State Representative Bob Gardner was elected to his third term in the Colorado House of Representatives in 2010, representing House District 21 which is comprised of southwestern and western El Paso County and northern Fremont County.  Representative Gardner was recently appointed chair of the House Judiciary Committee and also serves on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Local Government Committee, and on the Joint Committee on Legislative Legal Services. In his three terms in the House, Rep. Gardner has been the sponsor or co-sponsor of bills across the issue spectrum—including legislation to assist fast growing school districts issue bonds for capital construction, increase the number of state trial court judges to address the backlog of commercial cases, simplify processes for businesses with the Secretary of State, extend the Arkansas River water … Read entire article »