Amendment 54 Advocates Bust Senator Abel Tapia
by zombiehunter | 5:10 pm, October 13, 2008 | 7 Comments
In their first television ad, Clean Government Colorado has taken their YES on Amendment 54 fight for protecting Colorado Taxpayers to your living room:
The commercial busts Senator Abel Tapia on his secretive No-Bid government contracts from the Colorado State fair totaling $481,483. For years this politician has been using his oversight of the State Fair to funnel hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars to his engineering firm in No-Bid contracts – other Colorado engineering firms didn’t even get a shot at these contracts. Backroom sketchy deals like that are what we expect from Castro or Chavez, not a Colorado State Senator.
Amendment 54 Chair Tom Lucero noted, “Frankly, we shouldn’t have to wait for a 9News Investigation to find out how our tax dollars are being spent. The public has a right to know these matters and YES on Amendment 54 will open up the government contracting process. Coloradans are tired of footing the bill for backroom deals for political insiders.”
“YES on Amendment 54 is just good common sense,” Lucero continued, “Having a searchable database is the perfect disinfectant for corrupt NO-BID contracts. A searchable database will put elected officials on notice that every time a NO-BID contract goes out the door, taxpayers will be watching. Ultimately, the goal is for every government contract to be competitively bid. YES on Amendment 54 makes taxpayers the real winners.”
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October 13th, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Hmmm, who would have guessed? Powerful politicians profiting and taxpayers in the dark — Yes on Amendment 54!
October 13th, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Way to call the corrupt politicians out! Let’s end the backroom deals. YES on 54. http://www.CoCleanTeam.com
October 13th, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Are you kidding me? You go after Tapia (a Hispanic), and then compare him to Castro and Chavez (also Hispanics)?
So what we’re supposed to support Amendment 54 because it will keep those dangerous, thuggy brown people in their place? What a bunch of racists!
October 13th, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
[...] of elected officials like Senator Abel Tapia: Amendment 54 aims to eliminate cozy no-bid contract deals between elected officials and companies [...]
October 13th, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
On the contrary, Adrian. Are you kidding me? I suppose I just saw Tapia as an American and judged him by his actions. He hands his own company hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars in no-bid contracts and instead of judging his actions, you judge his ethnicity. You know, there’s a word for guys like you who judge people by their skin color. You’re quite the racist. Take your apologetic, politically-correct BS over to Kos or Progressnow, because it won’t work here.
October 22nd, 2008 @ 12:15 pm
[...] a reminder, the anti Amendment 54 Senator Tapia is one of the scoundrels who will have his hands slapped while trying to get into the taxpayer [...]
October 23rd, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
it is not a race issue, bottom line,let’s not pretend it’s about mexicans it’s about it’s not about hispanics it’s about taxes, our taxes.