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Colorado ethics panel plans to move quickly on Hickenlooper complaint
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While the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission has not yet received a response from Gov. John Hickenlooper on the ethics complaint filed against him in October, Commissioner Bill Leone predicted Monday that the panel will move quickly on the complaint. Former Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, along with his newly-formed Public Trust Institute, filed…
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Ethics complaint filed against Colo. secretary of state over purchases
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A complaint alleging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams used state dollars for a wide variety of personal expenses has been filed with Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission. The complaint, filed by Attorney Tyler J. Boschert of Sheridan Ross on Oct. 20, alleges Williams used state funds to pay for his private attorney’s license and clothing…
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U.S. Supreme Court denies petition by former Secretary of State Scott Gessler
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not hear a ethics case submitted by former Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Gessler sought a review of a decision made in June by the Colorado Supreme Court in an ethics case that dates back to 2012. The justices met in a Friday conference to discuss…
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Colorado ethics panel to investigate Hickenlooper’s travel
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Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission has determined that a complaint filed against Gov. John Hickenlooper regarding his out-of-state travel has merit and will investigate, the panel executive director said Tuesday. The commission reviewed the complaint, which was filed by the nonprofit Greenwood Village-based Public Trust Institute, during an executive session Monday. Aside from one commissioner, who…
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Former Secretary of State Gessler takes ethics case to US Supreme Court
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Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state who lost his most recent fight with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission over travel spending in June, has now appealed the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gessler is seeking what’s known as a writ of certorari, basically a request for the…
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Hickenlooper faces ethics complaint over travel
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Gov. John Hickenlooper was accused Friday in a complaint filed by a former Republican lawmaker’s group of traversing the globe in private jets and rooming in expensive hotels paid for by businesses in violation of the state’s ethics laws, a claim dismissed by the governor’s office as a “political stunt.” The Greenwood Village-based Public Trust…
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State Sen. Marble sues Colorado ethics commission over decision
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State Sen. Vicki Marble, a Fort Collins Republican, has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission challenging its decision earlier this year that she had violated the state’s constitutional amendment on ethics. Marble’s lawsuit was filed June 29 in Denver District Court. In the complaint, Marble’s attorney, Marcy Glenn, challenged the ethics commission’s decision to issue a…
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Taxpayers pay for both sides of Gessler ethics lawsuit, but how much?
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Taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a million dollars from legal costs involving a lawsuit filed by then-Secretary of State Scott Gessler against the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. But the exact amount will never be known, because the Secretary of State’s office disposed of the first two years of billing records related…
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State Sen. Vicki Marble violated Colorado ethics law, commission finds
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State Sen. Vicki Marble has violated the state constitution’s ethics law, known as Amendment 41, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission decided Monday morning in a 3-2 vote. The commission found the Fort Collins Republican violated the constitution’s gift limit but dismissed a second statutory violation, which would have been a misdemeanor. “This is not a…
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Colorado Ethics Commission again delays decision on Sen. Vicki Marble’s alleged ethics violation
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A decision on an ethics violation complaint levied against Republican Sen. Vicki Marble of Fort Collins is yet another month away, after the members of the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission decided they need more time to hammer out an opinion on the alleged violation. A month ago, a bet that the commission would vote to…
