Posts Tagged ‘Adams County Commissioners’

One by one the key figures in a scandal that has rocked Adams County are seeing justice at the hands of juries.  Today former Quality Paving owner Jerry Rhea was found guilty of all 23 felony counts he faced. Rhea pleaded ignorance to a scheme involving his company’s employees and Adams County employees that resulted [...]

The first conviction in one of many scandals to rock Adams County in recent years has yielded stunning results.  Dennis Coen, former vice president of Quality Paving, has been found guilty of 62 felonies. Coen was complicit in a scheme carried out by his employees and Adams County staff that bilked taxpayers out of millions [...]

Adams County Commissioner Skip Fischer announced this week that he will not seek reelection for a third term.   One of two commissioners now on the board with ties to the county’s scandalous history, Fischer saw the writing on the wall and will slip into history rather than go down in defeat in November. As a [...]

Twenty five days.  That is how long the Adams County Sheriff’s Office is accused of jailing a deaf man without providing any means to communicate with him.  Continuing a troubling trend of problems with county government, the story has now gone national with Drudge Report and the Associated Press highlighting the story. The sheriff is [...]

In one fell swoop Adams County has set back relations with the cities within its borders 20 years in a move that threatens to return more criminals to the streets instead of remanding them to jail.  The inability of the county government to properly control its finances now is set to harm the very citizens [...]

With corruption running rampant in Adams County government, citizens will have their chance in November 2012 to implement much needed reforms.  On the ballot will be a question asking voters to increase the Board of Commissioners to five members from the current three. Commissioner Erik Hansen forced the Democrat members of the board, Alice Nichol [...]

There will be no rest for the weary scandal-tainted Adams Family as one of its members, Adams County Assessor Gil Reyes, has been found to have violated property tax laws and may soon face criminal charges.  Reyes is one of a number of Democrat politicians in the county facing tough questions about their scandalous and [...]

Forced to take action after numerous scandals rocked county government, the Adams County Board of Commissioners adopted a series of reforms in an attempt to restore the public’s trust.  While the reforms are certainly a step in the right direction, questions still remain and show there is much work to be done. The seven reforms [...]

Not only does Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol face new questions about her violations of the county Code of Ethics, a special prosecutor will also delve into her questionable dealings and associations with a now-defunct paving company. The Denver Post reports this morning that Adams County District Attorney Don Quick has asked Jefferson County District [...]

Faced with accusations of nepotism, greed and corruption, Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol (D) launched a defense against her detractors last week in a statement on her campaign website insisting she has “done nothing improper.”  However a look at the Adams County Code of Ethics for employees and elected officials finds that Nichol violated many [...]