Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Friday, February 09, 2007 8:49:31 PM
Jarad Polis is the multi millionaire who thinks that qualifies him to be the US Congressman from CO2, assuming that Mark Udall runs for Allard's seat.
He thought that he could make a name for himself by financing Amendment 41. He succeeded.
Amendment 41 is an ethics in government Constitutional Amendment that is so tightly written that the children of government employees, from the Governor down to the lowest paid janitor cannot accept college scholarships. It prohibits Colorado University Professors who win Nobel prizes from accepting them. In short, it is draconian.
To make matters worse, its language plainly prohibits the legislature from loosening it up in any way.
Of course, some (but not all) the Democrats in the legislature are unserious about adhering to the oath they take and are willing to make unconstitutional modifications.
Polis wants to see the changes made because it will lower his negative profile. This week, he paid the House minority leader, Mike May and issued a threat.
It is actually a toothless threat because of his past actions of funding 527s to beat Republicans. In fact, he said "'I played a large part in your minority status."
The
Denver Post is reporting that
House Minority Leader Mike May of Parker said entrepreneur Jared Polis threatened to campaign against Republicans if May blocked a vote on legislation to fix the amendment's flawed language
May Reports that Polis "wigged out" over the issue.
I actually hope the guy gets the nomination in 2CD. I know I would have a lot of fun writing about him. He's rich, but neither careful nor clever.