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Ethics commission moves forward on second Tina Peters complaint
Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission on Tuesday decided to move forward and authorize an investigation into a 2022 complaint against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters. The commission asked its executive director, Dino Ioannides, to investigate and also appointed Commissioner Sarah Mercer as the hearing officer. The commission authorized the probe into the second of…
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Ethics commission delays complaint against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission granted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters a delay in the ethics complaint alleging she illegally accepted plane rides and other gifts from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. On a 3-2 vote, the commission decided to wait until a grand jury, empaneled by Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, comes…
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U.S. Supreme Court denies petition by former Secretary of State Scott Gessler
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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Secretary of state dismisses complaint over Polis’ investment
The Secretary of State’s Office on Friday dismissed a complaint that alleged Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis failed to disclose his investment in a health care company that benefited from Obamacare. Republicans alleged the company he co-founded, BridgeHealth Medical Inc., traded in medical tourism for Americans getting health care less expensively in other countries. Colorado…
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Former Secretary of State Gessler takes ethics case to US Supreme Court
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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GOP complaint targets Polis’ investment in medical tourism
A Republican allegation that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis invested in a company benefited by his work as a congressman is now a formal complaint. Former Secretary of State Gessler, a GOP candidate for governor in 2014, filed the complaint Tuesday with the Secretary of State’s Office on behalf of Kristina Cook, a Denver County…
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Taxpayers pay for both sides of Gessler ethics lawsuit, but how much?
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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COVER STORY | Bob Beauprez: Colo.’s partisan past should bend toward the middle
COALMONT- The high country air chops like the beating of helicopter blades next to Bob Beauprez’s farmhouse in the heart of his 1,300-acre ranch in Colorado’s North Park. He doesn’t notice until a visitor points it out. “Isn’t that great?” he replied about the sound of wind energy helping power his family business in Jackson County.…
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Former Colo. Secretary of State Gessler loses ethics fight at Supreme Court
The Colorado Supreme Court upheld an ethics-violation finding filed against former Secretary of State Scott Gessler in a 6-0 ruling announced Monday. The case dates back to 2012, when Gessler traveled to a Sarasota, Florida, seminar hosted by the Republican National Lawyers Association. The day after the two-day seminar ended, on Aug. 26, Gessler went…
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Trail Mix: Can’t keep track? Follow the string
You know the familiar creepy scene in crime dramas when we discover the culprit’s lair and get a glimpse into the twisted mind behind the mayhem we’ve been witnessing? There’s usually a wall covered with photos and newspaper clips – though, to be fair, those might brand it as a period piece these days –…