Schaffer to blast Udall for not exploiting the state's resources
Sources tell TCR that Schaffer's political operatives have been shopping around for a Colorado production company to shoot an anti-Mark Udall spot blaming Democrats and environmentalists for not exploiting the heck out of the state's natural resources.
Apparently the spot will feature a firefighter complaining that there aren't enough roads in the forests, making fighting forest fires more difficult. Another element of the spot is said to include a student who can't get an adequate college education in the state because Colorado isn't drilling enough oil and gas wells.
Shaffer's campaign operatives are looking for shooting locations on the Roan Plateau where energy companies are trying to drastically expand natural gas drilling, and in the region southwest of Denver where some of our larger forest fires have occurred in recent years.
All the concepts in the spot - if it's ever made - are quite a reach. But this political intelligence at least gives TCR staffers some insight into what Big Oil Bob might do as a U.S. Senator.
It appears Schaffer' is calling for unbridled energy development throughout the state, regardless of the impact on the water, air, recreation, agriculture, tourism and wildlife resources of Colorado.
He also seems to be strongly advocating cross-crossing state's national forests with expensive and environmentally damaging roads for firefighting, and what else? Logging? Motorcycles? All-Terrain Vehicles? Ah, GOP scout camps, maybe.
With friends like Bob, who needs enemies?
