colorado common cause
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Colorado group files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat
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A group filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colorado for a three-day retreat at a luxury hotel in Vail last October. The complaints from Colorado Common Cause alleged the lawmakers accepted illegal gifts from One Main…
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Colorado congressional redistricting commission focuses on ‘southern district’ concept
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At Wednesday night’s congressional redistricting commission meeting, a “southern district” concept was approved by a majority of the commissioners, meaning some big changes could be coming to the preliminary draft congressional map first released in late June. The “southern district” concept would be built around the idea that Colorado’s rural ethnic minority communities should be…
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Colorado Common Cause names Amanda Gonzalez executive director
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Colorado Common Cause said Friday that Amanda Gonzalez will take over as the government-reform nonprofit’s executive director on Feb. 1. She replaces longtime executive director Elena Nunez, who is going to work for national Common Cause as director of state operations and ballot measure strategies. Nunez said the state organization’s campaigns will be in good hands…
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Colorado Common Cause endorses ballot measures to change redistricting procedures
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Colorado Common Cause on Tuesday endorsed a pair of proposed ballot initiatives filed by a coalition of left-leaning groups calling itself People Not Politicians that would overhaul how the state draws its political districts. The ballot measures “will give unaffiliated voters an equal voice in drawing legislative and congressional maps and ensure the process reflects Colorado’s…
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Lines drawn over ballot measures to determine how Colorado draws its legislative, congressional lines
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The battle is heating up over how Colorado draws its legislative and congressional boundaries. After failing to knock out a pair of proposed redistricting and reapportionment ballot measures in court, a rough coalition of mostly liberal and good-government groups filed competing ballot measures in late December and is vowing to take the choice before voters…
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Supporters ready to campaign for measure to lower minimum age for Colorado lawmakers to 21
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Supporters are lining up to get behind a referendum approved by lawmakers to ask voters next year whether to lower the minimum age to serve in the General Assembly from 25 to 21. “We’re grateful to our legislators for putting this question to the voters,” said Lizzy Stephan, executive director of New Era Colorado, an…
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Proposed contribution limits for Colorado county candidates hardly a shoo-in
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For all the tight controls on campaign contributions to candidates for state office — no individual donor can give more than $1,150 to someone running for governor, and it’s lower for legislative contenders — the state imposes no restraints at all on a candidate for the Baca County Commission. Or for Larimer County treasurer. Or clerk and…
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Heavily anticipated hearing on state open records bill delayed
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A Senate committee hearing on a much-anticipated state open records bill was postponed Monday, taking the bill sponsor and witnesses lined up to testify by surprise. Senate Bill 40 was set to be heard in the Republican-controlled State Affairs committee this afternoon. News of the delay was announced on the floor of the Senate this…
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From ethics stories to ethics code for Flynn
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Kevin Flynn has written about ethics battles on city councils and other local governing bodies, now he’s writing an almost-new code of ethics for the Denver City Council. The former longtime reporter was elected in District 2, the southwestern part of Denver, in 2015. Several months after he took office, Flynn said a task force…
