February 24, 2011 03:02 AM UTC

Homeless Youth Prevention Passes, 64-J. Paul Brown

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• by: Colorado Pols

It’s almost always interesting when a bill passes unanimously–except for one holdout. That’s what happened a little earlier this afternoon with House Bill 1079, an uncontroversial bill to streamline services available to homeless youth, and expand the definition of “homeless youth” to include ages under 15 and 18-21.

Like we said, this bill passed the Colorado House today on a vote of 64-1, the only “no” vote coming from Rep. J. Paul Brown of HD-59. We haven’t yet seen any explanation from Rep. Brown as to why he thinks this bill was a bad idea when nobody else did, including all of his fellow House Republicans. But often times when this happens, the explanation is…interesting–like when former Sen. Dave Schultheis told the press he voted against HIV testing for pregnant mothers because it was his hope “that, yes, that person may have AIDS.”

We can’t wait to hear what Rep. Brown has against homeless kids.