Posts Tagged ‘Adams County Democrats’

The shenanigans of Adams County Democrat-dominated politicians have been well documented on these pages and some local newspapers.  Political news site Colorado Peak Politics recently wrote of the Adams Family, “If you’ve got a D next to your name in Adams County you’re probably corrupt.” Corrupt politicians in Adams County are nothing new – they [...]

After being missing from the job voters hired him to do for months and potentially facing criminal charges, Ken Riley submitted his resignation to the RTD Board of Directors on Monday night.  In a troubling trend, he becomes the third local Adams County politico in recent months to become embroiled in scandal. Nearly two weeks [...]

Following on last week’s breaking news first seen here on Tony’s Rants of one Adams County politico not showing up for work, the Denver Post discovered another.  Scandal-tainted assessor Gil Reyes apparently is not even working part time at the full time job taxpayers elected him to do. According to the Post, over the past [...]

With the RTD FasTracks boondoggle set to leave the north Denver area behind, residents are apparently not getting adequate representation on the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors.  Ken Riley, the elected representative for District K, has been MIA in recent months and has many wondering, “Where in the world is Riley?” Update, 10/19/11: RTD Director [...]

Those who served and are serving in our nation’s military are some of the finest citizens our nation has to offer.  It is no wonder that politicians pander to – and often exploit them – for their own benefit.  Sadly that is happening right now in the current local election cycle. It is a recurring theme played [...]

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 [...]

Adams County Assessor Gil Reyes was criminally charged this past week for accepting gifts as an elected official and failing to report them.  While the current charge is relatively minimal, Reyes becomes the first member of the Adams Family to be brought before the courts to answer for his purported misdeeds. Reyes accepted tickets to [...]

The Adams County Commissioners today sent a letter to the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission seeking an investigation into gifts received by Assessor Gil Reyes.  Reyes accepted lunches and sporting event tickets in exchange for allegedly lowering tax assessments on campaign donors’ properties. In the letter (below) the commissioners cite today’s Denver Post story that we [...]

If you haven’t already you will be receiving a notice from the county assessor in the coming days telling you how much your home or business property is worth.  Should you need a break on your taxes that are determined by the valuation, you might consider sliding some sports tickets to Adams County Assessor Gil [...]