Robert S. Gardner (born c 1954) is a legislator in the US state of Colorado. A veteran and lawyer for the United States Air Force Gardner was elected to the Colorado Representative Council as a Republican in 2006. From 2006-12 he represents House District 21, which covers western El Paso County and northeastern Fremont County.
In the 2016 general election, Gardner was elected to represent the Senate District 12.
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Biography
Gardner graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1976, and served as a missile launch officer in the Air Force. While an Air Force officer, Gardner obtained a J.D. from the University of Texas in 1981 with praise and L.L.M. from George Washington University Law School in 1986, specializing in government procurement law. After earning his law degree, Gardner served at the Judge's Legal Counsel Corps. He also teaches procurement law and business as a member of the Air Force Academy's faculty.
After leaving active duty in 1989 at the rank of lieutenant colonel, Gardner became a lawyer in private practice, specializing in government contract law, representing public contractors and charter schools. He served on the board of the Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy, which he helped find, from 1994 to 1997 and on the board of School Charter Colorado Legal Advocacy Fund. He continues to practice personal law in Colorado Springs, Colorado, specializing in government affairs and contracts, business and commercial law, and election and campaign law. The law firm's website is www.rsglaw.net.
Gardner is divorced; he has two adult children: Bob Jr. and Laura.
Political activism
From 1993 to 1997, Gardner served as El Paso District Republican chairman and was involved in many candidate campaigns and issues in the Colorado Springs area.
In 1999, Gardner was the treasurer for the Colorado Springs Safety Association, a group that opposed the size of the ballot to give police collective bargaining power and firefighters.
Gardner enrolled the Citizens' political committee for the Honest Government to oppose the list of candidates during the Colorado city council election in 2001, and handed out critical flyers to four candidates; he was threatened with arrest following a dispute with deputy city clerk regarding distributing flyers near the initial polling center at the town hall.
Gardner helped coordinate the campaign for a list of "reform" candidates for Colorado Springs School District 11 in 2003 in support of school vouchers.
He played an important role in the formation in 2004 Citizens for Student Achievement and Progress, a local political committee formed to support "candidates and issues of educational reform" in El Paso County. In 2005, he was a spokesman for the Colorado All Children Matter, a national political group that supports school choice.
In 2004, Gardner worked on a campaign for local voting measures to raise taxes to support the Resource Exchange, a non-profit organization that caters to people with developmental disabilities. During the campaign, he submitted, for anonymous publications in voter guides, statements that oppose tax increases including: "Families with mentally retarded people, [should] not expect the government to help," and "By funding programs to care for these children , we encourage irresponsibility. "Other people working on the campaign justify the statement as a campaign tactic designed to mobilize support for tax action.
Gardner was also a spokesperson and campaign manager for Ed Jones's successful campaign for the Colorado State Senate in 2002, and a failed re-election campaign against Democratic challenger John Morse in 2006.
During the 2002 Jones campaign, he called for an internal investigation of a police officer who told the news media that Jones was seen in a bar where drugs were found to be sold. Gardner is also co-manager of Sen's reelection campaign. Ron May in 2004. and has served as an attorney for local Republican candidates on several occasions.
Gardner was also involved in a Republican party contested for the fifth congress district in Colorado that year, supporting Jeff Crank over the winner, Doug Lamborn. During the election, Gardner filed a complaint against Lamborn, accusing his campaign of coordinating illegally with 527 organizations. The complaint was referenced in an advertisement attack by Democrat Lamborn, and Gardner withdrew it immediately before the election. Lamborn was freed from mistakes by the Federal Electoral Commission.
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Legislative career
Election 2006
In 2006, Gardner sought a house chair held by Rep. Keith King; he did not face any opposition to the Republican nomination. Gardner won his seat at Colorado's House of Representatives in the 2006 general election, defeating Democrat Anna Lord with about 59% of the popular vote.
2007 legislative session
During the Colorado General Assembly session of 2007, Gardner sat on the House of Justice Committee and the Local Government Committee. The newly elected replacement, Bob Gardner, joined the Rep. Cory Gardner in a government home, which leads to the need to distinguish them as "Gardner, B." and "Gardner, C." in a roll house call. During his first session, Gardner was renowned for his passionate speeches on the floor of the House.
