January 29, 2011 05:43 PM UTC

A couple of months later, nothing from McInnis about clearing his name

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• by: Jason Salzman

(O ye of little faith – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Just before Thanksgiving, when I was thinking of smoked turkey, I read in The Denver Post (Nov. 18) that Scott McInnis was open to another political run, if the right opportunity presented itself.

McInnis has his boots on again, I thought to myself. Who’s surprised.

Seriously.

But still, part of the story made me scratch my head more than I usually scratch it when I read about McInnis.

McInnis told The Post that he would clear his name within in a couple of months, even if he had to go up against Rolly Fischer, the 82-year-old researcher whom McInnis hired to assist him with his water musings. McInnis said during the campaign that Fischer was the root cause of the plagiarism.

The Post’s Penny Parker, who snagged the great interview with McInnis, in an subsequent interview on the Caplis and Silverman show, said she called McInnis after her article was published to find out if he thought it was fair, and McInnis told Parker that he was ok with it.

Which means the clearing-up-his-name part must not have been a misquote.

I couldn’t locate McInnis at Hogan Lovells, because, you recall, he left the firm and moved to Grand Junction.

I tried calling Rolly Fischer, because it certainly appears, from the McInnis quote above, that McInnis has Fischer in mind for a star role in clearing up his name. A very nice person answered the phone at Fischer’s place Friday and told me he probably wouldn’t call me back because of the “situation right now.”

So I emailed Penny Parker. She replied, “I haven’t heard word one from him since he moved back to Grand Junction.”

So, the clock continues to tick, and the Big Question hangs out there:

How in the world will McInnis clear up this bee-sting-like plagiarism misunderstanding, and when will he do it?