Personal injury lawyer and liberal Democrat Dan Robinson announced today in Grand Junction that he will challenge Ray Scott, the Republican incumbent, for the seat in Colorado House District 55 in this year's election. Dan Robinson has a long history in Western Colorado and has worked as a personal injury lawyer for many years. He served on the school board for Mesa County Valley School District 51 for two terms, and is currently on the board of trustees for Colorado Mesa University.
Dan Robinson was an advocate of “civil rights and equality” in public education. Robinson has advocated for education funding and programs that would help to hire more Hispanic teachers in the school district, and increase minority involvement in the political process. Dan Robinson often bemoaned the inadequate funding to local schools.
Ray Scott ran unopposed in 2010 and has been a popular representative among local Republicans. A minor controversy occurred when, during the recent redistricting process, the boundaries of House Districts 54 and 55 were changed. Ray Scott, during that process, moved into a house in another part of Mesa County which he had owned for some time, unaware of some of the miniscule changes that affected his district. It was determined only days ago that Representative Scott’s current place of residence does not impede his plans to run for the District 55 seat this year.
Dan Robinson is hoping to capitalize on the new District 55 boundaries which currently encompass more of Grand Junction City proper. Theoretically, that would make the District less conservative and more competitive, placing more Democrat voters within its boundaries. Ray Scott, who is known as an advocate of energy exploration and expansion, has been a bulldog at the heels of Governor Hickenlooper in his attempts to get him to pay attention to the dismal employment situation in Mesa County. Whether or not Dan Robinson can run a truly competitive race against Ray Scott may be largely determined by whether or not his fellow Democrats in Denver will take real measures to improve the economies of towns on the Western Slope.
take a break. Take a few days off. Get some trigger time. I know that you think your personal endorsement is important. The only question we have is, important to whom? First you post a rant on your blog in defense of Rush Limbaugh that’s totally reactionary, ill advised (the man did have to apologize for his gutter language) and is guaranteed to motivate and activate Robinson’s Democrat base.
And if that isn’t enough you make it abundantly clear that your political loyalties are dependent upon your expressed, (unrealistic), puritan view of religion, which can only lead your readers to believe that your politics lean heavily toward the establishment of a religious caliphate and will equate to a campaign finance bonanza from the liberal faction, but that wasn’t enough.
For your finally you post a photo of yourself (wrapped in the TEA Party flag) brandishing a revolver, a public display, not exactly rooted in the power of persuasion over the persuasion of power. If a picture is worth a thousand words then that picture is no doubt worth tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from the already paranoid Obama faction. Now how do you think that money is going to be used?
Then in what can only be described as a fit of inconsistent logic based on your ignorance of the fact that Ray Scott was elected with the support of the REAL TEA Party, you make a personal decision to bestow all of these liabilities on Ray Scott whom you declare (publicly) to be your anointed one. That in itself is enough to make the real TEA Party people question your motivation. But since you also support and endorse Tipton for re-election, (a candidate that did not have local TEA Party support), malice of forethought must be discarded in favor of a conclusion of unbiased insanity. Just so you will know, the object is to get Conservative candidates elected, not thrown under the bus.
Do yourself and us a BIG favor. Take the year off. Work on your resume and return to preach to the choir sometime after the elections. What could you be thinkin girl?
P.S. If you’re going to continue to use our TEA Party flag as a personal prop, please try to do so intelligently for a more harmonious outcome.