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January 25, 2011 08:53 PM UTC
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Very well written and quite succinct about their reservations over this.
I’d like to see Gessler choose not to work for his firm at all. If he goes that route, I’ll be thrilled. If he doesn’t, I’ll be worried for the next four years.
The fact that he thinks this is ok and thought it would fly speaks very poorly to his judgement.
This whole episode doesn’t bode well for the future, even if he backs down.
But I’m not going to lie–I would be overjoyed if he backed off of working for his firm and stuck to the job he was hired to do.
rather, I see him building a case to try and get a favorable ruling from the AG.
Now he’s not only clueless, but spineless. A good villain has at least some genuine entertainment value. A bumbling clown who WANTS to be a villain? Yawn.
but am still disturbed that it took universal condemnation to bring that about.
I said this election night and I’m saying it again: It’s gonna be a long 4 years!
also has a second gig, consulting for the publicly traded company he lead for up to $150K a year, as i reported at Politics Daily yesterday.
his company doesn’t deal in CO. Gessler’s possible conflict and Stapleton’s aren’t the same.
… what is up with people running for full time public jobs, where the salary is well known to be less than what they can make in the private sector, continuing to work in the private sector?
Or, in Stapleton’s case, why you’d abandon your company that apparently can’t live without you. Responsibility and planning the GOP way!
reported by Sandra was that Stapleton has the potential to make $150,000 working for his old company in a “consulting” position–chicken scratch compared to the $490,000 he made last year though. But what was interesting was that his father, who will be taking over Stapleton’s duties as CEO, will be making $60,000. That’s less than Stapleton’s salary as State Treasurer.
Two jobs can be better.
i have six W2’s from 2010 (and a 1099 or two) – and I would prefer all were larger, but do not want to give up any of them.
If Gessler decides that having his named dragged through the mud by Progress Now and the evil Denvah Post is more costly than finding a nice teaching gig, I respect that.
But let’s be clear about what this is. It’s a smear campaign based on theories and suppositions. And you’re really just upset that you lost the election.
Between you and LB, ProgressNow is the talking point of the day.
I see the strategy here. Deflect. Don’t talk about Gessler’s lack of ethics, kill the messenger instead.
You think it’s a smear. Fine. Defend Gessler. I dare you. Just as I dared you in another thread.
Let’s hear your defense.
The only issues are whether the “other” job is a) a conflict and 2) becomes the first job and his elected office becomes the “other.”
He should practice law – just not the kind of law where the SOS would have jurisdiction.
Can you imagine if Erin Toll had become a real estate broker or a mortgage broker while she was the Director of the Division of real Estate? Or how about if the Insurance Commissioner started his own insurance provider?
I know- let’s appoint the SOS to run Pinnacol.