In advance of primary voting, McInnis asks for extension in ethics probe

Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint last month asserting that GOP candidate for governor and Colorado licensed attorney Scott McInnis violated professional ethics rules when he plagiarized articles for which he was paid $300,000. The Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel took up the investigation in July and gave McInnis 20 days to file a defense (pdf). The deadline came and went last Wednesday.

Yes on Amendment 41? Abramoff Made Me Do It

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If some opponents of Amendment 41 are to be believed, 93,888 Colorado voters entered their polling places on Nov. 7, 2006, to the strains of “Dueling Banjos.”

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National Ethics Group Details Family Affairs In U.S. Congress

An investigative ethics watchdog group released a report today detailing what it says is a premier analysis of U.S. Senate members misusing their power to financially benefit themselves and members of their families.

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Bush Budget Subverts New Open Records Law

A new federal law meant to strengthen the way government agencies process Freedom of Information Act requests would be undermined by a provision in President George W. Bush’s new 2009 budget proposal, according to government transparency groups and a lawmaker…

Letter Reveals Real Opponents of Ethics Reform

You’ve gotta pay

For your right

To lobby!

OK, so it ain’t exactly Brooklyn’s Beastie Boys fighting for their right to party.

But the beastie boys and girls who make their money lobbying to influence public…

Musgrave Ponies Up to Avoid Ethics Complaint

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave skirted a congressional ethics violation by quickly issuing a $480 check for use of a vacation cabin owned by a politically-connected conservative activist.

Following an investigation by the Rocky Mountain News’ M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Guy…

The Company You Keep

Fourth Congressional District Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is hosting a campaign fundraising event this week which has again raised questions about her connections to ethically-challenged politicians.

But Will There Be Lobbyists at the Beach?

Even as a Colorado group has turned in signatures to put ethics reform on the November ballot, Congress is stalling on lobbying reform efforts at the national level, with little action expected before they go on August…

Lobbyist Gift Ban Qualifies for Ballot

Look out, Jack Abramoffs of Colorado.

They’re celebrating over at Coloradans for Clean Government, where organizers for an initiative to ban lobbyist gifts to public officials yesterday turned in 108,421 signatures, enough to qualify for the…