Tuesday, May 19, 2009

GOP and personal responsibility, Shawn Mitchell edition

Oops!

A state senator's after-hours security code for the Capitol has been deactivated after he made it available to a class he was teaching.

Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, said he had no idea he was breaching security when he provided his individual code to the 11 graduate students in his Colorado government and politics class at the University of Colorado Denver.


Mitchell's claim that he didn't know he was breaching security is simply not credible. I've had such a code to the Capitol and the Highway Patrol Capitol Security forces make in very clear that you are never to distribute the code to anyone, ever.

It's an embarrassing situation but why lie and say you didn't know? Own up to your actions Senator.

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