Author: David Migoya
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Aurora Water Day 1 Glossary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Glossary of terms Tributary water: Water that flows along or into surface streams, creeks, ditches, lakes or reservoirs. Non-tributary water: Water that is underground, such as an aquifer, and is not connected to any surface…
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Uncharted waters: Aurora’s unique bid for gold mine water hits head waves
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s Note: Part one of a two-part investigation. Read part two here. The historic London Mine, one of Colorado’s most prolific for gold and silver as well as for lead and zinc from its beginning in the 1880s to its closure in 1991, sits roughly…
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Colorado water rights: A complex system and pricey process
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado water rights are a complex subject. How it’s sold and what happens to it thereafter can be as dizzying a process to understand as it is to trace. All water in Colorado is public in that it must be used for a beneficial purpose.…
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Insider deal creates “monopoly”: How Vail’s exclusive delivery service sparked a lawsuit and controversy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s all about who you know. In just over three years, Matthew Dietz leapt from bankruptcy into a million-dollar, multi-year contract the Town of Vail laid at his feet in a lucrative deal that could ultimately transform ski towns across Colorado. As business partners, Dietz…
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Case against district judge in Adams County allegedly ‘slow-walked’ to discipline commission
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A second judicial discipline case, that of 17th Judicial District Judge Robert Kiesnowski Jr. who resigned last year, has key connections with Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Boatright, according to documents and interviews. District Court Judge Robert W. Kiesnowski Jr. Despite promises by Boatright…
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73 Colorado judges under investigation for not filing financial disclosures
Colorado’s judicial discipline commission on Friday told legislators it is actively investigating more than 70 cases, in which judges allegedly violated state law by not filing personal financial disclosure documents for public review. The commission told a joint hearing of the House and Senate judiciary committees those investigations — 73 of them — were a large part…
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A Colorado day care was cited for dozens of violations dating back to 2017; the state didn’t intervene until November
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Fort Collins day care that was allowed to operate on probationary licenses a half dozen times over the past six years before it was forced in November to change ownership — all from violations that ranged from child abuse and neglect to falsifying records to…
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New state judicial discipline system won’t include Denver county judges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly two dozen Denver County Court judges will not be impacted by any reform to the state’s judicial discipline system should voters approve the proposal next year. That’s because Denver’s 19 county jurists — each appointed by the mayor and apart from the 27 Denver district…
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Colorado voters to see constitutional amendment on judicial discipline reform in 2024
Along with the next American president, Colorado voters in November 2024 will decide whether to change the state’s system of disciplining its judges, the culmination of a judiciary scandal that began nearly five years ago with revelations of an insider-deal contract. The Colorado legislature on Monday formally approved the proposed amendment – House Concurrent Resolution…
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Bill creating HOA and metro district task forces heads to Jared Polis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two separate task forces created by the state General Assembly will take deep dives later this year into the issues affecting tens of thousands of Coloradans living in homeowners’ associations and metropolitan districts. The task forces’ creation comes on the heels of a variety of…