Posts Tagged ‘Adams County’

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 [...]

Whispers about the possibility of Thornton forming its own county are now a very loud chorus with city council now openly asking if it is time to break ties with Adams County.  Scandals, questionable dealings, the lack of openness and a poor rate of return for the city and its citizens have all taken what [...]

As expected, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Democrat backed maps for the decadal redistricting and in doing so the political landscape for the north Denver metro area has changed dramatically. The new maps will have repercussions for the next 10 years and gives Adams County residents a real opportunity at electing representatives that more [...]

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 [...]

Democrats and Republicans were unable to agree on new Congressional boundaries following the Census so Denver District Judge Robert Hyatt has done it for them.  Hyatt accepted a Democrat map that will drastically change the makeup of Colorado’s congressional districts. Update, 12/7/11 – Redistricting brings big changes, new congressmen to Thornton and Adams County Gerrymandering [...]

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 [...]