Colorado's secession movement on CBS
They finally aired it this morning. Our segment begins a little after three minutes in.
A bit disappointing that they spent so much time interviewing teaparty supporters of the idea; silver lining could be that doing so demonstrates the kind of thinking required for such a push. Nor did they show that supporters are overwhelmingly older whites angry about not getting their way in all things at all times.
Also left out of their coverage was the information that this move was instigated by the county commissioners, a legally dubious move on their part; their job description does not give them that authority. And the commishes have been less than honest when discussing the expense of this effort; they claim that they haven't spent any county money or time on this (thinly technically true), but they have assigned research tasks to county employees who are entirely paid by county taxpayers.
Yet another layer: The county council is tasked with overseeing the county commissioners. Unfortunately, one of the council members now heads up the 51st state movement and is in no position to provide the necessary impartial oversight.
It's a mess.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158400n
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