Posts Tagged ‘Adams County’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]