censure
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Del Norte officials violated open meetings law in deciding to censure board member, appeals court rules
The town board of Del Norte violated Colorado’s open meetings law when it went into a closed-door session and reached a decision to censure one of its members, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A trial judge previously concluded the town board’s decision to reprimand former Trustee Laura Anzalone represented its “opinion” on her “performance,”…
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Appeals court confirms Arapahoe County judge’s bias did not affect parenting case
Although a former Arapahoe County judge admitted to racial bias and received a high-profile public censure two years ago for her misconduct, Colorado’s second-highest court agreed there was no evidence Natalie T. Chase harbored bias against a Hispanic father specifically when she terminated his parental rights. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals decided…
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Former Colorado judge censured over sexual misconduct
A special tribunal of the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday censured former Mesa County District Court Judge Lance P. Timbreza for his inappropriate sexual contact with another lawyer – the latest incident in Timbreza’s history of misconduct while on the bench. For the first time ever, the Supreme Court justices did not hand down the censure.…
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Colorado Springs school district announces investigation into censured board member
School District 49 intends to launch a legal investigation into one board member’s behavior following a censure at Thursday’s meeting. The board voted 3-2 to censure Ivy Liu for engaging “in willful and repeated behaviors that constitute failure to meet her fiduciary responsibilities to the district’s students, staff, parents, taxpayers and residents,” the resolution reads.…
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State Supreme Court says censured judge’s admission of bias not grounds to vacate decision
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday concluded its censure of a former judge for racial bias and professional misconduct does not mean she actually was biased in a child welfare proceeding. In April 2021, the Supreme Court censured and accepted the resignation of then-Arapahoe County District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase, who admitted to saying…
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El Paso County GOP mulls punishing Republicans deemed insufficiently Republican
El Paso County Republicans plan to decide whether the local party can censure its members for violating its platforms or getting crosswise with GOP leaders. The county GOP’s central committee – made up of precinct leaders, party officers and elected officials – is scheduled to weigh a proposed bylaws amendment to establish a formal censure procedure…
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Denver looks to formalize a censure process for its city council
Denver is drafting a procedure to publicly reprimand members of its city council for bad behavior through censure. The proposed measure would implement a formal censure process – “a disciplinary procedure that may be imposed upon a member of the Denver City Council for violating the Denver Charter, Denver Revised Municipal Code, or an officially…
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Congressional Democrats call for censure of president over remarks
Amidst a broken deal on immigration, which some Democrats blame on the President Trump, Colorado’s congressional Democrats have joined in a resolution asking for a censure of the president. The resolution, HRes. 700 was introduced Thursday. It calls on Congress to censure the president over his reported remarks on Jan. 11 in which he called…