Tong Swanning Around Denver Four Seasons as Senate Firewall Collapses on Civil Rights Grab.

It was just a modest proposal to tidy the statutes. Attorney General William Tong thought he could rely on his former colleagues in the legislature to give him expanded jurisdiction over civil rights claims in the Constitution State.

Tahoe Tong’s bill made it through the House and then sat on the Senate calendar for weeks. Tong thought the Senate, where Democrats enjoy a 22-14 majority, would pass his grab for authority without delay. It did not. As the end neared in the final three days of the legislative session, it became clear the bill was not going to move. Tong’s Senate firewall became an insurmountable hurdle.

As the end neared, Tong abandoned the fight and took flight to Denver. The Mile High City this week hosts a meeting of the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA). The partisan group (Republicans also have an association) began its meeting Wednesday at the luxurious Four Seasons, fitting for a public official who requested taxpayers provide him with a Chevrolet Tahoe, the behemoth SUV, as his official rig.