More response to Friday’s “Demand accountability from judges, too” Denver Post article from Clear The Bench Colorado

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, July 7, 2010

The discussion continues…
More readers (including a vehement critic of citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights to evaluate judicial officeholders) have weighed in on our article (published on Friday, July 2nd under the “My Turn” header as “Demand accountability from judges, too”) in response to a June 11th article defending incumbent judges and attacking critiques of the court (“Criticism of [...]

Readers respond to Friday’s “Demand accountability from judges, too” Denver Post article from Clear The Bench Colorado

by CTBC Director | 11:33 pm, July 5, 2010

After a few weeks (and a Face The State article - ”Supreme Court’s temporary digs draw a dart from court critics“ - noting the Denver Post’s lack of critical coverage of the Colorado Supreme Court, and the issue of judicial retention elections, since the Colorado Supreme Court began paying the Denver Newspaper Agency $1.6 million in annual rent [...]

Accountability, Transparency apply to the Colorado Supreme Court, too

by CTBC Director | 9:12 am, July 2, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado is always willing to give credit where credit is due – even if the credit was earned grudgingly and under pressure.
Accordingly, we commend the Denver Post for publishing (albeit weeks after submission and in greatly abbreviated form) our article in today’s (Friday) newspaper in response to a guest commentary published June [...]

Midweek update: more on Clear The Bench Colorado rebuttal of the frivolous, groundless, and vexatious attack (er, “complaint”) pursued by “Colorado Ethics Watch” (CEW, pronounced “sue” – it’s what they do)

by CTBC Director | 11:11 am, July 1, 2010

The politically motivated attack (er, “complaint”) by leftist lawsuit machine “Colorado Ethics Watch” (CEW, pronounced “sue” – it’s what they do) against Clear The Bench Colorado hit a snag this week when the administrative law judge refused to hear CEW’s motion for summary judgement in isolation (which was an underhanded move by CEW attempting to [...]

Denver Post (lack of) coverage of Colorado Supreme Court criticism draws notice, response

by CTBC Director | 11:45 pm, June 30, 2010

Clear The Bench Colorado has noted for several months now an apparent bias in the Denver Post’s coverage (more accurately, lack of coverage) of the very newsworthy fact that for the first time in over forty (40!) years (since the system of judicial retention – i.e. yes/no – elections in Colorado replaced contested – i.e. [...]

Monday Media Week in Review – did Clear The Bench Colorado influence Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mullarkey’s retirement?

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, June 14, 2010

Media coverage of Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey’s announcement of her intent to retire rather than be held accountable by voters in the November elections over the last week began to go beyond the initial ‘news’ articles mostly just recounting the announcement itself (along with the obligatory paeans to her lengthy career) to [...]

DougCo school board says no to bullies

by Amy Oliver | 3:24 pm, May 19, 2010

Taxpayers should write a big thank you note to the members of the Douglas County School Board. They had the nerve to say “NO” to the school bullies that defend the education establishment.
The Douglas County School Board won’t use taxpayer dollars to sue taxpayers for more — you guessed it — taxpayer dollars, according to [...]

School bullies use your money to sue YOU!

by Amy Oliver | 10:00 pm, April 25, 2010

Cash-strapped Colorado school districts have ponied up nearly $245,000 in taxpayer dollars to fund a class action lawsuit to sue taxpayers for more money for K-12 education according to a recent Face the State article.
The Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) and the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) are championing the suit, Lobato v. [...]

Colorado Supreme Court & School Funding: Case to Clear the Bench now overwhelming (Ben DeGrow on Face The State radio)

by CTBC Director | 2:23 pm, November 4, 2009

Cross-posted from the Peoples Press Collective and Mount Virtus websites, from commentator Big Ben (big, but “not as big as Rasmussen“) DeGrow:
“Despite all the hoopla (much of it well-deserved) about the election results, let’s not lose focus on an easily overlooked issue that should factor into some of our important decisions for 2010 — namely, the Colorado [...]

Colorado Springs Gazette decries “the ol’ Bait and Switch” – Budget raiding turns fees into taxes

by CTBC Director | 10:00 am, October 31, 2009

An alert reader (hat tip to Live Free Colorado) brought the Colorado Springs Gazette editorial criticizing the tax and “fee” ‘bait and switch’ tactics employed by the current administration – thanks to the Mullarkey Majority’s unconstitutional ruling last November – to my attention this morning.
The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights clearly says that voters have to [...]

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