What has been happening in Colorado politics this week while you’ve been busy watching the impeachment hearings? Glad you asked.
The Denver Postap Justin Wingerter was the first to report a couple of oddities about the state’s spending on the lawyer representing former Gov. John Hickenlooper against ethics charges. For instance, in the state’s , the name of the law firm receiving the payments from the governor’s office was redacted. Wingerter was able to identify them only by knowing the dates and amounts that were paid.
Redacted payments were made under both the Hickenlooper and Polis administrations, and a Polis spokesperson said may have been to protect . Interestingly, though, hours after we published the story online Wednesday, the name of Mark Grueskin’s law firm was unredacted. Hurray for transparency in the transparency database.
See Alex Burness’ item below for other open records issues The Post has been raising.
Top Line
The Colorado Department of Transportation announced today the projects it’s going to prioritize with the money the General Assembly has been able to set aside for roads. CDOT doesn’t have the $9 billion it has been seeking for years but says it can cover about $1.6 billion worth of construction. Jon Murray has the details on where the state plans to use it.
In other top news
- Almost half of U.S. states have joined Colorado in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the rules for so-called faithless electors. We’re watching this case closely because of its potential to impact how the Electoral College works as we head into the 2020 presidential election.
- The biggest suburban Denver vote this week was about a burger place.
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