Unknown Republican Channels Deanna Hanna

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1. And speaking of the former disgraced legislator, D.H., rumor has it she is considering a run for county office.
   There really is something in the Jeffco water.

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2. the bill in question, HB 1338, is a horrible piece of legislation.  It doesn’t do anything for consumer protection (legislation passed three years ago has shown to be a great protection device for both the homeowner and homebuilder), it flies in the face of the voter’s rejection, in 2004, of Amendment 34, and would benefit nobody but trial lawyers.

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3. Another crack is showing in the walls of the Colorado Republican Radical Right WingNut fortress.  This time it’s the revelation that one of the less than gentlemanly GOP members of the Colorado House attempted to lay the heavy hands of intimidation and coercion against Representative Debbie Stafford, R-Aurora, for her support of HB 1338 (introduced by Rep Jack Pommer, D-Boulder).

   I present with authority that it was one of the male members of the GOP House contingent because it is inconceivable that any of the other female GOP Representatives would stoop to such vile conduct.  Unfortunately, that leaves too large a list of likely suspects and only a few “couldn’t be” gentlemen with an ethical standing equal to Stafford.

   Having lived in Colorado Springs, Douglas County and now in Larimer County there is a clear short-list of likely assailants.  It probably won’t take the deductive prowess of Nero Wolfe (or even Maxwell Smart) to solve this case.  The weasel will likely crack under the pressure of public disclosure, or reveal himself as a nervous nelly brute lurking in the back corner of the House chamber unable to sit for more than 10-seconds without jumping up to spout an irrelevant Rove-Wadhams talking point in protest to a Democratic bill.  But, I’m only speculating at this point.

   Precisely identifying the thug who accosted Rep. Stafford is less an issue than pointing out the many deplorable points of this story.  On one-hand we see an admirable elected representative casting her vote to address the wrongs done to her constituents.  The Colorado GOP needs MANY more like her.

   This is in contrast to the disreputable Right WingNuts who have clearly shown us that they serve to advance to agendas of well-moneyed special interests.  Any legislator who defends the practice of inserting these non-negotiable liability waivers into housing sales contracts doesn’t merit their seat in the General Assembly, and should (but undoubtedly won’t) resign immediately.

   Cronyism crosses the line when the integrity of the Legislature is compromised to appease special interest campaign donors over the welfare of people.  Colorado’s home building industry is already at risk because of rampant over-building and the abuse of sub-prime mortgages.  Now we see a Republican representative attacked by her colleagues for choosing the rights and welfare of homeowners over the protests of builders who have abused an unscrupulous practice.

   Representative Stafford deserves our praise.  While the perpetrator of this offense against the People and the institution of the General Assembly deserves to be rooted out and punished.

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   1. RalphT is as Mad as Mad Debbie Stafford.  Get a room together (preferably rubber).

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