I keep saying this but it’s important for it to be clear up front: I am not and have never been a Republican. I used to be Democrat, but I’m not any more.<\/p>\n
That said, I want to say a couple words on behalf of a couple Republican Colorado legislators, Don Marostica of Loveland and Greg Brophy of Wray.<\/p>\n
Last week Marostica wore a helmet to the debate on requiring motorcycle riders under 18 to wear helmets. Asked to remove the helmet, he said, as quoted in the Rocky Mountain News:<\/p>\n
That’s why I wore my helmet down here. I didn’t want to trip. I’m going to wear it on the way back to my desk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
His point was that people have a greater risk of dying or suffering a brain injury from tripping and falling than they do from motorcycle accidents.<\/p>\n
As for Brophy, he is one of the leaders in the fight against allowing police to stop a driver solely for not wearing a seat belt. Right now, you can only be cited if the police stop you for another reason and you’re not wearing your belt.<\/p>\n
Said Brophy, once again as quoted in the Rocky Mountain News:<\/p>\n
I don’t believe you should be able to pull over someone in this country basically at will. It is another way government will be able to harass citizens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Kudos, too, to Ron Tupa, Democratic senator from Boulder, who was the lone Democrat voting against the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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