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Straight from the jawbone of another ass comes betrayal by an elected official of his Oath of Office and the people he swore to protect.

The specific ass in question is Mayor John "please come to Denver, illegal aliens" Hickenlooper, whose Denver Police Department follows the "hands off" policy to illegal aliens outlined in his predecessor's Executive Order 116.

After the recent ambush by a Mexican illegal alien of two Denver PD officers, followed by the death of Officer Donald Young, His Honor was criticized for continuing Denver's "sanctuary" policy that enabled accused murderer Raul Garcia-Gomez to weather three separate police encounters with no notification to federal immigration authorities apprehension.

When Garcia-Gomez' three encounters with Denver PD became known, Hickenlooper claimed being unaware of any such "sanctuary" policy. His chief of staff stuck to that story with his May 17 statement to the Rocky Mountain News, "There's no evidence that I've seen that Denver is viewed any more favorably by somebody crossing the border illegally than anybody else," said Michael Bennett.

The following day, City Attorney Cole Finegan shared with the News a 1999 legal opinion that Denver cops have no obligation to report to federal authorities that a person they have contacted is an illegal immigrant. In trying to "have it both ways," that same opinion claims nothing in Executive Order No. 116 prevents an officer from enforcing criminal sections of immigration law.

Hickenlooper joined the official flip-flop on May 19: "Local government's role is not to arrest, combine or expel those without valid visas, he said in an interview, "Our policy is to follow the interpretation of the federal law." Does that mean His Honor copies President George Bush with his refusal to enforce federal laws?

Coloradans can thank Congressman Tom Tancredo for disclosing to the public what Hickenlooper wanted to keep under wraps: how Hickenlooper's administration continued the "sanctuary" policy that turns a blind eye to civil and criminal violations by illegal aliens rather than to send them to ICE for deportation. The congressman provided all the details of Raul Garcia-Gomez' three routine encounters with the Denver PD. Despite three successive times of presenting a Mexican drivers' license, his presence in the country was never questioned or investigated.

And where did llegal alien murderer Raul Garcia-Gomez gain employment but at Denver's Cherry Cricket, where his uncle managed the kitchen for owner Mayor John Hickenlooper? (We now know the restaurant by the new name in honor of his illegal alien staff - Cherry Cockroach.) Was Mayor Hickenlooper daunted to learn that his trustful business partner, Lee Driscoll, hires illegal aliens whose documents are so clearly phony that even the police commented on their "probable fraudulence?" Not at all.

Did Hickenlooper feel it incumbent to rescind Denver's "sanctuary" policy that led to the murder of Officer Donald Young and other Coloradans? Not at all. His Honor stated publicly on two separate Denver radio shows that forwarding to ICE the names of suspected illegal aliens encountered during traffic stops would not be practical. In other words, back to business as usual.

Hickenlooper further "passed the buck" by explaining that Congress has to work the issues of enforcing immigration laws. His Honor has in his own backyard Congressman Tom Tancredo to "work the immigration issue," yet the Mayor and his staff rarely miss an opportunity to castigate the congressman's efforts. If the Mayor wants so deeply for the "federal government to work the immigration issue," when will he begin publicly supporting Tom Tancredo's efforts in Washington?

The agenda of Mayor Hickenlooper is crystal-clear: he, his staff, his fellow restauranteurs and big business cronies are propaganda mills for illegal immigration. Might supporting federal immigration law enforcement hinder the operation of Hickenlooper's business dependence on hiring illegal aliens?

Enter the Mayor's trusted City Attorney Cole (Cover Your Ass) Finegan. During a joint appearance with the Congressman on KHOW's Peter Boyles show, Finegan behaved like the "open borders sellout" - forget the facts and scream unfounded accusations in the hope of distracting the audience from the real issues. Congressman Tom wasn't intimidated at all - he's been in the "lion's den" before and will be again. To Finegan's howls that the congressman's public disclosure of Denver's "sanctuary policy" was hindering the murder investigation, the congressman paid no heed whatever.

Tom Tancredo's common-sense, law-abiding responses were lost on Finegan and Hickenlooper, but taken to heart by Peter Boyles and his KHOW listeners. Both Hickenlooper and Finegan demonstrated their ill-mannered behavior so typical of those with no morals or ethics. That Tom Tancredo used plain, straightforward facts to destroy their evasions and lies clearly infuriated them. But nothing infuriates self-centered, amoral brats than unvarnished truth that they can't dispute.

This Mayor has violated his oath of office by placing his personal interests before the citizens he swore to protect. Clearly, his business interests, those of his cronies and the illegal aliens providing their "cheap labor" drive his agenda during his mayoral tenure.

Do His Honor and his legal "mouthpiece" think citizens will believe their claims of being unaware that illegal aliens they defend are violating US immigration laws? Of course not! Their insistent denial is easy to recognize because we've seen it on the federal level - elected officials who've sold their souls to the highest bidder.

To Denver's city government, the highest bidder is obviously the Latino Coalition, who has the lobbying ear of John "Please come to Denver" Hickenlooper. Clearly when the Latinos say "Jump," Hickenlooper says "How high?"

Rather than be properly apologetic or remorseful when caught in clearly intentional violations of the law, Hickenlooper and his sidekick Cole Finegan presented arrogance and condescension, shocking all Coloradans. Hickenlooper's despicable behavior is cynicism at its best.

Will the blatantly dishonest and unethical behavior of John Hickenlooper and Cole Finegan finally be more than Denver's voters can ignore? Perhaps this is the nail in Hickenlooper's political coffin, when "His Honor" will just be too nauseating for citizens to bear.

I have to wonder how Officer Young's widow could even face the mayor whose "hands off illegal aliens" policy both offered employment at his Cherry Cockroach Restaurant to her husband's murderer and contributed to her husband's death, much less accept his hypocritical "condolences."

On the other hand, I'm sure it didn't bother Hickenlooper in the least. Just another day administering Denver's "hands off illegal aliens" sanctuary policy.

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From the Jawbone of Another Ass