I wanna be realistic here and let you know that HD28 is a pretty safe Republican District, so it was no shocked that when there was a special election in that district earlier this year, a Republican won a resounding victory.  The only shocking thing was the Republican man who won it.

He lives in the same county as I do. At least that’s what I thought.

Gary Gates has done everything he can do in one lifetime to be controversial. He’s been accused of child abuse and certainly was not repenting of emotional abuse of foster children in his care.  He’s a developer who has made millions from building and maintaining low end housing (read slum landlord).

Gates has run for office before.  Seven times he’s run for most everything from school board to state senate, and he spends a boatload of his own money every time he does.

He’s some political consultant dream job.  He seems to have a different one every time he runs and they are dandy at spending money.  He’s very fond of putting out expansive endorsement list that include dead people, unregistered to vote people, tenants in some of his properties, people who walked by his booth at the county fair, and names of the voices in his head.  He’s just a damn mess, and that’s what Republicans say about him.

Well, something new has come up.  Come to find out, Gates doesn’t even live in Texas.  Maybe just the voices in his head live here, I dunno.

Get a load of this.  Gate Hisownself has an Oh Help Me, Jesus website called the Colorado Citizen’s Coalition.

No, seriously, go look around.

Do not miss this, of course.

But here’s the real interesting.  Here is a man serving at a state representative in the Texas House.  But, he spends at least half his time in Colorado.  And I know that because Gary Gates tells me that.

Click here for the big one.

“Gary lives about half his time in Crested Butte, Colorado.”

Now I am certain that to qualify for government loans to build “affordable” housing, you probably don’t have to live at least half your life in the state you’re asking for a permit.  I know a good Christian man like Gary would not lie about that and that … uh, the terrorists wrote that in Gary’s website.  Yeah. yeah. terrorists.  That’s it.

I am certain the the voices in Gary’s head live in Colorado and he really lives here.  I suspect in January when the legislature meets we’ll figure out if it’s the other way around.