Posts Tagged ‘Alice Nichol’

State Senator Mary Hodge and Representative Cherylin Peniston have represented Adams County for many years but sat silently through dozens of scandals in Adams County and refused to take a stand for their constituents.  Now, faced with a public uproar, they are desperately trying to save their political careers by forcing an ethics measure on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In a letter to the editor of the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel a resident took to lamenting partisan politics at Thornton City Hall.  Considering the source is as partisan as they come, the dispatch is almost comical. Linda Wisniewski rips into freshly seated Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams, apparently concerned about Williams’ party affiliation, campaign contributors and associations.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]