Since when does an appointed and unelected commission have binding enforcement powers?
This sounds like BS to me.
Here's another example.
A state animal protection law was passed. It included livestock.
There was a terrible spring season on a part of the Range. Temperatures were way below zero, and the ice sprayed and piled high. A rancher and his wife (over 80 years of age) lost some cattle to that weather. They are some of the best and most conscientious ranchers good neighbors alive in the West. Their cattle were usually some of the best, and it showed. They looked more healthy than all of the other cattle on nearby, more government-connected ranches.
Local socialists around the County were pushing for tax hikes, more government regulations, etc. One obstacle to their designs was that of a much lower tax on leased land (a development with nearly no population--mostly large, vacant lots by far) being used agriculturally. Some entity also wanted to stop some other grazing leases/agreements on government lands.
The Sheriff's Office for the County and State governments swooped in (many of the participants Republican but typically Colorado socialist) and confiscated all of their cattle and modest wealth (millions earned and saved over many years). Many more false allegations were fabricated about the innocent couple (married over 50 years and objects of spite also because of that). Since then, the rancher's wife had a heart attack, and the rancher, also a heart attack followed by triple bypass surgery.
State and local socialists are no less despicable than federal socialists regardless of their Party affiliation, and tourist areas, no more excusable.
Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.phpAmerican Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”
Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think) National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
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...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."
“Since when does an appointed and unelected commission have binding enforcement powers?
This sounds like BS to me.”
It does if the legislature gives it those powers. In this case it would be the Colorado state legislature. The baker is free to petition the legislature to reign in the commission if he believes their powers are excessive.
Consider the EPA. All of its powers were delegated to it by Congress which can remove them at any time.