Author: David Migoya
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A Colorado day care was cited for dozens of violations dating back to 2017; the state didn’t intervene until November
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Fort Collins day care that was allowed to operate on probationary licenses a half dozen times over the past six years before it was forced in November to change ownership — all from violations that ranged from child abuse and neglect to falsifying records to…
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New state judicial discipline system won’t include Denver county judges
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Nearly two dozen Denver County Court judges will not be impacted by any reform to the state’s judicial discipline system should voters approve the proposal next year. That’s because Denver’s 19 county jurists — each appointed by the mayor and apart from the 27 Denver district court judges named by the governor — fall under an autonomous…
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Colorado voters to see constitutional amendment on judicial discipline reform in 2024
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Along with the next American president, Colorado voters in November 2024 will decide whether to change the state’s system of disciplining its judges, the culmination of a judiciary scandal that began nearly five years ago with revelations of an insider-deal contract. The Colorado legislature on Monday formally approved the proposed amendment – House Concurrent Resolution…
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Bill creating HOA and metro district task forces heads to Jared Polis
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Two separate task forces created by the state General Assembly will take deep dives later this year into the issues affecting tens of thousands of Coloradans living in homeowners’ associations and metropolitan districts. The task forces’ creation comes on the heels of a variety of unsuccessful efforts in the Legislature to change how they operate that…
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Bill banning governments from forcing employees to sign NDAs heads to Polis
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Colorado governments of all types will no longer be allowed to press their employees into signing confidentiality agreements under a bill headed to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk. With some exceptions, Senate Bill 23-53 prohibits state, county, and municipal governments, as well as school districts, from using the non-disclosure agreements with employees, particularly those settling grievances…
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Colorado lawmakers kill effort to stop metro district developers from buying own bonds
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Less than a month after it passed the state House — and a week after that chamber approved a competing measure — a bill that sought to stop metropolitan district developers from buying municipal bonds they or their affiliates approved for sale while serving on the community’s board of directors was killed by a Senate committee Tuesday.…
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Colorado legislators advance bill to stop metro district developers from buying own financing
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Proposed legislation that aims to stop metro district developers from buying and profiting from the public debt they approved as a district’s board members narrowly cleared a state House committee on Tuesday. It is the second time in as many years that a bill looking to restrict the practice has been put before the legislature,…
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Discipline commission told Supreme Court justices they had conflict of interest in investigation and should recuse; they haven’t
At least six of Colorado’s Supreme Court justices — including its Chief Justice Brian Boatright and incoming Chief Justice Monica Marquez — have known about conflicts of interest they allegedly have with ongoing disciplinary investigations into the conduct of at least two of their colleagues but have done nothing about it, according to letters obtained by The Denver Gazette.…
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Senator says Polis personally profited from legislation he signed and used his office for financial gain, calls for inquiry
A state senator has called for an investigation into whether Gov. Jared Polis personally profited from legislation he signed, including Colorado’s legalized sports books, and whether state agencies have furthered promoted his real estate interests, The Denver Gazette has learned. In a stinging 6-page letter sent Tuesday to the Legislative Audit Committee of the General…
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Proposed sweeping changes to judicial discipline process would need public approval
Colorado judges who face formal charges of misconduct would face a public trial rather than a secret one, which has been the norm for decades, according to a number of sweeping preliminary recommendations made Wednesday by an interim legislative committee reviewing changes to judicial discipline. Other changes recommended by the committee of eight legislators include…