Tag: Ethics
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Ethics panel dismisses complaint against Colorado agency chief Dan Gibbs
A state ethics panel has dismissed a complaint against Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The complaint, filed in December 2021 by the Republican-affiliated group Defend Colorado, alleged Gibbs awarded the think tank Keystone Policy Center a contract valued at $496,000. The contract was “for services related to public outreach…
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Colorado House launches ethics review of Rep. Ron Weinberg filed by fellow GOP legislator
The Colorado House will convene an ethics committee to review a complaint filed by Rep. Brandi Bradley, R-Roxborough Park, against fellow Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland. It will be the first time since 2012 that the House has formed an ethics committee. The ethics committee will meet on Feb. 2 to review the complaint. Bradley…
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Appeals court finds Adams County judge not required to recuse based on prior employment
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that an Adams County judge did not need to recuse himself from presiding over an eviction case solely because his former law firm once represented the landlord in an unrelated lawsuit. District Court Judge Kyle Seedorf denied on three occasions a request from Rebekah Panzlau to recuse himself from…
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Ethics committee gives Colorado judges green light to use LinkedIn
State judges in Colorado may used LinkedIn and even have online connections with lawyers who might appear before them, an ethics panel has determined, albeit with significant caveats for judges who choose to do so. The Colorado Supreme Court’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Board noted that similar panels in other states have universally permitted judges to have…
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House ethics panel to probe allegations Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn misused official resources
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House Committee on Ethics will review allegations that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn misused official resources for personal purposes following findings by a separate congressional ethics office that the eight-term Colorado Springs Republican may have violated federal laws and House rules. A report released Monday…
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Colorado’s paid leave vote sums up the cost of compassion
Edwin Zoe’s restaurant in Boulder, Zoe Ma Ma on Pearl Street, started a decade ago as a five-table eatery with homestyle Chinese food, the cooking led by Zoe’s mama, Anna. Soon Ma Ma grew to a second location in Denver’s Union Station, still small, the same excellent dumplings, still the same big problem: He can’t…