Ritter hires campaign manager

It wasn't too many posts back that I wrote about how Both Ways Bob was picking up bad habits in Washington DC. Like hiring a Virginia-based campaign manager whose previous gigs include stints at the Christian Coalition and Americans of Faith.

Contrast that with Democratic candidate Bill Ritter, who just hired a Colorado native to run his campaign. A press release I got today states that Ritter "has hired one of Colorado's leading political consultants, Greg Kolomitz, as his campaign manager."

Klomitz helped steer FasTracks and the Yes on 3A campaign, which passed new pay-for-performance standards for Denver schools. He also led the campaign to expand the Colorado Convention Center. Kolomitz grew up in La Junta and graduated from Regis University.

Okay, maybe hiring a local campaign manager isn't proof of Ritter's ability to lead our state. But at least it shows he hasn't been lunching with lobbyists from Virginia.