Bob Gardner

Guest Commentary: All is not well at the Colorado Civil Rights Division, as suspected

October 21, 2019 at 10:12 a.m.

The recent revealing of the audit conducted on the Colorado Civil Rights Division and Commission was nothing short of damning. Failure to properly abide by state law in holding all...

Colorado's Division of Youth Services has undergone changes, including making facilities less like Spring Creek in El Paso County less like jails. A bill in the General Assembly this year aims to reduce recidivism. (Image courtesy Division of Youth Corrections)

Guest Commentary: Colorado鈥檚 youth deserve a better聽juvenile聽justice聽system

March 22, 2019 at 5:37 p.m.

Colorado has made remarkable improvements to its聽juvenile聽justice聽system, resulting in safer communities and fewer youth unnecessarily incarcerated. Due to bipartisan policy solutions,聽juvenile聽arrests declined 18 percent and filings to聽juvenile聽district court decreased 9...

House Speaker Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, speaks as dozens rally on Tuesday at the Colorado Capitol to protect the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in an event organized by Democrats and LGBT advocacy groups. Republicans, however, say they don't want to do away with the panel.

Guest Commentary: Unprecedented demagoguery from the left threatens compromise on Civil Rights Division

March 2, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

The Civil Rights Division and Commission are not exempt from the same scrutiny that plumbers or electricians or real estate boards, or nurses have undergone over the years.

Guest Commentary: A meaningful step forward to modernize the Colorado Open Records Act

July 10, 2017 at 11:12 a.m.

We introduced SB 40, an important bill to make it easier for Coloradans to understand the actions and activities of their government by allowing more effective access to public records,...

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