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Colorado’s ethics watchdog will stop watching. Here’s why.
Colorado Ethics Watch, the nonprofit that has made transparency and accountability in state and local government its business since 2006, is shutting down in...
Court: Ethics Commission’s frivolous complaint rulings are final
Once Colorado's secretive Independent Ethics Commission dismisses a complaint as frivolous, it cannot be appealed to any higher court.
That's the decision the Colorado Supreme...
Audit: Colorado’s Ethics Commission has questionable ethics
Sloppy record keeping. Failure to follow the state’s open meetings and open records laws. Baffling instructions to anyone brave enough to file a complaint.
Those are...
Why petty corruption matters
Two recent scandals involving county commissioners show that while Colorado has a reputation for clean government, we’re not immune from public corruption.
A Grand County...
Ken Witt launches “political stunt” filing meaningless ethics complaint against himself...
Jeffco School Board President Ken Witt Thursday said he would seek an advisory opinion with the Colorado Ethics Commission over possible violations by the...
State Supreme Court weighs Colorado Ethics Commission’s secrecy
The Colorado Supreme Court now has two cases before it that could either affirm or weaken the authority of the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission...
Colorado is spending $343,473-plus on Scott Gessler’s $1,396.89 ethics violation
Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler's fight with the Independent Ethics Commission over how he spent $1396.89 in office has already cost Coloradans $343,473, and...
Third appeal: Scott Gessler fights his ethics charge at taxpayers’ expense...
Scott Gessler is no longer the Secretary of State, but Colorado taxpayers will keep footing the bill for his legal defense as his fight against a...
Appeal denied: Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler violated public trust
Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler broke the rules and violated the public trust by spending Secretary of State office money for personal and...
Construction-defects reformer Mayor Hancock makes campaign calls from office of Colorado’s...
On the morning of January 29, 2015, incumbent Mayoral candidate Michael Hancock spent 90 minutes making campaign calls from the offices of Oakwood Homes,...