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December 13, 2010 11:26 PM UTC

At Least He's Not Your County Commissioner

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  • by: redstateblues

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

…Unless you live in Mesa County, of course, as the Grand Junction Sentinel reports on a story that keeps getting better and better–as long as you’re not Craig Meis:

Meis, who was pulled over May 15, 2008, along Redlands Parkway, told Officer Allen Kwiatkowski toward the end of a conversation he was “a big supporter of law enforcement,” and that he’d recently attended a law enforcement memorial service, according to an audio recording of the traffic stop.

“I’m a county commissioner, too, so I help you in that direction,” Meis told the officer, adding soon after, “I’m not trying to use that as influence, but I’ve got to say …”



The incident marks the third time since 2007 that a law enforcement officer has documented statements from Meis raising his elected position, or that he knows influential people, in the course of a police contact involving the commissioner.

And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for Meis–a Republican who is already facing increased scrutiny about these incidents from dissatisfied constituents among a broad range of ideological viewpoints, including Tea Party groups–he goes and does something really dumb by sending the Sentinel a typo-laden diatribe about how the victim in all this is really Meis, and the Sentinel reporters are just a bunch of meanies.

“I knew when I publicly opposed Grand Junctions (sic) Public Safety Initiative a couple years back that I didn’t endear myself with many of those at GJPD,” Meis said, when asked for comment about his statements in the officer’s recording. “It appears that it is payback time since I recently had the nerve to take a citation to jury trial and question the validity of a law enforcement officers (sic) discretion or lack thereof granted to him by those higher up.”

This is politics 101 people. When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you need to do is to stop digging. With statements like this one, it appears Meis is intent on getting a bigger shovel.

(H/T Ralphie)

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21 thoughts on “At Least He’s Not Your County Commissioner

  1. Hat tip to Paul Shockley of the Sentinel.  He’s been filing lots of CORA requests and doing a great job on this story.

    And unfortunately, Meis IS our County Commissioner and will be for two more years.  Our Commissioners are elected at large and Meis’ election cycle is the same as the Presidential, which means it takes a huge number of signatures just to get a recall on the ballot.

  2. to Sentinel readers and a good investigative reporter like Paul Shockley.  If only Paul had been there before the 2008 election when Craig had a real opponent with solid credentials.  

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  4. for me to pass up an opportunity to participate in the evisceration of my ol’ buddy Craig…so I won’t.

    Commissioner Meis has set a standard for arrogance and corruption that will be hard to top by future Mesa County Commissioners.

    I will say this for him, however…he is consistent…ever the obnoxious jerk (don’t worry, dear reader, this is not back-biting, as Craig knows full well how much I detest his sorry ass) and sold-out industry toad, Craig is the quintessential corporate whore.  

      1. had occured to me, Ralph, but I didn’t want to say anything. But, now that you have opened the door…Rose Pugliese (Janet Rowlands’ hand-picked successor), might just give ol’ Craig a run for his money, if the early reports are true.

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