Still-Secretary-of-State-with-an-eye-on-the-door Scott ("Honeybadger") Gessler has decided that those who have spurned his efforts are not as important as other things. The elected official tasked with overseeing elections has ditched the bi-partisan Colorado County Clerk Association's Summer Conference. County Clerks are the elected officials tasked with carrying out the elections, under the oversight of the Secretary of State, who has apparently taken his ball and moved on.
Nonetheless, its exactly the kind of event that one might expect the Secretary of State to attend (rather than, say, a partisan Republican 'how-to' conference). The County Clerks are not pleased.
“We are not pleased,”
Colorado County Clerks Association Executive Director Donetta Davidson.
The article, by Sentinel veteran reporter Charles Ashby, which is behind a paywall, includes some fascinating detail. With Gessler's poor spokesman having to hastily erect the latest battlement of bs to thwart the public and its pesky prying of what should be petty, but private, payback:
Instead, Cole questioned why the association was using his absence as “a personal swipe” against Gessler, saying they first turned their backs on him when that elections reform bill was being drafted.
The whole article is available here, to paid subscribers. Here's what's available 'above the fold':
Gessler’s absence from meeting may deepen rift with county clerks
Secretary of State Scott Gessler was a no-show Wednesday at the Colorado County Clerks Association’s summer conference in Grand Junction, and officials there weren’t pleased.
Donetta Davidson, the group’s executive director and a former secretary of state, made that clear when introducing members of Gessler’s staff, who had attended to discuss various elections issues, including a controversial elections reform law approved by the Colorado Legislature earlier this year.
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Making friends and influencing people. Way to run for office, Mr. Secretary.
Gesslers' absence is not surprising. He would have too many angry questions to answer. This is behavior that is typical of a 12 year old bully.
Why is this a problem? He knows the majority of voters on the Western Slope will vote for anyone with an R after their name…why waste time being nice to their County Clerks (disloyal little peons that they are)?
this meeting is county clerks statewide. where they talk about elections and stuff. about how his office will help ensure that the clerks can do their usual great job managing elections, Duke called it. Honey Badger is taking is somewhat deflated ball with him
Thanks, I missed that rather important point. His arrogance stretches across the Divide.
Now, I guess we just wait for Elliot to mount his trusty steed and ride to defend Gessler's honor once again…
He must be on vacation. Haven't heard from him in a bit. Or ArapGoof either. Is there a secret seminar somewhere?
missing the gopher is like missing nausea. You don't even notice until it has been gone awhile
Gessler's to busy appealing his ethics violation and fine while bashing the two Republican's on the Commission as part of the liberal conspiracy. Matt Smith and Sally Hopper – they are anything but liberal but then when did Gessler ever let facts get in the way.
Another Repub he tried to smear during the legislature showed the class Gessler doesn't have according to the Sentinel story:
"Mesa County Clerk Sheila Reiner, who is to be president of the group starting in January, said she specifically asked for Gessler to appear because it would have been a good way to heal the wounds between him and the clerks, who drafted and backed the election reform measure"
Gessler thinks he'd be just fine if these dang "liberal" Republicans didn't keep getting in his way.
Unfortunately, though I respect both those Republicans on the Commission greatly, they are considered "liberal" and "RINO's" by today's "Republican" party. At they very least, they are both pro-choice which just isn't accepted today.
So typical of Gessler's unprofessionalism. Does this man seriously think to run for Governor?
He's doing a swell job of writing Hick's ad campaign for him: Gessler… As SOS ethically challenged and even his own Republican County Clerks think he stinks.
This is truly crazy. He's the election official for the state – overseeing rule-writing, database and software system development/improvement, etc, etc. And yet the local elected election officials in each of our 64 counties cannot even rely on him to show up for their meeting?! Every single person who voted for him should be ashamed of what they've imposed on Colorado.
All I can say is way to go Donetta! And, we'll see if the Neguese campaign is a real one as I have volunteered to help and given them just enough hints that they should call me in the next several days.
Does this mean Donetta Davidson is a RINO now?