February 10, 2009 12:03 AM UTC

What Indeed, Shawn Mitchell?

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• by: Colorado Pols

A revealing little exchange between GOP Senators today, courtesy the Rocky’s Live from the Legislature blog:

It was a war of words Monday morning between Republican Sens. Shawn Mitchell of Broomfield and Nancy Spence of Centennial.

Mitchell asked for an explanation of a bill that expanded the list of students who qualify to receive free lunches. The sponsor, Sen. Paula Sandoval, D-Denver, explained it now included early-childhood education programs.

Spence then said she thought it was “unconscionable” to deny meals to hungry kids.

Mitchell fired back that all he wanted was an explanation of why the list was being expanded, “not a rhetorical slap in the face.”

A furious Mitchell then left Spence a nasty note on her seat that said, “If a fiscally conservative colleague responds by saying ‘it’s unconscionable to keep pre-school students hungry’ what do we need Democrats for?”

Depends on whether or not you agree, Senator.