Californicate

[James Smith]

The issue was not movement of people from CA to CO, as
I understood it, but rather opening pristine mountain
areas to development.


>>>> Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> 03/22/02
>> 08:23AM >>>
>> At 8:08 AM -0800 3/22/02, James Smith wrote:
>>The first use of "californicate" I remember was
>> during
>>the Colorado citizens campaign against the 1976
>> Winter
>>Olympics.  Denver had been awarded the 1976 Winter
>>Olympics, but a grassroots coalition helped pull
>> the
>>plug.  The winter games were switched to Innsbruck
>>after CO passed a law making it illegal to pay for
>>events like the Olympics with state taxes. I
>> believe
>>the law was passed in 1972, so "californicate"
>> should
>>be in Denver newspapers from the early 70's.
>>
>
> Please explain the connection between the Oympic
> story and Californicating.  My understanding is that
> californicating involves large numbers of
> Californians moving into an area.  Were the
> Coloradans afraid that the Olympics would draw
> attention to CO and then CA'ians would move in?
>
....

>
> larry

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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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