Hickenlooper apologizes to sheriffs on gun control

[BPTactical]

Donnie Young, just fyi,

Fixed it.
Thanks DLEO

[BPTactical]

Who the heck is the governor? the guy the dimwits elected, or this shadow chick?

Just like Valerie Jarrett and BHO?


RuhRo Shaggy!
This totally invalidates his comments to the Sheriffs:
http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013...n-to-gun-grab/

ALLEGATION: Hickenlooper Refuses To Meet With Sheriffs After Their Opposition To Gun Grab

Published on March 11, 2013 by ColoradoPeakPolitics


UPDATE: A Hickenlooper spokesperson has responded to the allegations that Hickenlooper has refused to meet with Sheriffs. See tweet below. Pending review sounds like the gubernatorial version of postpone indefinitely, but we’re glad Hick and his people have changed their minds, as we predicted they would.
The tweet from Brandon Rittiman:
Brandon Rittiman ✔ @BrandonRittiman Follow
Spox for @hickforco: "We have not 'refused' to meet with the sheriffs." Says request in letter to meet is pending review. @COpeakpolitics


Democrats have clearly had their fill of the Colorado Sheriffs. The Sheriffs publicly pummeled the gun control caucus in testimony before the State Senate last week.
Every major paper in the state aired some version of this picture.

Sheriffs have also played an oversized role in publicly targeting gun controllers, on TV and the radio:



And Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control lackeys are none-too-pleased.
Our sources tell us that Governor Hickenlooper refused a meeting with the Sheriffs last week. Rewind: John Hickenlooper, Mr. Why Can’t We All Get Along, refused to meet with Sheriffs.
Hickenlooper is starting to take this stuff personal. First an attack on protesters, and now this.
This won’t last long. Governor Hickenlooper will have to eventually face the Sherrif’s posse. It, however, says a lot about how personally he is taking all this that he wouldn’t meet in the first place.

[funkymonkey1111]

Just like Valerie Jarrett and BHO?

Exactly.

I would note, I sure didn't see any one of these sheriffs at any of the capitol protests about the bills.

[Hound]

You are wrong on that one, they were there in force.... All of them. I was there and if you were you should have easily seen them.

Exactly.

I would note, I sure didn't see any one of these sheriffs at any of the capitol protests about the bills.

[funkymonkey1111]

You are wrong on that one, they were there in force.... All of them. I was there and if you were you should have easily seen them.

Perhaps we're talking about two separate things--i'm talking about the protests outside the capitol, not the hearings on the inside--where clearly they weren't heard. yet, had they bothered to come out to the outdoor protests, they could've spoken all they wanted. But they didn't.

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

He can go fuck himself with a rusty screwdriver. But, the majority of people in this state no longer care about liberty or freedom & I guarantee that POS will be re-elected.........especially with the RINOs doing what they do & the 7+% that will vote libertarian. Demorats will continue to win in CO with 47.5% of the vote.

Get used to the Fucking, because it's going to keep coming for years.

[scratchy]

The only apology that would be remotely acceptable is your signature on -your resignation- Johnny Boy ... anything less is cynical and dishonest political posturing.

Fixed it

[HoneyBadger]

He can go fuck himself with a rusty screwdriver. But, the majority of people in this state no longer care about liberty or freedom & I guarantee that POS will be re-elected.........especially with the RINOs doing what they do & the 7+% that will vote libertarian. Demorats will continue to win in CO with 47.5% of the vote.

Get used to the Fucking, because it's going to keep coming for years.

I'm quoting this for how wrong you are going to be in a few months.

[Jer]

Great post from the timeline of Justin Smith:
Sheriffs of Colorado extended the offer to the governor to come address the gathering of sheriffs at our summer conference. This portion of the event was open to the press and was attended by both the Aspen daily newspapers and a press outlet from Grand Junction.
The governor spent about an hour with us. He made remarks then invited questions from the sheriffs. Rather than beat around the bush, Sheriff John Cooke posed the first question about the gun control measures. Sheriff Cooke framed his question around statements that Governor Hickenlooper made at an event in Weld County about being a better listener. His question was simple and direct- why didn't you listen to the Colorado Sheriffs when we attempted to share our concerns about this legislation with you? The governor extended an apology for not being a better listener during this time. He told us things were very busy for him.
I wasn't taking notes, but my recollection was that he didn't apologize for his actions, but apologized for not listening and claimed he really didn't understand the issue until afterwards.
When Sheriff Cooke pressed him about why he supported the legislation without fully understanding it, the governor explained that one of his staff members made a public commitment that he would sign it, so he was obligated to keep the promise of this staff member. I found it shocking that the Colorado governor felt more beholdened to honoring the promise of a staff member over honoring his duty to represent the citizens of Colorado.
In finishing his response to Sheriff Cooke's questions, the governor claimed that he was unaware of the opposition of the Colorado Sheriffs until days AFTER he signed the bills. The governor explained he knew of the position of the Denver Police Chief, supporting the magazine ban bill and the governor used that as his justification for believing that law enforcement officials supported the bills.
He essentially staked his apology on a claim not knowing of our position and concerns until after he signed the bills.
I hadn't planned on asking a follow up to that same topic until I heard that part of his response. So I followed up by reiterating to the governor the extensive press coverage about our opposition and the fact that somewhere around 40 Colorado Sheriffs showed up at the Capitol building to testify in opposition while only one or two police chiefs testified in favor of them. I further explained that our association president had sent a letter to the governor's office expressing our concerns and requesting a meeting. I also told him that I had personally hand delivered a letter expressing my concerns to his office in the Capitol. Given these facts, I simply found it incomprehensible that he claimed he didn't know of our opposition.
I have to tell you that I was utterly flabbergasted at the response he made. From about 10 feet away, the governor looked me in the eye and snapped "I've already apologized, what the f*** else do you want?" Now, I'm a big boy and won't pretend for a moment that it's not language that's foreign to me- but I found that type of attitude and response to be well below the dignity of the office of governor. This was a sitting governor, in a public meeting, responding to another elected official.
From what I've seen, you won't find any reports of that exchange from any of the reporters who attended. That's a shame because I believe it's newsworthy for the voters to know the attitude and demeanor of their governor during this public event.
The important thing to know is that our governor does not apologize for his support of the gun control bills, rather he incredulously denies understanding the bills and blames his staff for committing his support- obliging him to sign the bills.

Thank you for sharing your first hand account of this discussion. If there was an audio or video recording of his statement we could get passed around this would be HUGE in the efforts.

[Dave]

I wonder if I could get away with telling 40 sheriffs "what the F***? I apologized!"