What democracy is: An open letter to Jay Tutchton
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
I wrote recently (see the first link below) about how a political agenda has hijacked the CPW Commission and they're really not bothering to hide the ball anymore. I mentioned to someone in the comments on that post that I'd heard Commissioner Jay Tutchton had remarked about the nature of the commission's votes and democracy.
The second link below is to a Yahoo reprint of a 9News article which has the quote I couldn't find for the commenter. Quoting from that piece:
"Yesterday was 6-5, today was 6-5. I'm happy with democracy working," said James Tutchton, the commission's chair."
Said another way, Mr. Tutchton, somewhat resignedly, commented that the vote going the way he wanted on the day prior vs. the da...