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Bill Owens? You can't be serious! There is no bigger RINO than that little worm. As soon as he attained lame duck status due to term limits, his true colors came out. Why no mention of his support for referendums C & D in the fall '05 election. Luckily D was defeated, but the passage of C stole billions of dollars from the taxpayers of Colorado by "temporarily" voiding provisions of our Taxpayer Bill of Rights. During his many appearances on talk radio promoting this tax increase he spoke of "revenue enhancement", "investment" & even mentioned that "it was for the children". Very reminiscent of the pabulum spewed by that smarmy twerp M. Stanley Dukakis during his heyday as commissar of the People's Republic of Marxachusetts.

Owens' support of the Ref C tax increase was a bad thing.

On the other hand, he has also done quite a bid of good, including resisting some horrible Medicaid expansions (including those that would have used public money to fund abortions), appointing good judges, supporting attempts to call the public schools to task, breeding fish to avoid the structures of the endangered species act, and standing behind efforts to limit Denver's ability to impose its stupid gun laws on people driving through on the interstate. He presided over much needed highway improvements, something that had been neglected after 30 years of Dem governors who were supported by greens who just plain hate other people's cars.

Be fair. It does no good to be hyper critical of people that are more or less moving in your direction. Disagree with them where they are wrong, but save the over the top stuff for those who truly are statists.