Yesterday, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper told reporters that he cannot sign the current version of a bill that would ease efforts to unionize Colorado’s fire fighters. The Peak predicted this rift in the Democratic Party last month as negotiations began. According to the Denver Post, Hick sent a letter to Democratic leadership that read, in part:
“As a former mayor, I respect the positive good that can result from collective bargaining. In Denver, we successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements with the firefighters’ union. In those negotiations, we operated with the mutual understanding that we must take into consideration the shared interests of making responsible use of taxpayer funds, prioritizing the well-being and safety of the public and ensuring the safety of the firefighters themselves.”
And who would you replace him with? Name me one Dem who would have a chance in the general election who would be willing to primary a still popular Governor.
Even FDR questioned whether public employee unions were a good idea. There is only one government, one employer. As such, the employer has little incentive to be firm. The union can donate both time and volunteers to the campaigns of the same people that they're negotiating with. Public employee unions are a fundamental conflict of interest.
This man is also a whore for the oil and gas industry. He's a Democrat in name only and I can't wait to vote him out of office.