John Hickenlooper wouldn’t enrage his union friends by reversing Ritter’s unionization order

During Monday's Elevate Colorado debate in Glendale, former Governor Bill Owens pointed out to Obama Democrat John Hickenlooper that the Democratic Party's strongest supporters are union leaders. Therefore, it was no shock that Hickenlooper firmly defended unionization in general and Governor Bill Ritter's executive order that effectively unionized many of the employees of the government of the state. To reverse Ritter's order, he declared, would enrage union members and demoralize state workers (See my clip below.)

Hickenlooper is not concerned that, as Owens pointed out, unionization gives state workers who are protected by civil service another layer of job security. Few taxpayers who work in the private sector have even the first layer of job security offered by civil service or the high pay and benefits that state employes enjoy.

Posted by Donald E. L. Johnson on 10/05/2010 at 08:23 PM

Nice video, Don. Being in Cabo, I haven’t heard the Hick’s voice in a while. He sounds like he’s a candidate for governor of NY. And all the sound and fury hear signifying nothing. I could barely figure out what he was talking about. Correction, I didn’t figure it out, except for the apparent refusal to reverse the conflict of interest laden executive order on government unions.

He can really be Obamaesque a la 2008 campaign and be whatever the listener wants to hear, wants to project onto him.

You’re doing darn well in your prediction about Maes. Any predictions on whether he’ll withdraw from the race?

Posted by Laura Victoria on 10/12/2010 at 04:55 PM

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