In response to Ethics Watch's call for a criminal investigation of spending abuses by Black Hawk city officials, First Judicial District Attorney Scott Storey notified Ethics Watch that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is looking at how Colorado gaming towns, including Black Hawk, are spending state historic preservation money. This investigation is ongoing and could result in criminal charges.

Today Ethics Watch called on District Attorney Scott Storey to investigate Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman and City Manager Richard Lessner for embezzlement of public funds and other crimes in violation of state law.

 

Ethics Watch asks that the state auditor determine whether CCCS, under the direction of Nancy McCallin, complied with state procurement laws in awarding contracts and whether CCCS and SunGard Higher Education have implemented the contract in accordance with the contract terms and state law.

The fact that Governor Ritter did the right thing by proactively investigating the misuse of his campaign funds does not abrogate the need for a formal investigation. The question left open is who will handle the matter?

Colorado Ethics Watch, a nonpartisan, nonprofit legal watchdog group, today called on Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to launch an immediate investigation of former gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez and his former campaign manager John Marshall for making false campaign ads against Mr. Beauprez’s opponent.

Ethics Watch requests an immediate investigation into whether Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier committed any criminal acts by accepting campaign contributions from partners at a private firm that was awarded a lucrative contract by vote of the Aurora City Council.

DENVER – Ethics Watch today called on Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to initiate a criminal investigation of Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman and an employee in his office, Dan Kopelman. Through a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request, Ethics Watch has obtained new evidence suggesting that Secretary Coffman and Mr. Kopelman may be criminally liable for embezzlement of public property, or other unlawful acts.

DENVER – Ethics Watch, a non-partisan, non-profit legal watchdog organization, today called on Governor Bill Ritter and District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to initiate a full investigation of the Colorado Senate Minority Office (Minority Office) for using a gift of private partisan funds for official state functions and for using state time and property for political activities.

DENVER – Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government (CCEG), a nonpartisan, nonprofit legal watchdog organization, called on Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey and Phil Baca, Chief of Criminal Investigation Division for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office, to launch an immediate investigation into Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Congrove, outgoing Jefferson County Attorney Frank Hutfless and persons acting on their behalf for using public funds to investigate county employees and private citizens.

Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government called on the Denver County District Attorney to investigate Secretary of State Gigi Dennis for violating the public trust, and has petitioned Sec. Dennis to repeal an emergency rule that allows votes to be transferred from one candidate to another.

Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government called on the Attorney General and the Jefferson County District Attorney to launch an immediate investigation of Rick O’Donnell, Republican candidate for Colorado’s 7th congressional district, for making false statements about his opponent Ed Perlmutter.

Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government (CCEG), a nonpartisan, nonprofit legal watchdog group, called on the Attorney General as well as the Denver and Pueblo County District Attorneys to launch an immediate investigation into the Trailhead Group LLC (“Trailhead”) for making false campaign ads against three candidates.

CCEG sent a second letter to Secretary of State Gigi Dennis requesting that she exercise her authority and investigate a series of questionable contributions made to gubernatorial candidate Rep. Bob Beauprez.

Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government (CCEG), a nonprofit legal watchdog group, sent a letter to Secretary of State Gigi Dennis urging her to investigate a series of questionable contributions to Rep. Bob Beauprez’s campaign for Governor. A CCEG analysis of Rep. Beauprez’s campaign finance reports showed that a number of LLCs with the same address and the same owners and/or operators have made contributions to his campaign in excess of individual contribution limits.