Last year, Hick never met a bill he wouldn’t sign into law.
Governor Hickenlooper has started on his Great Apology tour throughout rural Colorado. Last week, he visited the Eastern plains town of Yuma, where he spoke with five county commissioners. He said he has told current legislative leadership that the legislative process must be fair and that legislation passed without all parties being allowed to participate will face a certain veto from him this year.
Not surprisingly, the topic of the rural renewable energy mandate came up, but what The Yuma Pioneer reported Hickenlooper as saying was even more interesting. Hick pledged to not sign legislation that didn’t have bipartisan participation. Here’s the excerpt from the article:
When challenged by commissioners from five eastern Colorado counties, Governor John Hickenlooper conceded that the process for passing SB 252 on rural renewable energy in last year’s Colorado Legislature was flawed.
He said he has told current legislative leadership that the legislative process must be fair and that legislation passed without all parties being allowed to participate will face a certain veto from him this year.
After his plummeting poll numbers in the state, we can hardly blame him for not wanting to do a repeat of last year. Too bad his fellow liberal legislators didn’t get the memo. So, of course, this puts Hick in a tricky situation. There are many pieces of legislation that have moved forward without bipartisan participation. Will he veto them all? We’ll certainly be watching.
Yeah…you know it!
Yep, he is a liar…
https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2014/02/19/bipartisan-bypass-hick-signs-election-fraud-bill-into-law/
It's simple; Hick lied.
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signed last night… 2/18/14
KICK THE HICK 2014! Thanks for nothing
I'm sure these are just false promises, but I would like to see him veto some of the crap being rammed through the legislature…
He'll have to ask Roxane White to find his veto stamp. Rumor has it, its tucked away in the same box she hid his jones in when it came time to sign dunlaps death warrant.
I say "Fire enough of the liberal, loser, liars" that jammed 2013 legislation down our throats and we'll fix the problems ourselves! Pack your bags Chickenlooper!
If he said that and then signs HB1164 then he has a real problem.
No one, except the gun nuts, really thinks that additional background checks took away people's rights.
Will he keep his word? Voters will be watching.
"Gov. Hickenlooper Threatens to Veto Any Bill Without Bipartisan Participation"
BWAHAHAHA! You funny man!
If there were ever a bill rammed through without citizen participation, 1164 was it. Likely on the governor's desk now. If he signs it, he will be signing a license for corruption in local elections. It allows private for-profit contractors (say Karl Rove, Inc. or Rachel Maddow, Inc.) to conduct local elections hundreds of miles from the voters, with no local polling location, and no ADA accessible voting equipment, no SOS oversight. Abolishes all SOS Election Rules for special district elections, and makes it no longer a crime to tamper with voter rolls in local elections! Allows taxes and bonds to be approved in November elections on separate ballot controlled by the private enterprise. Too bizarre to be true, but sadly it is. But Democratic lawmakers had no time to listen to the 150 or so errors found in the draft. Some violate TABOR.
Veto…I don't think he knows the meaning of the word. We need to teach him the meaning and hold his feet to the fire.
Repeal the renewable energy mandate and draconian anti gun bills forced on Rural Colorado by the Dems in the last session and then talk about a bipartisan future. What Hickenlooper is doing is like a Bank Robber saying he's sorry after he got caught. It's too little and too late and not very convincing.
1164 ?
Looks like Hickenlooper got the memo and is trying to backpedal to save his political career. I recall he was more than happy to quickly sign SB 252 last year.
LICKENPOOPER screwed up….TOTALLY….when he did not VETO all the GUN LEGISLATION. He took our SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. BYE BYE!