CO sheriff wants to bill candidates for security

9:38 AM, Feb 13, 2012   |    comments
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DECISION 2012 ELECTION COVERAGE

One suburban Denver sheriff says he's going to start sending political campaigns the tab when roads have to be closed, traffic directed and deputies put on overtime.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, a Republican, said he'd send GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney a bill between $5,000 and $6,000 for "extraordinary" local security costs at a Romney rally in Centennial on Feb.6. Arapahoe is a vote-rich swing county south and east of Denver.

A Romney aide said Robinson's is the first security reimbursement the Romney campaign has received.

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