Humorless Ken Gordon

We are just getting to know Ken Gordon, which is a good thing if one is going to write about him. We're finding several references that suggest that others think that Ken Gordon is a humorless individual.

A commenter on a Denver Post article said:

[ Ken ] Gordon could become a happier man if he gets the secretary of state job…

And Colorado Senate News had this jewel:

Sen. Steve Johnson, R-Fort Collins, who joined in the laughter as fellow Republican Sen. Greg Brophy of Wray recounted his recent run-ins with traffic cops. The Senate was debating the expansion of Colorado's seat-belt law.

"Even Gordon's funny today."

Johnson, only moments later, when normally dour Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon, D-Denver, followed up with a wisecrack at the podium.

That might explain why Ken Gordon lost the Secretary of State race in 2006 when so many Democrats won in other statewide races. It might be that the only way he can get into the office is via appointment.

Debate on SB 240 - Enabling Fraudulent Voter Registration

A part of the function of a blog directed at a politician is to provide an easy place to find a reference when the subject makes the news.

It seems that Senator Gordon was shoving a voter registration bill through the state Senate, SB08-240, that would allow on-line voter registration without proof of citizenship or even an ID. When challenged, the following exchange occurred according to Colorado Senate News:

"Photo ID is kind of a passport to participating in all kinds of ordinary life," the GOP's Sen. Shawn Mitchell, of Broomfield, told his colleagues. His appeal fell flat on [ Ken ] Gordon, however, who mocked Republican concerns about ineligible voters trying to register.

"Some people have a paranoid delusion that there are people here illegally in the United States in order to vote," Gordon said.

Later, Mitchell asked:

"If an unregistered felon voted in front of you, Sen. Gordon, how would you know?" an astonished [ Shawn ] Mitchell asked [ Ken ] Gordon...

“If you need a photo ID to get on a plane, enter a federal building, or buy alcohol, it is not an injustice to show one in order to register to vote,” said Mitchell. “This is a common-sense security measure. The majority’s opposition is wrong-headed.”

If Sen. [ Ken ] Gordon thinks that a notice that illegal voting is a felony provides a good security measure, then I invite him to post a notice that burglary is a felony and leave his door unlocked.”

It seems that very few of those involved in the debate have read the latest Supreme Court ruling upholding voter ID requirements. We will be writing on that a bit later.