Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Friday, January 26, 2007 1:45:00 PM
January, 2007 probably hasn't been a good month for Governor Bill Ritter. Sure, he got inaugurated, but almost immediately the loony left in the state legislature handed him two hot potatoes.
The one receiving the least attention is the attempt to emasculate the electoral college. That one is plainly unconstitutional, but given the condition of ethics in today's legal system, anything is possible.
The "Labor Peace Act," has put Ritter on the hot seat. Ritter courted the business community in the last election and got a lot of help. Now the business community is frightened that it will become easier in this state to organize all union shops.
The Denver Post would prefer that the bill never hit Ritter's desk because they think he will sign it. A Ritter spokesman said as much. That would greatly disturb the business community.
Today, the Denver Post reports on a business luncheon with 400 business leaders that featured Ritter as a speaker. To describe the business community "greatly disturbed" may be an understatement. How about "up in arms" against the strangely named "Labor Peace Act?"
If this is "peace," what will the next 47 months of Ritter's term bring?
Here are samples from the Post Article, Labor Battle Entangles Ritter:"
"Business leaders are viewing this as a kick in the teeth right out of the gate," said Tim Jackson, president of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.
"I think a number of people on our board are probably delivering him the message that we do oppose this and we really do think it will be bad for business," Chuck Berry, president of CACI, [Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry] said after the speech.