There is a fascinating development in the race for Colorado governor which reveals either the shocking ignorance, or devious duplicity of former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo. Tancredo has long scoffed at the idea of man made global warming and climate change, addressing fears of global warming with the line "We have a position, its bull****.” Yet Tancredo has promised, if elected governor, to appoint a Colorado Senator who voted for the the controversial and much opposed 'clean air, clean jobs act' to head the State's Dept of Natural Resources.
Tancredo, who recently switched parties and is running under the Constituion Party label, issued a press release which stated, in part, "Tancredo, whose support has surged in recent weeks, said he would appoint Assistant Senate Minority Leader Greg Brophy to run the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which oversees energy, wildlife, and other natural resources".
Greg Brophy, a Colorado State Senator from District 1 since 2005, boasts on his personal website that "I have also remained true to my principles of Limited Government, Personal Responsibility, Protection of Private Property Rights, & Fiscal Responsibility". He posts a list of legislation he has sponsored. Glaringly absent, however, is any mention of the fact that Brophy supported and voted for Colorado's so-called “Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act”, HB10-9 1365. (View in PDF). Approved by the Colorado legislature on April 19th of this year, it is described on the state website as 'Incent Util Convert Coal To Natural Gas'. Brophy's name appears at the top of the law's session page.
Vigorously opposed by a wide coalition of Coal Miners, Tea Party groups and conservatives in Colorado, HB 1365 has been described by opponents as "no more than the Colorado version of cap and trade".
When one examines the massive reasoned opposition to this law, it is inexplicable why Tancredo, who purportedly does not fall for the global warming and climate change hysteria of the establishment, would choose Brophy to head the state agency. Even worse is the fact that Tancredo and Brophy decry the loss of jobs by the 'Democrats' in their press release; yet 'The Clean Air Clean Jobs Act' is opposed by thousands of hard-working Americans in Colorado who will lose their jobs as a result [article contines here