Democratic National Convention Countdown, No. 19

Democratic National Convention Daily Digest and Open Thread
Wednesday August 6, 2008--No. 19

DNC:

•Plans to distribute "community credentials" (or tickets) for Barack Obama's Invesco Field speech will come at 2:30pm MDT

•How's this for transparency--Denver City Council and the public in general isn't finding out a whole heck of a lot about equipment expenditures since approximately half of them do not meet the reporting threshold of $50000 for individual equipment or $500000 for a contract with a specific vendor

•Hillary's "PUMA" (Party Unity My Ass) brigades plan to descend on Denver for a parade and rally timed to coincide with Clinton's potential speech on August 26, which also happens to be the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage

•Tent State's Adam Jung plans to announce the group's "non-negotiable camping plans" today (2nd item), after once again meeting with and failing to convince City Park residents of the group's ability to meet its conditional permit requirements, which are due to the city by Friday

•We've followed this story since February, but here is an interview with Glenn Spagnuolo of Recreate '68 talking about "levitating the Mint":

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