A while ago, we reported that Cory Gardner was using tax payer funds to pay a hefty salary to his chief of staff, who had moved on to serve as Mike Coffman's campaign director. With the recent release of additional House Disbursement reports, there can be no doubt that Chris Hansen has continued to receive payments from Gardner's office for his work on Mike Coffman's campaign. This is a violation of House Ethics Rules and, potentially, a violation of federal law.As we know, Cory Gardner feels his campaign is safe and is doing everything he can to campaign for other more-endangered Republicans and tour the state acting as a surrogate for Willard Romney.

UPDATE: 7 September, 2012 - Gardner using taxpayer funds to pay more than $50,000 salary for Coffman's campaign staff $20,978 on a leased car between taking office and March 31, 2012? That's about $1,400 per month that we have been paying for. Unable to come up with a better reason for the expenditure, Gardner blames a rule enacted by Nancy Pelosi. Oh come on, can't come up with anything better than that? Looten Plunder Speaker Boehner's first act in office was to forbid low-waste coffee cups in the House and revert to styrofoam. I'd think he would have reversed a policy like this.

Apparently Rep. Mike Coffman is going all out against Joe Miklosi to hold onto his seat, with the Denver Post reporting that Coffman says Miklosi has overstated his legislative record. I reckon Coffman ought to have made sure he wasn't sitting in a glass house of legislative failure before casting those stones. I can't find a single accomplishment Coffman can claim from legislation he sponsored.

Hey! Mr. Gardner! Did you notice that 60,000 acre fire burning in your congressional district? It's right there! See it? NOW WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST BETTER WILDFIRE PREVENTION?!?!??

This evening, Rep. Cory Gardner voted against an amendment to a bill that added three sections to a bill amending the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.Three sections:

"This new logo reflects the true spirit of our campaign, showing the importance of oil at all costs, because it makes me money."

I thought perhaps Representative Gardner's yard signs could use a bit of a retooling to better represent what he stands for in Congress. Back in his 2010 campaign, he said that his sign represented "the entire 4th Congressional District, from its mountains to the plains. That is what makes my campaign different – a background that reflects a deep connection with every corner of the district.”