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September 23, 2014 10:39 AM UTC
27 Comments
I'm sure the NoCo constitutents appreciates being groped by security guards, asking them to take just about walk nearly stark nekkid to the courthouse.
I'm sure Gardner has nowhere to go but down, and the taxpayers can thank their idiotic Congressmoron for this waste of taxpayer dollars.
Armed guards make free speech freer!
–Moderatus
I'm sure there are still some abandoned missile silos that Gardner could have gotten cheap.
That'd keep those pesky constituents from bothering him!
And whiter!
–DawnPatrol
SNAP!
Run away Cory, run away !
Udall has a Greeley office. They should move in too. Since it's all nonpartisan and such.
The fact Udall doesn't have to deploy this method of protection should tell any voter all they need to know…
Coffman hasnt had an actual open town hall in ages either. Shows who has the guts to face people who aren't supporters and who doesn't.
This'll be the lead story on Colorado Univision tonight — guaranteed!
Gardner's all encompassing hispanic outreach program, codeword escondido, has been launched to great success.
Muy escondido, si!
Que lastima!
Con Man Cory Gardner loves Hispanics!
Hey, he let's them clean his toliets, trim his hedges, rake his leaves, pave his public roads (magically, without using any taxpayer dollars whatsoever!) — and — he takes his family to Casa Bonita at least once during every month containing an "F."
If that's not love….
In all fairness, it should be noted that Udall's Grand Junction office is in the federal building, complete with TSA-wannabes at the security station providing no-cost scans and colonoscopies.
It should also be noted that the same office Udall's staff uses was once occupied by longtime U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall and was where Kathy Hall, then the Western Slope aide to former Sen. Bill Armstrong, was attacked by a knife-wielding lunatic. The GSA is a little nervous about the whole thiing to this day.
Sounds like Udall didn't move there to hide from brown people.
I always prefer more disclosure than less, but it sounds like Udall's office is, has, and will be in the federal building. Cory's move is temporary and is specifically linked to protests of his position. To be similar, Udall would have had to move his office into the federal building to prevent something like open carry loons from protesting him.
The courthouse complex has a lot more foot traffic than the building Gardner's old office was in. Granted, you wouldn't be able to get into the office itself without passing through the metal detectors, but there's a nice space just outside that's quite good if you wanted to organize a demonstration. The upside is that Ken Buck's office windows overlook that same area, so it's a bit of a two-fer.
What a bright side. Gardner looks cowardly and disdainful of public sentiment, at the same time voters still get to protest and can include Buck, as well. Good point.
My question is: is it normal to lease out space – with security included – for $0.33 per month on a short term basis?
Shouldn't a stand-up member of the conservative caucus ensure that any expenses the government incurs are paid for?
And does this count as an in-kind contribution? I know it's not the campaign office, but gifting a sitting Congressman (and Senatorial candidate) with near-free office space would seem to be a bit above the normal "lunch" exemption.
I guess that was three questions.
I wonder, however, what Udall pays in Grand Junction. But that office is in a federal building, so paying less than the going rate would make a lot more sense. Local taxpayers are footing Gardner's office rent payment all on their own.
Why do these people act so stupidly? Even if other people in Gardner's former building were inconvenienced couldn't they have found a free standing office somewhere in Greeley, or better for them, in a private building with limited public access like Lamborn has in Colorado Springs? And he is actually taking money out of the Greeley economy, technically speaking.
I would hope that a Federal building would charge for internal accounting purposes – otherwise, how do the GSA and the various departments keep track of such expenses. Senators have an average of $1.2m per year for Members' Representational Allowance, which included office supplies, office staff, and district office rental – and, of course, franking. You would think with $1.2m you could rent a few offices and some staff – especially considering how much internships tend to be used/abused these days.
Looks like a campaign finance violation to me. Federal candidate gets massive in- kind support from Colorado Weld County owned agency. Even if it isn't his campaign office, it doesn't pass the smell test.
Appearance of impropriety? Yes.
It would probably be covered as a gift, not under campaign finance, as having a community office is a function of a sitting legislator. Under House ethics rules, reps can accept "anything that is paid for by the Federal Government, by a State or local government…blah, blah, blah." (pp 55-56)
That covers it, I'd say. Okay – Cory's off the hook for the whole "gift" aspect of his new office under House rules.
But he's still costing his home county by taking up the space and making those security guard do extra work. That's not terribly conservative of him…
He can have his community Congressional office there for $1, but it would be an FEC voilation if he has any activity generated in the office related to the federal campaign. No posters. No doorhangers. No phone calls related to the campaign. Notta.