Loyal opposition needing TLC
There’s no question Republicans are in the minority in the statehouse, but there is some question about how they spend their time given that situation – and whether the state can pick up the tab for massage bills.
“My sense is that Sen. Johnson and I should go ahead and schedule massages,” Rep. Al White, R-Winter Park, said discussing his and Sen. Steve Johnson’s (R-Larimer County) role as minority members during the Joint Budget Committee’s final negotiations on the budget.
“We’ll be glad to pay for that,” Sen. Abel Tapia, D-Pueblo, chimed in.
“Ay, there’s the rub,” White responded.
Can we quote you on that?
“It appears one of our senators needs a tardy slip.”
– Lisa Doherty, an English teacher testifying
before the Senate State Affairs Committee when Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, slipped into his seat during her testimony.
DID YOU KNOW
Capitol names
Residents of Capitol City, elevation 9,711 feet, had high hopes of their town becoming the state capital, but it never even became the Hinsdale County seat.
Early Galena City settler George S. Lee, owner of a sawmill and smelter, thought he should be governor and his town should be the capital of the state. In anticipation of his new political office, he built a large mansion that he thought would become the governor’s mansion and argued to get the town name changed to “Capitol City.” His dreams never materialized, and Denver remained the capital.
After 1920, the post office was gone, and in 1974, the state officially declared the town abandoned.
Capitol Peak in Pitkin County was named by the Hayden Survey for the U.S. Capitol in Washington because of a stately and prominent shape.
Sources: “Colorado Place Names,” by William Bright; “1001 Colorado Place Names,” by Maxine Benson; USGS; Ghosttowns.com
