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August 27, 2017 10:23 PM UTC

Sen. Scott Threatened Official Retaliation Over Private Business?

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  • by: Colorado Pols
Sen. Ray Scott (R).

Heads up readers, the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Charles Ashby dropped a bit of a bombshell on the GOP-controlled Colorado Senate this weekend:

State Sen. Ray Scott is embroiled in a legal battle that pits allegations the lawmaker was run out of the fireplace sales business against claims he consistently was late in making payments, accepted money from customers but delayed placing their orders and threatened to use his elected position against the fireplace manufacturer.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver last year, the Grand Junction Republican alleges Montigo Del Ray Corp., the fireplace company for which his Grand Junction-based business, Gas Products Corp., was the sole manufacturer’s representative, unfairly ended its relationship with him and gave its exclusive distributorship to the second company named in the lawsuit, California-based BTU Marketing LLC.

Scott filed his lawsuit after Montigo made several attempts to collect payments it claims Scott’s company owed. Not long after those collection attempts, Scott sent an email threatening to use his position in the Legislature against the manufacturer.

“I would think that someone who could protect your interest in this market and who serves on the energy commission would be a huge benefit, or I guess could be a huge problem under the right circumstances,” [Pols emphasis] Scott wrote to Montigo executive Scott Baron in September 2012, a month after his distributor contract was terminated. “Wow. Now politics enters the picture, didn’t expect that one.”

So needless to say, folks, this is really bad for Sen. Scott if true. If misusing one’s public elected position to threaten private business associates doesn’t meet the test for official misconduct, it’s very difficult to imagine what would. The closest parallel to this situation we can recall in Colorado politics, and it’s not nearly as bad, would be ex-Sen. Deanna Hanna’s request for “reparations” from a trade group after they donated to her unsuccessful opponent. That wasn’t good, but this is far, far worse–and you’ll recall that incident cost Sen. Hanna her seat within a matter of days.

We’ll have to see what happens here, but there’s a scenario in which Sen. Scott’s political career rapidly winds down.

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14 thoughts on “Sen. Scott Threatened Official Retaliation Over Private Business?”

      1. Scott is a boob first class. Even most Rs in Mesa County are embarrassed. Term limits will get him out of the legislature — one of the few examples where limits are useful.

         

  5. It is amusing to see the front range all in a twitter (no pun intended) about Senator Scott. So far NOBODY (Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian) has stood up to run against him–and he has one more term before being term limited. (I was his last opponent.) The readership of the Sentinel is about 20% of the local population. This story makes people like me mad. The people who vote for him won't notice, will call it fake news, will say that the Sentinel is on a witch hunt, and will vote for him all over again. The only way his career will be ruined is he will never be governor because the rest of the state is more informed. But then, he told me he never wanted to be governor anyway. If you want to see what a loser this guy really is, you should check out some of the stories posted at http://annelandmanblog.com/ (She was in charge of opposition research when I ran against him.)

  6. I agree this looks bad, but let's wait for the Senator to respond. Is there proof of this email or is the Sentinel taking Scott's opponent's word? Don't forget that the publisher of the Sentinel has a grudge.

    1. Right Moldy.  And you always follow that advice with Dems.

       

      Waiting for you to denounce the Charlottesville Nazis and address Former Sheriff Joe ignoring sex crimes on his watch.

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