Bloomberg Wasted $350,000 on Colorado Recall

breitbart.com ^ | 9/11/13 | Awr Hawkins

[cotton1706]

From the moment the recall effort in Colorado began, money started flowing in from out-of-state gun control proponents and influence flowed in from Chicago. It was all part of an effort to protect state senators Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) and John Morse (D-Colo. Springs) from being recalled. And by extension, it was about protecting Colorado's new gun control laws as well.

When the gun control measures were passed, and then signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper (D) on March 20, Coloradans in Giron and Morse's districts felt hoodwinked. El Paso County Sherrif Terry Maketa said, "The two senators dismissed [their constituents'] opinions, literally said they did not want to hear from them," thus setting the recall effort in motion.

And even though more Coloradans from Morse's district signed the recall petition than had voted for him in the last election, he continued to dismiss their opinions. He went on television not only to admit he had ignored them in order to pass gun control but that he was actually "proud" he had done so.

Giron was not sorry for supporting gun control either, and stood by her claims that the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999 justified the passage of draconian gun control in 2013: gun control which included "high capacity" magazine bans, universal background checks, and a new tax on all gun sales under the guise of a service fee put in place to pay for all the new background checks.

Yet Giron was honest about the situation she and Morse found themselves in as the recall elections drew closer: "For Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), even if they lose one of these seats, they might as well fold it up. And they understand that."

[turducken]

Agreed. He likely spends more than $350K each time he restocks his wine cellar.

No question about it, 350K is absolutely nothing to this obscene money changer

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The important thing as far as Colorado is concerned is that there still is no gun liberty in the state.

This recall did not change those laws.

This recall did not even change the balance of their senate, so if the Democrats want to, they can even make more oppressive gun laws. Which, knowing their arrogance, they might just do.

So now what? If they can recall just one more Democrat senator, they could at least create a stalemate until the next general elections. But they are going to have to build momentum to take back *both* houses of their legislature *and* the governor’s office.

This means they will have to pick up six seats in the House, and one or two in the senate. This will not be easy because after the last census, the Democrats gerrymandered the state terribly to prevent a Republican majority.

[SwankyC]

indeed. I was slyly referring to krystallnacht.