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June 09, 2009 07:59 PM UTC
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This move should allow Ritter more time to go fishing in Montana, ball-hopping in Washington, D.C. and antelope hunting in Wyoming.
What the hell is this guy thinking? Since when does the GOVERNOR need a COO?
I don’t know about you all but I’m going to sleep much better tonight knowing that somone with relevant experience (like running Sports Illustrated) is in charge.
Or like running the Colorado Office of Economic Development.
Are you just perpetually pissed off at everything?
is he/she actually is from Mesa County.
He would have fit better at FEMA like “Brownie”….
Relevant experience? Yet MesaMod wants someone like Josh Penry, who has been on the public dole his entire adult life and has never ran a business, to be Governor? Hypocrisy be thy name, MM.
1. Why?
2. Why NOW, and not before?
Did something change, besides an election campaign coming up? I didn’t think so, either.
Maybe it’s an advantage, never to make things subtle, or clever, on even convincing.
His job is specifically to over-see the Economic Recovery Act funds, so there’s the answer to your second question.
Doesn’t seem like a terrible idea. Think of it as our own Economic Recovery Czar, Biden is serving in a similar role.
The announcement says:
So, can’t he deal with some investment from the federal government as well as handling investments from private sector? Is this a new job, or a new title? Sounds like the latter. Still gotta wonder what’s the point. A raise maybe? Something doesn’t smell exactly kosher here.
We’re looking at 3.5 billion in Federal dollars. That’s more than “some investments.” It’s a new job and a new title. The two positions have nothing in common. At OEDIT he’s actively recruiting investment from the private sector in order to stimulate economic growth and, eventually, grow our tax base. This is about oversight and management of billions of dollars that are flowing directly into the state budget.
A raise? Don Elliman doesn’t need a raise. He’s made millions, probably tens of millions, in the private sector.
Had this been in the lead graf or two of the announcement, I might have seen it without having to read quite so far down (the eyesight dims, the head nods, etc.). BUT, the point is indeed there and it’s a valid one.
And there’s an accomplishment by Ritter! Hired someone to manage the federal stimulus funds. Hooray! Let the Good Times Roll!
Of course, the devil’s in the details.
But setting up an overlay of a business management model for political entities has been successful before, usually at the municipal level. The political process can define the goals, and the business model can determine the most efficient and effective ways of achieving those goals. It’s not an inherently bad idea.
such as the Texas model, have long had the equivalent of a COO running the show while the Governor has mainly ceremonial duties and a few others, such the right to veto and to stop executions or allow them to proceed. No surprise that this is the model that produced the GW style presidency, freeing him for plenty of sleep, recreational reading (if Rove is to be believed), vacationing, bike riding and such, in spite of 9/11, two wars, a tanking economy and the destruction of a major American city. Also no surprise torturing bad guys wasn’t a hard sell to the former Governor so fond of frying them and sometimes even having a chuckle over it.
While there may be good reasons for this change now, with the Recovery Act funds to be overseen and so on, I wonder if it doesn’t reinforce this Governor’s growing image as a weak leader? Does it look too much like he’s saying “I’m in over my head. I know my clumbsy moves have lost me a lot of support. I need to concentrate all of my energy on getting myself re-elected. Help!”?
can be in the Constitution, OR in the incumbent. If the object is to administer economic development, then why not say that? In fact, COO sounds a whole lot like “governor” under the CO system, no?
the Pepsi Dome?
how ‘micro’ his management of the spending will be.
He is decidedly anti-union. Will we see a preference for non-union contractors where there is a choice?
If this is in preparation for the canning of Jim Carpenter soon. Who needs a chief of staff when you have a COO?
It is believed that Trey Rogers and David Kenney are running things at the capitol and Carpie has been isolated.
If Carpenter is ‘relieved’ of his duties, Rogers and Kenney have clear sailing, and the actually working with the cabinet can be left to Elliman (Ritter is also notorious for not keeping his cabinet members in the loop).