Posts Tagged ‘Adams County Commissioners’

Taxes in any form are unpopular but when coupled with a new bureaucracy ushered in by disgraced county officials under the auspices of a ‘fee’ they are sure to raise residents’ hackles.  Such is the case with the new Adams County “Stormwater Utility” that is raising taxes on county residents and, adding insult to injury, [...]

Voters inexplicably elected Charles “Chaz” Tedesco to the Adams County Commissioners office despite his history of lying and financial problems.  While Tedesco claimed those woes were in his past, it turns out the past was only a few weeks ago when he was recently slapped with a hefty fine for campaign finance violations. Foreclosure and [...]

The corruption and scandals running rampant in Adams County in recent years have been well documented.  Question 1A on the 2012 ballot provides a key avenue toward restoring good governance and gives the people are larger say in county affairs. 1A quite simply would expand the Adams County Board of Commissioners from the current three [...]

Adams County will soon be rid of two ethically challenged commissioners and while there are some fine candidates vying to replace them, at least one seems to have a problem with telling the truth.  Charles ‘Chaz’ Tedesco was confronted about past DUI arrests and lied repeatedly on camera about them. As reported by CBS4 investigative [...]

The response to a new quality of life survey conducted by Adams County shows the county has a long way to go to gain back residents’ trust.  Scandals and mismanagement are taking their toll on citizens and it is clear that November provides a path to fixing things. Survey respondents were asked a host of [...]

Nine months ago Adams County implemented measures to limit jail population that has put citizens at risk.  They promised that the issue would be revisited in June.  Now that the time has come – and past – the sheriff has said he is ‘too busy’ to sit down with the cities, work on the issue, [...]

November 2012 gives Adams County voters the unprecedented opportunity to take back their county government from decades of failed leadership.  Voters are finally going to have some real choices to help restore the county’s reputation after being rocked by scandals. There is little point in rehashing the absolute disaster that Adams County elected officials and [...]

As one of the key figures in the Quality Paving scandal in Adams County, the company’s owner was found guilty of 23 felony counts and sentenced to nine years in jail.  In a shocking development today, the judge in the case has delayed the administration of justice and allowed Jerry Rhea to remain free while [...]

A great deal of ink on paper and in the virtual world has been spent on the trials and tribulations of Adams County’s corrupt elected officials (coincidentally all of whom are Democrats).  Residents have had enough and a host of them are stepping up and running for office in an attempt to clean up the [...]

One would think that accusations of nepotism, cronyism, fraud, and corruption would be enough to dissuade someone from running for office but sometimes politicians just don’t get it.  Such is the case with Democrat Alice Nichol who announced today she will seek a third term as county commissioner. They say ignorance is bliss but one [...]