While it's legal for Colorado House and Senate leadership to be compensated for legislative work performed out of session, they can't ethically bill taxpayers for days that they didn't work. House Minority Leader Joe Stengel needs a reminder of that.
The non-partisan Legislative Council reports that in 2005 Stengel collected a check for 240 of the 247 days out of session, including Saturdays and Sundays. According to the Rocky Mountain News, Stengel claims that the 7 days he didn't work were the major holidays.
So those 240 days included 5 days vacationing in Hawaii, time spent campaigning for gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman, time traveling statewide as Chairman of the campaign against Referenda C&D, and 2 full days spent taking the bar examination.
We the undersigned call on Rep. Stengel to return all taxpayer dollars that he received improperly.
While it's legal for Colorado House and Senate leadership to be compensated for legislative work performed out of session, they can't ethically bill taxpayers for days that they didn't work. House Minority Leader Joe Stengel needs a reminder of that.
