo

I’m so sorry I haven’t been blogging, I just got my Internet on in my room. But OMG! Where do I begin? This week has been crazy, adventurous, wonderful and busy. Haha. Monday night we went to the Medtronic Party and it was amazing. We were also invited to the Hispanics rfor McCain reception at a nearby club which featured a Daddy Yankee Concert.    Read more »

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Julie Soderlund from the Republican National Convention

Ron Paul… The adventure really started in Sacramento when the good people at Northwest Airlines seemed to think that seating me next to a woman in a Ron Paul t-shirt, short shorts and a big hat was a good idea. Or, if nothing else, an amusing social experiment. 

She was headed to Minneapolis too, but not for the same reason I am here.    Read more »

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This Just In From the Twin Cities — Ashley Gsell

I am e-mailing just having left the Lafayette Club at Minnetonka Beach. It was absolutely beautiful. There was warm rain outside but we were welcomed with a generous buffet and magnificent service. I also got the wonderful opportunity to hear Dr. Frank Luntz speak but I missed the second speech because I was in line for Dr.    Read more »

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News from the Republican National Convention By Ashley Gsell and Michelle Dionicio

(Editor’s Note: These posts come in response to a weekend email containing a series of lame questions from the know-nothing editor. These were the questions: How was your Saturday and Sunday? What did you do? Do Youth Delegates get VIP treatment? How is Hurricane Gustav affecting the convention program? What’s the buzz on Gov.    Read more »

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Embedded Journalists At the GOP Convention

(Editor’s Note: CC is very pleased to announce that it has at current count four correspondents covering the Republican National Convention. Through the help of Charles Moran, who has handling press matters for the California Delegation, three of California’s Youth Delegates have agreed to share their experiences in the Twin Cities.    Read more »

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Busy Schedule for GOP Delegates in the Twin Cities

Shareholders of AT&T should be concerned about the company’s profit levels. 

Fresh on the heels of co-sponsoring or sponsoring a plethora of events at the Democratic National Convention, the phone giant is back spreading money around at the Republican National Convention.

Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC, the Washington D.C. public relations and lobbying firm which created a matrix of social events for the Democratic convention, also created a similar listing for the GOP convention, which revs up August 31.    Read more »

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Exclusive Democratic Convention Coverage By Frances Barbour

There was a mile long line to get into Mile HIgh Stadium, where Barack Obama was speaking.   Luckily, since my mom was a delegate, we were able to take a shuttle bus.  I went to sleep at 2 am the night before so I took a 15 minute nap on the bus.     Read more »

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CC to John McCain: Nicely Done!

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