Ritter reinstates payroll deduction for union dues

[rockymountaindem]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3167918

Check it out.

[MissMarple]

1. He's genuine. The legislature and its leadership need to talk...

And, then, talk with the governor, and have a back up plan. It's like a marriage, if you don't communicate....hooboy...things can go, quite certainly, south. Even then, don't be snarky.


Process, with integrity, intelligence and fore thought, gets a better product. EOM

[leftofthedial]

3. Ritter hits harsh reality of own words

Ritter hits harsh reality of own words
By Jeri Clausing
Denver Post Capitol Bureau chief
Article Last Updated: 03/26/2007 05:09:48 PM MDT

It's a line that has already come back to haunt him.

"How we govern is important to me as governor and to the people of Colorado," Gov. Bill Ritter wrote in his first and high-profile veto of changes to the state's Labor Peace Act. That veto message cited the need for "cooperation, collaboration" and coalitions to "move Colorado forward together." A bipartisan group of lawmakers turned that around on Ritter last week in a letter asking him to slow down and open broader discussion of his plan to overhaul the state's oil and gas regulatory agency. "Last month, you vetoed House Bill 1072, saying that, as governor, you represent all people and must approach challenges with a broad view," their letter read. And Western Slope leaders, legislative officials and education officials have criticized Ritter for failing to follow such coalition-building principles before floating controversial plans to tap property taxes and Western Slope oil royalties for education.

To be fair, Ritter has reached out to stakeholders on all sides of the education and oil and gas regulation issues. The question in opponents' minds will always be whether he talked - or listened - to the right ones. But in using such reasoning to veto the first big Democratic bill out of the gate under his watch, Ritter has pretty much guaranteed it'll be used against him every time he does something someone doesn't like.

ritter's words

He lied. He will pay the price now that neither his Democratic constituency NOR his "new" repuke friends trust him. The repukes have him bent over a barrel of his own making. He seemed like too smart a guy to have screwed up so royally so quickly.

[leftofthedial]

2. so he gets a 50% labor rating

slightly higher than some repukes.

he's still oh-fer on campaign promises. lying bastard.