Stirring the waters to rock political boats (more on Coors and right to work)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_8884069

By Al Lewis
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 04/10/2008 11:33:09 PM MDT

The little sit-downs with Jonathan Coors just aren't working.

Gov. Bill Ritter, Denver Metro Chamber President Joe Blake and other civic business leaders have tried to get the 28-year-old political upstart to drop his campaign for a right-to-work initiative on the November ballot.

The initiative tampers with the Labor Peace Act, which has served the state well since 1943, they say. Only 8 percent of Colorado workers belong to unions, and most work for the government. A political dogfight over unions will do more damage than good.

"What's best for Colorado," Blake said, "is to leave it alone."

Coors responded by delivering 133,000 signatures to the secretary of state's office this week. See, that's the thing about initiatives. They don't really need approval from the governor. Anyone with this many signatures can pretty much tell the governor to get bent.

And it's fun getting dragged into the governor's office and then telling the guv, at least symbolically, to get bent. Especially when the guv is a Democrat, and you are a Republican.

FULL story at link.