Holtzman lets the bile flow
There are a few Republicans who seem rational, but who show their true colors when they are taken by surprise. (Dick Cheney and Tom Tancredo spring to mind.) Now we can put Republican candidate for governor Marc Holtzman in that category.
The Denver Post and Coloradopols report that last night, an unscripted question prompted a mini-tirade from Holtzman on how much he hates Denver. Holtzman called Hickenlooper a show horse who runs a rogue city government with an "overly secular agenda." He went on to say, "As governor, I will make sure state laws supersede the laws in that rogue city."
This is pandering, as state law almost always supercedes Denver law already. It's also bad politics. Denver is a Democrat stronghold, but insulting the half-million or so people that live there won't help Holtzman in the primary or the general election.
UPDATE: I did some research on what Holtzman may have been thinking when he called Denver a rogue city. When do the city's laws exempt it from state laws? I guess maybe he was referring to Denver's "home rule" status. So I tracked down a list of other home rule cities. (I found one at the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association site.) In Colorado, home rule cities include Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Arvada, Central City, Golden, Greeley, Gunnison, Sterling, Thornton, and Pueblo, among many others.
Am I missing something if I suggest that Holtzman thinks most of the cities in Colorado are rogue cities that should not be allowed to manage themselves? Perhaps local government types should vote Democrat in 2006.
The Denver Post and Coloradopols report that last night, an unscripted question prompted a mini-tirade from Holtzman on how much he hates Denver. Holtzman called Hickenlooper a show horse who runs a rogue city government with an "overly secular agenda." He went on to say, "As governor, I will make sure state laws supersede the laws in that rogue city."
This is pandering, as state law almost always supercedes Denver law already. It's also bad politics. Denver is a Democrat stronghold, but insulting the half-million or so people that live there won't help Holtzman in the primary or the general election.
UPDATE: I did some research on what Holtzman may have been thinking when he called Denver a rogue city. When do the city's laws exempt it from state laws? I guess maybe he was referring to Denver's "home rule" status. So I tracked down a list of other home rule cities. (I found one at the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association site.) In Colorado, home rule cities include Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Arvada, Central City, Golden, Greeley, Gunnison, Sterling, Thornton, and Pueblo, among many others.
Am I missing something if I suggest that Holtzman thinks most of the cities in Colorado are rogue cities that should not be allowed to manage themselves? Perhaps local government types should vote Democrat in 2006.
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