In an attempt at badly crafted historical fiction, Governor Hickenlooper told The Denver Post last week that he decided to support the billion dollar tax increase in the middle of the very closed door meeting from where his position leaked.
From a Denver Post article highlighted in a Compass Colorado press release today:
Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 213, a school finance overhaul, into law in May, but his support of the tax that would fund it was not clear until last week when members of the Colorado Forum, a group of business and civic leaders, shared comments he made to the group with the media…
Hickenlooper said he gathered his thoughts on the proposed ballot measure for the first time last week when he met with the Colorado Forum. [Peak emphasis]
You see, it wasn’t that Hickenlooper was refusing to take a position and had his hand forced by the leaks. It’s that Hickenlooper just decided right then to back a billion dollar tax increase.
Or as Iceman once coughed:
Bullshit.
Hickenpooper caught lying again.
He is just not that stupid. He is vicious and has no loyalties to anyone or any moral and decent political position ( he is, after-all a pretend Democrat), but he is not stupid. He knew exactly what he was signing. This is the same proposition with the same threats ( if this does not pass, your children will be dumbed down and do drugs and join gangs and carry guns) that have been issued over the past years with any new tax increases. He knows that–hell, he practically invented that.