Denver, CO – An Independent Ethics Commission fined former Governor John Hickenlooper $2,750, but that does not cover his $127,000 taxpayer-funded defense.
The commission’s ruling comes just a week after it determined Hickenlooper violated state ethics laws by allowing large corporations to pay for a private jet trip to Connecticut, a Maserati limousine ride and plush dinners in 2018.
From The Denver Post
The commission claimed it likely does not have the authority to charge Hickenlooper for his legal fees. Regardless, Hickenlooper owes Colorado taxpayers, especially after it was ruled he violated state ethics laws.
That $127,000 actually came out of a 9/11 economic recovery fund. Not just any slush fund, Hickenlooper’s legal defense came out of a 9/11 economic recovery fund.
Both Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) and Hickenlooper’s primary opponent Andrew Romanoff rebuked Hickenlooper for his actions.
“It’s now up to Governor Hickenlooper to do the right thing: take full responsibility for violating the Colorado Constitution and pay back Colorado taxpayers over $127,000 for his taxpayer-funded attorney fees that came from a 9/11 economic recovery fund,” Republican Sen. Cory Gardner said in a statement after the commission’s ruling Friday.
From The Denver Post
Coloradans are apparently wising up to Hickenlooper’s elitist ways. A new poll shows Romanoff closing the gap to 12 points in Colorado’s June 30, 2020, Democrat primary.
We have a hard time believing Romanoff, who is campaigning on the “Green New Deal” and other progressive policies, can pull off the upset. However, this is likely going to be a tight race considering Hickenlooper looked set to run away with it a few months ago.
What do you think? Will Hickenlooper stumble into a primary win despite blunder after blunder?
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Hickenlooper owes Colorado a lot of money and on top of that Governor Polis apparently continued to hand out the money that was in an Account that Hickenlooper thought no one would notice. Seems to me like that both the former Governor and the Now Governor are pretty much in this together. One hand is rubbing the other one. The President Governor said he wasn’t leaving the State Capital, he didn’t care how many signatures were gathered up — he was not leaving the State Capital. Apparently no matter how many signatures were gathered. This isn’t right. How can Polis sign a handout to Union Bosses when nothing is ever voted upon. I thought Hickey was bad, but Polis is worse.
Yeah, but if the commission enforced ethics rules properly without bias, with properly morally based ethic, just about every politician in the state would have multiple violations. Nothingburger, a targeted hit for political bias. A 100k of government waste is not even half a drop in the bucket. Pollis makes Hickenlooper look like a picnic under the sun on a clear blue day. I’d readily trade back for Hickenlooper today if that was a voting possibility. We broke out the cheetos quite some time ago.
Hickenlooper must be held “justly accountable” for his history of “mass corruption”. There are no valid excuses for extremely damaging behavior such as this. This political cancer must stop.