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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Giron thanks supporters as final vote removes her from office....
Looks like she should have listened to HER constituents, instead of bloomberg's money..
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24064647/sen-giron-has-theoretical-advantage-going-into-recall
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)to get it.
spockeye
(238 posts)I am ashamed of Colorado Springs and Pueblo. NO to background checks and 15+ clips = recall? I need to relocate.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)The yahoos where I live would freak and pucker if gunz were minimaly restricted.
spockeye
(238 posts)Llewlladdwr
(2,165 posts)Right?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)otohara
(24,135 posts)Go gloat in the forum where human life means nothing
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I know that Morse will be replaced by a Republican, not sure about Giron's seat.
I'm sad for the families of the victims of Aurora, but legislation written and passed out of passion and grief rarely works out well.
wild bird
(421 posts)A retired deputy police chief.
otohara
(24,135 posts)everyone was perfectly willing to sweep our two massacres under the rug.
I doubt my neighbor who's 9 year old was shot in the head by her ex will ever get over her grief.
I cry when I see her taking her daily walk. She is a broken woman and too old now to have another child.
I get so sick of this argument about emotions and grief - no time is a good time to talk about guns in this
fucked up gun crazy country.
They want no laws at all - period
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I hope that her ex is in jail for life now, and I'll bet he should have been in jail instead of free to shoot children except for such crappy enforcement and prosecution of violent offenders.
The shooting of his child is almost certainly not his first offense.
Fucker, how sad.
otohara
(24,135 posts)isn't that how it goes these days?
Kill the wife, kill the kids, kill yourself.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Well the mother will never get over the loss of her son but I'm glad for her that the father's no longer in this plane.
Damn.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)It's not easy being green.
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)and the law will still stand because Colorado has a Democratic governor, so let the NRA d-bags gloat over their little victory.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Not to defend the idiots at the NRA, but looking at the numbers maybe there's something else going on in Colorado.
Maybe, just maybe, the voters didn't support the way the legislators legislated.
By Kurtis Lee and Zahira Torres
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/09/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT
Colorado state Sens. Angela Giron and John Morse face recall elections on Tuesday. ((Associated Press and Denver Post file photos))
Colorado's first-ever recall elections of state lawmakers have amassed about $3.5 million from donors both near and far, with those vying to defend the incumbents up for election Tuesday significantly outraising the opposition.
A Denver Post review of finance reports from the 10 active issue committees involved in the recalls of Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo found some donors contributing as little as $1 to as much as six figures.
The committees accepted unrestricted amounts of cash from thousands of individuals and dozens of nonprofit 501(c)(4)s, which do not have to disclose donors, according to the Colorado secretary of state.
Proponents of the recall have raised about $540,000, while opponents have collected nearly $3 million. Much of the cash has come from out of state a sign of the national significance these recalls have.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24046748/outside-money-shows-national-interest-colorado-recall-elections
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)At Wed Sep 11, 2013, 12:00 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
Sen. Giron thanks supporters as final vote removes her from office....
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Did this guy just seriously start a new thread JUST to gloat about two, TWO Democrats losing their seats to Republicans? Seriously?
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