The grassroots push to recall Senate President John Morse is getting reinforcements from a group started by a long-time Colorado Springs political operative who ran Mayor Steve Bach’s winning campaign.
Yesterday, Laura Carno, founder of the conservative women’s group, I Am Created Equal, tore into Morse and endorsed his recall, putting a sunny-side-up face on Morse’s awful record on guns. From Carno’s email:
When are political leaders on the hook for their terrible decisions? When we hold them accountable. That’s why I’m getting behind the effort to recall Senator John Morse, President of the Colorado State Senate.
Not only has Senator Morse’s strategy been behind all the terrible legislation this year, but he has refused to listen to his constituents and the sheriffs in Colorado. Law enforcement has overwhelmingly opposed the gun bills, saying they will have a negative effect on public safety. And to back up their opposition, a majority of the sheriffs in Colorado are signing on to a lawsuit against the State to overturn some of these laws.
A source told the Peak to expect more help from Carno and other conservative groups, a growing number of whom are eager to lend a hand to the insurgent push to oust Morse. The source tells the Peak that the volunteer-based grassroots effort has been so successful in building a base of support for the recall that many conservative thought leaders are starting to see the Senate President’s recall as entirely plausible.
Carno’s Morse thumping comes on the heels of a scathing editorial from the Colorado Springs Gazette, blasting him for SB252, the bill that would jack up rural electric rates by raising the renewable energy mandate:
We’ve learned to expect this kind of tone-deafness from Morse. His disregard for the best interests of his own community is well-established. So, it’s hardly surprising to see him thumb rural Coloradans in the eye on the premise that it’s for their own good.
All these developments portend bad things for Morse. The grassroots push to chuck him from office is drawing big help from prominent places. Better cancel those summer vacation plans, Johnny.
AFTER I SAT THROUGH A POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS IN SCHOOL AND THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS, I AM COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY CONVINCED OUT VOTES DO NOT COUNT AND THE CORRUPTION A=HAS TAKEN OVER OUR POLLS. UNTIL WE FIX THE POLLS WE CAN NOT ELECT A PROPER GOVERNMENT!
Thank you!
I think you mean, move back to California
WAY TO GO LAURA AFTER MORSE LET'S NOT FORGET HICKENLOOPER NEXT!
Kudos 'I am Created Equal'. Wish I could vote on the recall. Would also like to vote for a recall on Ferrandino…
Senate President has abused his authority, clearly passed laws against his constituents concern, clearly went against his communities to push his personal Liberal agenda , throw the bum out!
Joan, I started this recall effort because I am a constituent of John Morse and he refuses to listen to my emails, he changes senate rules so that I cannot testify on important legislation, and he has even disallowed me to post anything on his PUBLIC facebook page because I had the temerity to question the value of Senate Bill 252 regarding increasing rural energy costs. The recall is the only way left for me as his constituent to communicate with him that he is a representative, not a ruler. He is supposed to represent the interest of HIS constituents, not the desires of his financial backers like Bloomberg who lives in New York. It is HIS fiscal roots that are not local. I live here in his district.
I think sending the message that this kind of Law maker is not welcome is great, and he being Senate President makes it an even more important message. These politicians have to know they work for the people who vote them in, not for some greater cause or their own Ideas. We elect people to do a job and when they do not listen it's time to toss them out just like what would happen if we did not do our job.
@Joan, this is from the Colorado Peak Politics
“Of all the targets worrying about the recall drives, we’re betting Senate President John Morse is the one most concerned. There are a couple of reasons for this:
• The threshold for signatures is the lowest in his district of all the recalls, as the threshold is 25% of the votes cast in the politician’s last election. For Morse, that was the low turnout, off-year of 2010.
• Morse’s Colorado Springs district is compact enough that gathering the signatures is considerably easier than, say, the rural Southwest Colorado district of Rep. Mike McLachlan.
• As Senate President, Morse has more responsibilities at the Capitol than other targets. That means the drainage of time and treasure that combating a recall campaign takes will do greater damage regardless of whether Morse survives. Should be interesting to see how much per diem Morse claims for the days he’s playing politics to defend his seat.
• A recall election would likely be very low turnout, which would favor the highly motivated voter — something that gun rights supporters pretty much personify.
https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/04/30/sweating-bullets-are-colorado-democrats-worried-about-gun-control-recall-campaigns/
But to what avail? He's term limited. I would suggest that we would be better served by finding a viable and strong candidate now and get that person out there in the media. The cost of a recall will and already has people questioning our fiscal roots.
Way to go Laura!!!
Take Hickenlopper with him ..
My wife and I are both gathering signatures this Saturday.
@Joan That don't mean we don't try as hard as we can to succeed.
I already signed the petition. Can't happen soon enough. Thanks
Unfortunately recall elections are expensive and rarely succeed strictly because of a polictos' voting record. Voters don't like being told that they voted incorrectly the first time around especially since he has not broken any laws per se. The WI governor's recall is a good example.
Way to go!
Way to go Laura. Hold the guy accountable. I sure can't vote on his recall but since he is House leader I should be able to. He is a disgrace to our fine state and represents his puppet masters back east more than anyone who actually has the temerity to live in Colorado Springs or the rest of Colorado and expect him to represent us. Please save those of us that have no say in his recall.
Thanks for standing with us on the recall!
GOOD!! Maybe the rest of the communists will get a clue that they are next
I support IACE….. Morse is a BONAFIDE Oath traitor….. He needs to move to California or NY where he the people there don't care about their Freedoms or the lies the politicians tell that they vote in…..