Re: Loop No. 12 broken axle? *LINK*
| August 09, 2006 07:21PM |
George S. posted: According to a Loop employee, your friend Lee Baarens -instigator of the Loop debacle, will be the General Manager of Railstar next year since he is retiring from the CHS at the end of this year.
In many states, this type of move would be prohibited by a "Revolving Door" law. It appears that Colorado has no such law.
Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I can play one on tv, err, the NGDF, thanks to the power of google. I read this link (adobe acrobat file):
<[www.citizen.org]%20in%20States.pdf>
which says that Colorado is one of the 21 states that don't have a Revolving Door law. [This link isn't working properly in the preview, so I will also include it as the link at the bottom.]
However, it appears that there are Colorado citizens actively working to get a "Revolving Door" law passed in Colorado. The next link is to a "Common Cause" press release describing an "Ethics in Government" ballot initative in Colorado:
[www.progressnowaction.org]
Please note that I am not a Colorado resident, so I do not have any interest in Colorado politics. I also don't endorse the sponsors of the stuff I've linked too -- those results just happened to come up at the top of the google search.
However, I do understand why you guys that live in Colorado might be bothered by this issue. Judging by the links above, it appears to be perfectly legal in Colorado for a state employee to award a contract to a firm, retire from the state, then immediately turn around and start working for that firm.... while *simultaneously* collecting state retirement benefits. If this bothers you guys that are Colorado voters, then do something about it! Start working to get a state "Revolving Door" law passed.
Remember that Edmund Burke quote -- "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
And, FYI, whiny NGDF postings about politics are a perfect example of good men doing nothing (constructive
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Chris Webster
[www.speakeasy.org]
In many states, this type of move would be prohibited by a "Revolving Door" law. It appears that Colorado has no such law.
Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I can play one on tv, err, the NGDF, thanks to the power of google. I read this link (adobe acrobat file):
<[www.citizen.org]%20in%20States.pdf>
which says that Colorado is one of the 21 states that don't have a Revolving Door law. [This link isn't working properly in the preview, so I will also include it as the link at the bottom.]
However, it appears that there are Colorado citizens actively working to get a "Revolving Door" law passed in Colorado. The next link is to a "Common Cause" press release describing an "Ethics in Government" ballot initative in Colorado:
[www.progressnowaction.org]
Please note that I am not a Colorado resident, so I do not have any interest in Colorado politics. I also don't endorse the sponsors of the stuff I've linked too -- those results just happened to come up at the top of the google search.
However, I do understand why you guys that live in Colorado might be bothered by this issue. Judging by the links above, it appears to be perfectly legal in Colorado for a state employee to award a contract to a firm, retire from the state, then immediately turn around and start working for that firm.... while *simultaneously* collecting state retirement benefits. If this bothers you guys that are Colorado voters, then do something about it! Start working to get a state "Revolving Door" law passed.
Remember that Edmund Burke quote -- "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
And, FYI, whiny NGDF postings about politics are a perfect example of good men doing nothing (constructive
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Chris Webster
[www.speakeasy.org]
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