An amusing example of the sort of dumb partisan “gotchas” we’ll be seeing an unfortunate lot of in this election year’s legislative session, check out Rep. Dave “The Resume” Balmer’s HB10-1079.
The bill prohibits the use of public moneys for any physical signage indicating that a project is being funded by the federal “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.”
That’s a hell of a thing, isn’t it? Makes sense, though: key to the GOP’s 2010 electoral strategy is the ceaseless effort to portray the stimulus as “a failure,” an amorphous wasteful expenditure that helps somebody else, not you. And yeah, a sign down the street saying the road repairs you’ve been complaining about for years are finally being done thanks to “teh stimulus” inspires a personal recognition of value that Republicans won’t find convenient at all.
Solution: ban those signs! See, it’s not helping you!
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The state’s totally broke, but instead of working on that problem, we waste time and legislative resources on crap like this.
Well at least it doesn’t need a fiscal note…..
Somebody’s gotta take the signs down.
Have Dick Wadhams and some volunteers take them down on weekends. Could probably get some of the Baggers to volunteer.
misleading and fooling the Electorate,
to believe their lies.
Shameful really.
democrats are ALL about
misleading and fooling the Electorate,
to believe their lies.
Shameful really.
Reality is a foreign concept to liberals
Both sides are equally prone to lies stemming from ethics challenged behavior and backroom dealing but that’s not the same as, oh, pretending that 9/11 wasn’t on Bush’s watch, the Shoe Bomber incident or anthrax attacks, among others, are not examples of post-9/11 attacks on Bush’s watch or that trying terrorists in civilian courts is a new practice introduced by the Obama administration.
Tossing so much well documented history so blatantly so you can say we’ve been attacked on Obama’s watch but never on Bush’s is more in line with the old Soviet Union’s habit of re-writing history than anything Dems have ever attempted.
Then there’s all the little historically inaccurate stuff too, such as blaming Dems for kicking Trent Lott out of his leadership position (an impossibility according to the rules since the Rs had the majority at the time) instead of his own party so you can say Dems should do to Reid what they, Dems, did to Lott.
Stuff like that is a Rush-led GOP specialty with no comparable counterpart on the Dem side. And I’m talking not about bloggers, who can say anything, but the GOP and Dem establishments. When it comes to just changing the inconvenient but easily checked historic events of the reality based world, Dems don’t have anywhere near as much nerve as Rs. I guess Rs have more confidence that their base will never remember or check.
I would think that the GOP with its push for “transparency” would want to insist that all sites show who is funding it.
that most anyone who cares will read, than nothing and than anyone who cares is going to call CDOT and ask who/how that funding is coming from in this bleak budget cycle.
It’s almost like Rep Blamer would prefer Coloradoans would prefer to think the state is burning money it doesn’t have on roads and bridges that could maybe wait. That way the frustated voters in Highlands Ranch can drive C470 and think- CDOT budget can’t be that bad, cause C470 wasn’t that bad and they are resurfacing it.”
he’s proposing a website that shows all the construction, budgets and who is paying how much. With an app for my iPhone that snags that data by GPS when I’m out and about, then he’s right: that would be better than a sign.
that Balmer’s thought processes are as sophisticated as yours. This effort seems more like that of a 5-year-old kicking the dirt and whining “He’s got the ball and I want it back! I’m gonna hold my breath until I die!”
I mean the part about holding your breath until you die?
and forget all about his own bill. There’s always hope.
How exactly does this preserve the “public peace, health and safety” in an immediate manner?
I also noticed the co-sponsors are lining up by the zero’s.
Every bill that was introduced with the “safety clause,” he introduced an amendment to eliminate it.
Bruce HATED the safety clause.
In fact, I’d propose that we have more in common than not.
But is a a guy thinking just like Bruce that made that clause required – the argument being if the proposed legilation on it’s face was not necessary necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety it would not pass.
I have absolutely nothing in common with the CoSprings Kicker!
I was mearly pointing out that the Safety Clause doesn’t really fit the intent of the bill.
Huh? Huh?
What if the sign blocks your view of an asteroid coming straight at your car, so you can’t get out of the way in time?
Every sign is clearly a threat to life and limb.
…in the morning is clearly a threat to life and limb. So is taking a shower and driving to work. I say we outlaw that too!
Maybe if we put up some warning signs…
ordering those signs? Sign manufacturers and retailers have to eat, too. Guess those R pols hate the sign industry?
When I read the headline I assumed that Pols was referring to David Balmer not wanting us to know about his “other” political career in NC and his mysterious disappearance in the swamps.
That is one of the more hilarious political stories I’ve ever heard.
that said “We are not allowed to say this work was paid for by ARRA”?