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January 06, 2012 08:30 PM UTC
28 Comments
I have to say this looks like campaigning on the taxpayer dollar to me. It’s hard to say that about an incumbent visiting their current district (even though it’s often at least a secondary purpose of any meeting), but when a Congressman goes visiting somewhere they won’t represent at best until after the next election, I think it highlights the purpose of the trip.
during an election year (in which they are up). And representatives should talk to/meet with their constituents. But in this case Mr. Tipton is using federal resources to advertise (and perhaps travel to, take staff to, etc.?) a ‘meet and greet’ with Mr. Polis’ constituents to talk about his 2012 legislative agenda, while the people he is meeting and greeting with will still be represented by Mr. Polis.
Its hard to image how this qualifies as a legitimate in-district federal expense. maybe I should submit an inquiry to Mr. Gessler?
to the always capable (ha!) House Ethics Committee, or perhaps the FEC.
These will be his constituents after 2012. Should he ignore them until then? Should those constituents never meet Tipton before they vote for him?
Once again, if the situation was reversed and a Democrat had done this, you would be singing his praises. I hope you’re watching Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, and even Diana DeGette like a hawk too. They all have new constituencies they’d better not visit on taxpayer time…
and they will be the constituents of whomever wins the election in Nov. 2012, starting their term in 2013. He is using tax payer money to campaign, at least that’s what it looks like. Of course, he being a Republican its no shocker that you are OK with it, that being the sole sufficient quality that matters in all your deliberations.
what should he do ?
A) Ignore the people of Avon
B) Spend taxpayer dollars to campaign in Avon
Because we all know those are the ONLY CHOICES !
It ought to be the GOP slogan.
He should campaign.
With CAMPAIGN money, not taxpayer money. They’re not his constituents. They’re not entitled to Tipton’s presence at the expense of the taxpayer. Next, he’ll be sending them franked mail.
You’re as ethically-challenged as that moron Secretary of State that you’re always defending.
No need for Tipton to burn taxpayer money on a campaign swing through his future district.
If he wants to use his campaign funds from, you know — voluntary contributors, that would be different.
Whining your usual “If Democrats did it, wah, wah wah” just doesn’t cut it. Give an example, or please can it.
They play fair. (And if you scoff, it will only be a measure of your lack of ethics until you cite an example of a Democrat doing exactly the same thing (campaigning outside his or her current district on the public dime).
If this goes beyond this blog post and actually becomes an issue, I would bet there will be some testing of that claim. I hope you’re right that every single Democrat in Congress has clean hands in this regard…
funding his private electioneering efforts. He might instead come talk with the folk in the North Fork, whom he does represent. They got a few things they want to talk to him about.
… We can’t complain about any Republican who molests children or commits adultery because there might be a Democrat somewhere, sometime who did the same thing.
Misusing taxpayer money to campaign outside your district. Your lack of outrage demonstrates the falsehood of the fiscal conservatism you preach – the end of electing a Republican justifies any means, right? There is nothing you think is possibly wrong, is there?
If you find a single Democrat doing EXACTLY this, I’ll cop to it because that’s what an honest person does. But you’re right – I’m confident that you won’t find EXACTLY the same thing, because you have a near-zero average when it comes to finding Democrats who are guilty of what some sleazy Republican is doing.
I’ve heard enough from Tipton in the last year. I won’t need to hear directly from him before I vote against him and for Sal Pace.
maybe he should…
CAMPAIGN, using campaign dollars – just like anyone else who has never represented a particular constituent before has to do.
You, as an interested party opposing the Democrats, should be watching the Democratic reps like we watch Republican reps. If they do something wrong, call them out on it. Of course, if the “something wrong” happens to be Diana DeGette providing constituent services for a Democrat in the current CO-06 because Coffman won’t respond to Democrats in his district, I expect we’ll have an interesting discussion… 🙂
He’s meeting with city officials and the like. No word on whether staff is with him or whether this is also funded by the office or campaign.
I do hope he’s using campaign money when traveling out of his current district.
Doesn’t sound like a campaign stop. Didn’t see anything on his website indicating what his itinerary is this week.
All I saw was this press release: http://polis.house.gov/News/Do…
Heaven forbid that he was on official business related to his numerous committee memberships.
Why is Polis in Loveland for this? Is this in the vein of representing the entire Colorado delegation on some committee matter, or is it a meet-and-greet of people he’s going to need the support of next year?
Is my average improving yet?
Why do you ask? (Wait, I know, in your capacity as a spreader of falsehoods for the GOP, you’re spinning this as Polis doing the exact same thing. Alright then…)
First, there’s no substantiated evidence that Polis was in Loveland. NoCoIndy said it, but didn’t show us anything.
Second, as harrydoby shows, there’s no mention of it on Polis’ website.
Finally, you didn’t even make this allegation yourself. So even if it proves true, it’s not something that helps your reputation.
In total, we have nothing but an anonymous polster’s word that Polis was even in Loveland at all. Granted, NoCoIndy has a positive reputation here (something you, A-GOP, don’t), but an anonymous post with evidence isn’t evidence.
Any questions?
Jared Polis takes quick tour of Loveland
http://www.coloradoan.com/arti…
Polis tours Loveland’s Agilent site, offers help
http://www.reporterherald.com/…
There’s pictures and everything.
Polis’ congressional staffer Sue Windels also joined in a forum put on by Poudre School District a couple of weeks ago, and she engaged in ugly political trash talk the whole time.
Although not a “meet and greet,” it is described as a “campaign stop.” BUT… it still wasn’t on his official page, so federal resources weren’t used on publicizing this trip – which is the crux of this diary.
…so ArapaTURD’s reputation isn’t bolstered by this? Too bad.
The Reporter Herald article specifically says this was officially a campaign trip. So no love for a rebuttal to Tipton’s government-advertised campaign stop.
and a sub-zero rating option was available, ArapaGOP would be right there.