Gun Control Reform Activism

And he is, in fact, a piece of work. He'd initially stated that he's free to ignore the President's executive orders, so his refusal to enforce the new state laws is a surprise only to those who haven't yet encountered his monumental ego. He's also presently insisting that he's not leaving the job in spite of term limits that say otherwise; he's joined in that stance by the similarly term-limited-but-refusing-to-leave county clerk, a friend of ethically challenged Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Cooke is threatening to run for legislative office if forced to abide by term limits.

Sheriff Cooke, along with his BFF district attorney Ken "I don't wear high heels" Buck, got spanked by the state supreme court a couple years back. The two had invaded a local tax prep office that caters primarily to Hispanics, confiscated the records, then dove into those files to go trolling for "illegals". Court pinned their ears back for that. Cooke is also married to radio personality Amy Oliver, northern Colorado's version of Anne Coulter.

Stay tuned.