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Guilty: Key figure in Adams County scandal found guilty of 62 felonies
A sweet deal if you can get it. Quality Paving resurfaced the driveway of Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol's home. (Google) The first conviction in one of many scandals to rock Adams County in...
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Guilty too: Jury finds Quality Paving owner guilty of 23 counts
A sweet deal if you can get it. Quality Paving resurfaced the driveway of Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol's home. (Google) One by one the key figures in a scandal that has rocked Adams County...
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Disgraced Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol to seek reelection for third...
Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol is apparently not ready to give up her spot as Grandmama in the Adams Family. One would think that accusations of nepotism, cronyism, fraud, and corruption would...
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District 1 candidates for county commissioner line up to clean up Adams County
A great deal of ink on paper and in the virtual world has been spent on the trials and tribulations of Adams County’s corrupt elected officials (coincidentally all of whom are Democrats). Residents...
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Adams County justice: Convicted criminal in paving scandal allowed to remain...
Adams County style justice? Convicted felon allowed to remain free because he suffers from a minor shoulder injury. As one of the key figures in the Quality Paving scandal in Adams County, the...
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Early handicapping of the local elections in Adams County
November 2012 gives Adams County voters the unprecedented opportunity to take back their county government from decades of failed leadership. Voters are finally going to have some real choices to help...
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Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr to cities: I’m too busy to discuss citizen safety
Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr is a busy man. Too busy to address the single most important citizen safety issue in the county. Nine months ago Adams County implemented measures to limit jail...
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Survey shows residents have lost faith in Adams County government; signals...
Much work needs to be done to restore Adams County government to credibility. Guest writer Kevin Raines has a list of things that must change. The response to a new quality of life survey conducted by...
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Caught on tape: Adams County Commissioner candidate lies about arrest record
It isn’t Charles “Chaz” Tedesco’s DUI arrests (or mullet at the time) that have him in trouble today, it is his repeated lying about them. Adams County will soon be rid of two ethically challenged...
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Adams County Ballot Question 1A: Making the case for five county commissioners
Good governance requires adequate representation of the people and expanding the Adams County Board of Commissioners to five helps to ensure this. The corruption and scandals running rampant in Adams...
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Money problems continue: Commissioner Tedesco slapped with campaign finance...
Adams County Commissioner Chaz Tedesco (Center), his attorney Manny Solano and Solano’s wife, former Colorado State Representative Judy Solano. Despite friends in high places, Tedesco was slapped with...
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Adams County residents threaten lawsuit over storm water fees
Adams County’s new stormwater utility tax has created a storm of its own as residents promise to fight the county government. Watch the video below. (stopstormwaterutility.com) Taxes in any form are...
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Appalling: Adams County commissioners impose 1st Amendment restrictions,...
Debate should be welcomed – not silenced. Unfortunately the majority of the Adams County Board of Commissioners disagrees. (iStockphoto / Stefan Redel) Following a sweep of the old guard, crooked...
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Police chiefs warn citizens’ safety threatened by Adams County sheriff’s jail...
By order of Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr, there is no admittance to the county jail – even for the criminals. For over a year-and-a-half municipalities have dealt with the jail inmate cap instituted...
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Adams County’s shame over “free speech zones” goes national
National news website The Daily Caller hits Adams County for its restrictions on citizens’ First Amendment rights. The shocking actions of Adams County commissioners Chaz Tedesco and Eva Henry to limit...
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Slap down: Adams County Commissioners repeal ‘free speech area’ following...
Despite a change of heart on their implementation of ‘free speech zones,’ commissioners Henry and Tedesco have not shown they have a commitment to restoring good governance to the county. Adams County...
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Adams County cities throw down the gauntlet over county jail limitations,...
By order of Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr, there is no admittance to the county jail – even for the criminals. Fed up with being forced to turn loose criminals rather than sending them to jail, area...
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Violation of Colorado Constitution with ‘rain tax’ to land Adams County in court
Adams County’s attempt to tax rain water is going to end up in court as citizens fight against the unjust and unconstitutional tax. With the majority of the Adams County Board of Commissioners...
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ADCO quick hits: FasTracks, airport management, 2014 elections and more
I have been off the radar in recent weeks as I took a bit of a sabbatical from writing following the always hectic election season. That however doesn’t mean I haven’t been paying attention. Here are...
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Adams County cities file lawsuit against sheriff, commissioners over jail...
Five Adams County cities are suing the sheriff and county commissioners over the much-maligned cap on the number of municipal inmates that has jeopardized citizen safety. Aurora, Commerce City, Federal...
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