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Ellen Kessler, ag critic and former Polis appointee to veterinary board, charged with 13 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty
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Ellen Kessler, an animal rights activist who was appointed to the state veterinary board by Gov. Jared Polis but resigned earlier this year, has been charged with 13 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. According to CBS Denver, which first reported the charges Monday, Kessler had 13 birds in her Jefferson County home, and Jefferson County…
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler resigned from state veterinary board to protect Polis, email shows
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Records show former state veterinary medicine board member Ellen Kessler resigned to shield Gov. Jared Polis from blowback after she made what ranchers viewed as incendiary remarks about the livestock industry. “The controversy has gotten out of hand and I believe I would be most helpful to our governor if I resigned,” Kessler said in…
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Ellen Kessler, controversial appointee to state vet board, resigns after calling ranchers ‘lazy,’ ‘nasty’
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Updated 6:10 p.m. with statement from Gov. Jared Polis Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, submitted her resignation from the board at 3:26 p.m. Monday. Kessler’s letter, released by the governor’s office, said her resignation would be effective at the close of business on Feb. 11.…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the wrath of ranchers and farmers for what they view as…
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Q&A with Gov. Jared Polis | Governor reflects on COVID, family, first term in office
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Jared Schutz Polis is Colorado’s 43rd governor, elected in 2018. He’s the nation’s first openly gay governor and Colorado’s first Jewish governor. Polis served five terms in the U.S. House, representing the 2nd Congressional District, from Jan. 2009 to Jan. 2019. During his time as a federal lawmaker, he was ranked as one of Congress’…
