Colorado Politics

A case of Capitol confusion: Hey, that’s not OUR rotunda!

Granted, conservative political blog Colorado Peak Politics keeps its slingshot aimed high and long at the left side of the political aisle. But the blog’s latest gotcha, even if intended to snare a Democrat, is worth a chuckle in any event. Indeed, Republicans are as likely to find themselves caught in a similar faux pas – a case of mistaken identity involving the wrong mountain range or city skyline or maybe even state depicted on the likes of campaign mailers or websites. Often it’s the fault of a rushed graphic artist with a less-than-keen eye. The pol gets the blame, of course.

In this case, Colorado state Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, wound up with the wrong state capitol building on her website. Twice. Peak Politics explains:

Last week, she featured the inside of the Texas State Capitol, which is conveniently labeled with the letters T-E-X-A-S. An astute reader pointed that Jenet had changed her photo. We assumed it corrected the photo to feature the Colorado State Capitol. We assumed wrong.

This week, Jenet featured the dome of the Connecticut State Capitol for the picture associated with the work and page “Priorities”. So, this week, her priorities are…Connecticut?

The blog conveniently posted a screenshot:

The blog closes with a little extra snark: “For the love of God, Rep. Jenet, here are the Google results from Colorado + State + Capitol + Dome. There are many options from which to choose. Do we have to do everybody’s job around here?”



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