Jessica Peck Corry, via Huffington Post: With the way some political opponents latched onto the story Friday, you would have thought Scott Gessler had just orchestrated Bernie Maddoff’s escape from federal prison. Just two weeks after being sworn in as Colorado’s Secretary of State, he has come under fire after he voluntarily, publicly and ethically disclosed his plan to take on a second job, one that would include part-time contract legal work with his old firm.

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