Gardner proposed a law to increase the driver's license fee of $ 1 to fund the performance audit of the driver's police station. After the bill was defeated on the committee, Gardner led a bipartisan effort to ask the Legislative Audit Committee to investigate the matter. Gardner also did not succeed in proposing legislation to reduce restrictions on petition circuits.
Gardner introduced the law - passed and signed into law - to give a full-time judge to Fremont County and to request that a victim of crime be informed of the offender's attempts to invalidate the belief or terminate the registration of a sex offender.
After a legislative session, Gardner served on the interim legislative committee on Long Term Health Care Services and Support for People with Developmental Disabilities.
In November 2007, Gardner, along with Rep. Amy Stephens was named legislator of Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce this year.
2008 legislative session
At the 2008 Colorado General Assembly session, Gardner sat on the House Finance Committee, and the State Affairs Committee, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Gardner was among those who criticized Democrat Democrat Bill Ritter, a Democrat, for signing an executive order allowing collective bargaining rights with state employees.
In response, Gardner introduced a bill that would ban all public employees in Colorado to attack; The bill was rejected on the committee, but a narrower measure that prohibits state employees from striking forward. Gardner failed to try to add some of his tougher bill charges to strike into a competitive measure, which was signed into law by Governor Ritter.
Gardner also proposed a legislative package designed to help Coloradoans with developmental disabilities. To deal with the backlog in the provision of state services, Gardner proposed an increase of $ 8.6 million in funding to reduce waiting lists; Ritter also supported a $ 10.6 increase in funding. The Gardner proposal, which will direct 2 percent of the annual budget increase for services for the growing disabled, wins support from the provisional legislative committee. During the legislative session, the bill passed the House committee after being reduced to a $ 2 million increase for the next fiscal year. Gardner proposes providing state preferences in contracts to companies that employ flawed developmental individuals and are the home sponsors of the Senate bill to create a country employment program for the growing disability. After a legislative session, Gardner was named "Legislator of the Year" by the Alliance, a group that caters to people with developmental disabilities.
Gardner proposed a law to create a college scholarship program for low-income students, and a bill to guarantee tuition for a four-year-old student, who died at the House committee. The act of granting immunity to members of the parole board who acted in their official capacity was authorized by the state house. The law to require certain sex offenders to wear GPS monitoring bracelets during parole passes the house committee unanimously, but is authorized for funding in the state budget.
Gardner proposed state constitutional changes that would deny guarantees to illegal immigrants who were arrested for multiple crimes and violent driving offenses. The move was not passed by the legislature, but Gardner promised during the re-election campaign to reintroduce in the 2009 session.
elections 2008
During the 2008 Republican presidential election, Gardner supported former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Gardner himself sought a second term in the legislature, once again facing Democrat Anna Lord.
Gardner's re-election bid is supported by Denver Post , while Colorado Springs Independent supports Democratic opponents. During the final weeks of the campaign, Lord accused Gardner of a conflict of interest because of his law firm's focus on lobbying, government contracts, and policy formation. In response, Gardner states that God's accusations are approaching the threshold of the law of slander. Gardner eventually won re-election, taking 58 percent of popular votes.
After re-election, Gardner was nominated for House Minority Caucus Whip, but lost in the caucus selection to post to Rep. Cory Gardner (no relationship).
Legislative session 2009
For the 2009 legislative session, Gardner was named the seat on the House Appropriations Committee and the House of Justice Committee. During the 2009 session, Gardner introduced legislation to allow all states in Colorado to levy sales taxes, a force previously owned by only the ruling districts. The bill weakened from its original form to provide a new reporting mandate by the Revenue Department, taking steps toward its original goal.
Gardner leads the Republican opposition to legislation to create a designated beneficiary agreement, calling them "de facto civil unions", and legislation strengthening oil and gas drilling, and to Colorado joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
In May 2009, Gardner was an early speaker at the graduation of Florence High School.
External links
- Gardner's official legislative website
References
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