sexual harassment
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Out West Roundup: Fearing a Utah ‘coronation,’ 11 Republicans challenge Romney
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Utah Fearing a Utah ‘coronation’, 11 Republicans challenge Romney SALT LAKE CITY – Eleven Republicans stepped forward before a filing deadline last week to challenge former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race, including a state lawmaker who says an “establishment insider” can’t fix problems in Washington. Many of the candidates acknowledge…
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Republican aide to Colorado senator fired over sexual harassment post
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DENVER – A source in a Colorado Politics story Wednesday about sexual harassment accusations against Sen. Jack Tate was fired Thursday morning over an offensive social media post. Andrew Knarr, 25, was fired as an aide to Sen. Jim Smallwood, R-Parker, for an offensive posting on Snapchat about the sexual harassment training he received as a…
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Senate Democratic leader Guzman stepping down from top post
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DENVER – Colorado state Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman has stepped down from her post leading the Democrats in her caucus with less than six weeks to go in her final legislative session. Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia was elected in her place by the Democratic caucus Thursday morning shortly before the start of…
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THE PODIUM | Open court records — to expose sexual harassment from the bench
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I don’t know many women who haven’t experienced harassment, but until recently I hadn’t met any who filed a complaint or spoke publicly. Why is this? Because there’s no upside; most people don’t care. Every workplace has a process to handle complaints, but there is little interest in culture change. Six years ago when I…
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Sen. Jack Tate’s accuser releases confidential sexual harassment complaint
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The former legislative intern accusing Sen. Jack Tate of sexual harassment is asking why he has not faced consequences based on her allegations. An independent investigator two months ago found the woman was more likely telling the truth than the Republican senator from Centennial. KUNC reporter Bente Birkeland posted a story Wednesday in which the…
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Colorado transportation funding bill delayed another day
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DENVER – A vote on a bill to put at least $300 million into transportation each year was delayed for another day in the Colorado Senate Tuesday. A vote could occur on Wednesday. A revenue forecast that indicated the state is flush with money from its booming economy and more proposed amendments from Democrats prompted the…
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Grantham on the Colorado legislature: It’s become a "theater of the absurd"
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DENVER – Senate Republicans Monday morning took just about everyone to task over inappropriate remarks in the House and Senate, beginning in their own chamber. The House wasn’t exempt from their criticisms, either, after a Democratic member of that chamber last Friday threatened to call for the expulsion of another member over a disagreement in…
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Out West Roundup: Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
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Utah Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town SALT LAKE CITY – The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to become the first woman and first non-member of…
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Denver councilman calls for independent probe into allegations against Denver mayor
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“To remove the cloud” forming over the city’s top office, a Denver councilman is calling for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Michael Hancock. In a pointed letter sent to the mayor’s office earlier this week and obtained by Westword, Councilman Rafael Espinoza asked the city attorney to commission an independent investigation…
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Insights: Sexual harassment victims and accusers deserve a better process
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“There is a cultural shift happening,” Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran of Denver tweeted the day Rep. Steve Lebsock was expelled from the legislature, the second state lawmaker nationally to be swept away by the #MeToo tide. Lebsock quickly left the building. Thanks, Steve, said no one. It was an agonizing seven hours of testimony…
