Author: David Migoya
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Colorado Senate committee balks at governor’s judicial discipline nominations
In a bipartisan rebuke of how a years-long scandal has been handled, a Colorado Senate committee on Monday made the rare move of not approving the gubernatorial reappointment of the top two members of the state’s Commission on Judicial Discipline. Just months after voters statewide overwhelmingly chose to change how Colorado disciplines judges, the state…
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Dozens of liquor shops shuttered after voters OK wine sales in grocery stores; hundreds more expected
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Colorado voters were asked in 2022 to allow grocery stores to sell wine — lifting a 107-year restriction the industry repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to beat back legislatively for decades — proponents billed it as a win for consumers’ pocketbooks and the leveling of…
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Insider deal creates ‘monopoly’: How Vail’s exclusive delivery service sparked a lawsuit and controversy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s all about who you know. In just over three years, Matthew Dietz leapt from bankruptcy into a million-dollar, multi-year contract the Town of Vail laid at his feet in a lucrative deal that could ultimately transform ski towns across Colorado. As business partners, Dietz…
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Judge’s drinking problems reportedly at core of discipline case; colleagues knew, but never reported it
At least three judges — Colorado’s Supreme Court chief justice and a now-retired appellate court judge among them — years ago knew of a Denver juvenile court judge’s drinking problems but never reported them, then maintained that silence while a courthouse manager who had sought their help in confronting the judge faced firing instead, The…
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Case against district judge in Adams County allegedly “slow-walked” to discipline commission
A second judicial discipline case, that of 17th Judicial District Judge Robert Kiesnowski Jr. who resigned last year, has key connections with Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Boatright, according to documents and interviews. Despite promises by Boatright to state legislators in 2021 that he would monitor all complaints of judicial misconduct personally and ensure…
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Colorado judicial discipline director put on leave; ouster met with widespread shock
Christopher Gregory, the executive director of Colorado’s Commission on Judicial Discipline, was removed Friday following a tumultuous tenure in which the commission and the Colorado Supreme Court squared off over issues of reform. In a statement provided Friday to The Denver Gazette, the commission would only say Gregory is “on leave and is unavailable to…
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Colorado judicial discipline director put on leave; ouster met with widespread shock
Christopher Gregory, the executive director of Colorado’s Commission on Judicial Discipline, was removed Friday following a tumultuous tenure in which the commission and the Colorado Supreme Court squared off over issues of reform. In a statement provided Friday to The Denver Gazette, the commission would only say Gregory is “on leave and is unavailable to…
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73 Colorado judges under investigation for not filing financial disclosures
Colorado’s judicial discipline commission on Friday told legislators it is actively investigating more than 70 cases, in which judges allegedly violated state law by not filing personal financial disclosure documents for public review. The commission told a joint hearing of the House and Senate judiciary committees those investigations — 73 of them — were a…
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A Colorado daycare was cited for dozens of safety and care violations; it took years before the state intervened
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 cover up other problems — has child care and…
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State trains judges about financial disclosure requirements weeks after dozens found not complying with law
Colorado’s Judicial Department last week offered two days of training to its more than 350 judges statewide on how to file personal financial disclosure reports, as well as asked the attorney general whether senior judges must also file the public documents just weeks after The Denver Gazette stories disclosed dozens had not. The training and…