Sexy start to Democrats’ gathering
No tittering, please, we’re senators. Senate Democrats got a surprise at a pre-session gathering at Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon’s house. As they gathered for a presentation on Gordon’s TV set, a surprise popped up: A pornographic movie. Gordon said senators were not exposed to an explicit scene; rather, they saw the head of a woman who was apparently having sex. “There was this little glitch,” Gordon said. “It was funny at the time. It was an accident and no one was intending to do something like that.”
It’s deep over there in the Capitol
At the House Democrats’ lunch meeting Tuesday, some lawmakers teased Rep. Rafael Gallegos, D-Antonito, for not wearing his boots. Gallegos said they weren’t needed on a sunny day. But Alice Borodkin, D-Denver, offered a reminder: “The boots are for walking around the Capitol, not in the snow.”
DOLA may seek an auditor of its own
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs, which has been under fire for months over its handling of federal homeland-security grants, is studying a plan to hire its own auditor. Executive director Barbara Kirkmeyer said the auditor would help the department tighten its internal controls – a weakness identified in recent audits by state and federal officials.
Home-grown fuel for state vehicles
The state could be on its way to joining the alternative-energy revolution under a bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Transportation Committee. Sen. Lewis Entz, R-Hooper, wants all state-owned passenger vehicles and small trucks to use a blend of 20 percent biodiesel starting next year. His Senate Bill 16 stipulates that the requirement would only hold if the biodiesel mix is available for within 10 cents of the price-per-gallon for regular diesel.
New bill of note
Senate Bill 109 would prohibit an insurer from using credit scoring for issuing property and casualty insurance.
