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PRO | Proposition 112 is the only way around an uncooperative oil & gas industry
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Looking at the history of interactions between the oil and gas industry and our communities over the past several years, it’s abundantly clear why the people of Colorado are bringing Proposition 112 forth. Instead of adopting better health and safety standards to residents and workers, the oil and gas industry has rebuffed all prior reasonable…
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Initiative 108: Opposition ramping up against pro-oil & gas ballot measure
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Opposition to Initiative 108, a proposed measure for Colorado’s November ballot, is heating up two days before petitions for the measure are expected to be turned in to the Secretary of State. Initiative 108 would amend the state constitution to say that governments can’t slash the value of private property – such as by restricting…
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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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COVER STORY: The fight over forced pooling — should drilling-without-consent law be changed?
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From her front porch in Broomfield’s Wildgrass subdivision, Jean Lim looks out on a park and the Rocky Mountains beyond. There she sits, waiting for an oil and gas driller to use a state law to get the mineral rights beneath her home she doesn’t want to lease. “We are just waiting to be pooled,”…
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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…
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Marble ethics violations now in the hands of Colorado state commission
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A lengthy hearing Monday to determine whether state Sen. Vicki Marble violated the state’s ethics law ended without a decision by the state ethics body. The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission took testimony through almost seven hours from witnesses to a Feb. 15 event in Broomfield that featured an oil and gas company’s plan…
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Marble disputes ethics charge, said she didn’t know who paid for town hall
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In just over two weeks, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will hold a formal hearing to determine whether Sen. Vicki Marble violated the state’s ethics law concerning gifts to lawmakers. The Commission worked through pre-trial motions Thursday in preparation for the Jan. 8 meeting, which could feature testimony by Marble, an Extraction Oil & Gas…
