Author Archives: Carl Olsen

Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 22, 2012 Cit­i­zens’ Aide/Ombudsman Ola Bab­cock Miller Build­ing 1112 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa  50319–0231 Phone: 515–281‑3592 Fax: 515–242‑6007 Dear Cit­i­zens’ Aide/Ombudsman, This is a for­mal com­plaint about the Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­icy (ODCP) which is … Con­tinue read­ing →

Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 15, 2012 Bar­bara J. Brohl Col­orado Depart­ment of Rev­enue State Capi­tol Annex 1375 Sher­man Street, Room 409 Den­ver, Col­orado 80261 Dear Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Brohl, On Novem­ber 7, 2000, the Peo­ple of Col­orado amended the Col­orado Con­sti­tu­tion by adding Arti­cle XVIII, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 14, 2012 Jan­ice K. Brewer Gov­er­nor of Ari­zona 1700 West Wash­ing­ton Street Phoenix, Ari­zona 85007 Dear Gov­er­nor Brewer, On June 3, 2011, I tried to inter­vene in your case against the United States, Ari­zona v. United States, No. 11-cv-01072-PHX-SRB … Con­tinue read­ing →

Over the week­end, there was quite a ruckus over whether folks should sup­port legal­iza­tion or med­ical use of mar­i­juana, as if there was some prob­lem with folks sup­port­ing one or the other, or both.  You can fol­low the dis­cus­sion at … Con­tinue read­ing →

I attended my precinct cau­cus last night.  We had ten peo­ple.  There was only one plat­form res­o­lu­tion, mine.  I explained that since the last cau­cus I had picked up sup­port from the Des Moines Reg­is­ter (opin­ion poll on Feb­ru­ary 16, … Con­tinue read­ing →

It’s that time again! Time for the Iowa Cau­cus. Please down­load a copy of our 2012 cau­cus res­o­lu­tion and take it with you to the Iowa Cau­cus on Tues­day night, Jan­u­ary 3, 2012. I’m a Demo­c­rat, so if you’re a … Con­tinue read­ing →

Here’s the open­ing para­graph from United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 551 (1995): In the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, Con­gress made it a fed­eral offense “for any indi­vid­ual know­ingly to pos­sess a firearm at a place that the … Con­tinue read­ing →

After read­ing the request from Mari­copa County for leave to file a late oppo­si­tion to the motion to dis­miss Arizona’s case, it strikes me that the county should be suing the state, not the fed­eral gov­ern­ment.  If the county thinks … Con­tinue read­ing →