January 19, 2008 02:30 AM UTC

House Panel Recommends Censure for Bruce

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• by: Haners

(Copy added – promoted by Colorado Pols)

UPDATE: More coverage from the Rocky Mountain News.

Not a lot of information on this yet, but according to the Gazette…

http://www.gazette.com/article…

Bruce, the story that keeps on giving….

A panel of legislators recommended today that state Rep. Douglas Bruce be censured and that he apologize for kicking a newspaper photographer.

The Colorado Legislature launched an investigation Tuesday into whether Bruce should be disciplined for kicking a newspaper photographer.

House Speaker Andrew Romanoff formed a special committee with powers similar to an ethics committee, which could recommend discipline ranging from a reprimand to expulsion, against Rep. Douglas Bruce.

Bruce, a Colorado Springs Republican, accused the photographer of causing a disruption by snapping his photo during the traditional session-opening prayer on Monday morning, hours before Bruce was sworn in as a midterm replacement.

Bruce refused to apologize and called the kick “just a nudge.”