Notable events, 31 May: President GW signed the first U.S. copyright act. 1859: London’s Big Ben chimed. 1889: 2,200+ died in Johnstown, PA, flood.* 1921: Race riot in Tulsa, OK. 1962: Adolph Eichmann hanged in Israel. 1970: 67,000+ died in Peruvian earthquake. 1977: AK pipeline completed. 2021: PRC’s communist party OK’d 3 children/couple. * A second flood in 1977 killed 78.
1 June 1812: President Madison criticized England’s actions re the U.S. 1813: Mortally wounded, Capt. Lawrence ordered, “Don’t give up the ship.” 1916: SCOTUS: Louis Brandeis became 1st Jewish justice. 2017: President Trump pulled U.S. from Paris climate agreement. 2020: Police violently broke up peaceful protest in Lafayette Park. 2021: Biden administration suspended oil/gas leases in AK’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
2 June 1953: Elizabeth II crowned (27 year-old). 1924: Full citizenship granted to all Native Americans. 1962: Troops in USSR killed 22-24 strikers. 1966: U.S. Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began sending photos. 1979: John Paul II (Polish) became first people to visit a communist country. 1999: 2nd peaceful election in S. Africa. 2018: Volcano Mt. Kilauea erupted destroying 80 homes [soon 800]. 2021: NFL agreed to $1 billion in “race-norming” brain injury suit.
DJT. (1) Washington Post columnist Jim Geraghty had a catchy (and appropriate?) tittle for his Friday column: “Wilie E. Coyote finally catches the Road Runner.” Guilty on all 34 felony counts of “cooking the books.” But, of course, it was the book keeper’s fault. One more time, sir, “blame it on the Stones!” (2) A jury found DJT guilty on all 41 counts in the “Stormy Daniels” payoff scheme.
The conviction does nothing to sideline his very probable nomination at the Republican National Convention on 11 July.
Spell checker. A 13 year-old from Westminster, CO, placed 5th in the year’s National Spelling Bee contest. A 7th grader, Bruhat Soma from Tampa, FL, was the winner, his 4th consecutive win.
Vehicle towing in CO. CO’s governor Polis signed HB24-1051 which makes it illegal for towing companies to patrolling private lots. The law also prohibits property owners from using third party companies to authorize their tows. This latter was directly aimed at Wyatts Towing, CO’s largest towing operator. “Lawmakers, consumer advocates, and the CO attorney general have all accused the towing giant of skirting state statue as it build its vertically integrated conglomerate.” [Denver Post] Only property owners or their employees can mandate a tow.
CO highways. To construct I-25 through Denver, engineers moved the S. Platte River. In 2022, CODOT (CO Dept. of Transportation) halted plans for widening I-25. A new law denies funding for highway expansion projects that fail to demonstrate how they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other states are holding up CO’s actions as the new gold standard for highway projects.
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