In a recent unsolicited email, J. Paul Brown tells me that his record speaks for itself. I can’t agree more, and what an ignominious thing it is.
His first attempt at state legislation was to allow the killing of bears as they emerge in the spring, thus leaving the new cubs to starve to death in their dens. In his first trip to Denver, he made the League of Conservation Voters National Dirty Dozen, the 12 most anti-environment legislators in the nation. And as climate change evidence continues to mount, his argument may change, but his resistance does not.
He now refuses to recognize any role for fossil fuel, and he continues to vote against essentially all regulatory legislation, such as Colorado’s Climate Action Plan, and to sermonize his legislative colleagues against accepting what is now undeniable. His position on climate change and his early and enthusiastic support for president a life-long shady dealing con man turned hate monger come from the same pool of ignorance and blind partisanship.
And then there are the inexplicable votes and the solitary votes in opposition, for what reason? Limited space does not allow examination of them here.
Christopher Isensee
Durango
