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Former Brighton Mayor Jan Pawlowski runs for county commissioner
January 19th, 2012 | 
Author: Former Brighton Mayor Jan Pawlowski is hoping to return to life in public office.
Pawlowski, a Republican, is challenging embattled County Commissioner Alice Nichol, who has been linked to a scandal involving Quality Paving. Nichol, who was first elected county commissioner in 2004, is up for re-election this fall.
Pawlowski served as mayor of Brighton for eight years before leaving because of term limits. Prior to becoming mayor, she also served six years on Brighton’s City Council.
In a statement, Pawlowski said she hopes to restore integrity to the office of county commissioner.
“Adams County has been my home for the past 45 years, and it distresses me to see the negative publicity the county is receiving,” Pawlowski said. “We need change and I feel my political and community experience will bring a positive change to the board of county commissioners.”
Nichol, a Democrat, would be seeking her third term as county commissioner in District 2. She was elected to the Board of Commissioners in November 2004, re-elected in November 2008, and currently serves as vice chairman.
Joey Kirchmer: 303-954-2650 or jkirchmer@denverpost.com
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Saturday, February 11th is the next NSRF meeting
Our next meeting is from 9:30-11:30 am, Saturday, February 11th featuring all announced candidates running for political office in the north metro area. We meet at our new location, the Anythink Huron Street Library community room, 9417 Huron St, Thornton, 80260. We’ll have a continental breakfast with coffee and water so come join us and bring a friend. $20 annual dues for 2012 will be collected along with the $3 per meeting cost.
Adams County individual precinct maps
The new Adams County precinct maps are out. You have to poke around to find out your precinct. Select your old precinct and look at the map showing the surrounding precincts. Click here to go to the page.
Every ten years congressional and State Legislative district boundaries are redrawn to accommodate population shifts. Adams County elections staff is currently in the process of implementing the approved changes. If you have questions regarding new precinct or district boundaries, please contact us at adams.elections@adcogov.org or by telephone at (720) 523-6500. We are open Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. New precinct and district information will be available on this page as soon as we have finished implementing the approved changes.
“33 is 33″ Party
As many of you may already be aware, our wonderful House District 33 Representative Don Beezley is NOT going to be running for re-election in 2012. This is a sad loss for our district as Don was one of a kind and will be missed.
As you also know, we NEED to maintain 33 members of the House to keep our Republican Majority to ensure that our conservative principles are represented in the Legislature, as well as to block bad legislation put forth by the liberals in our State.
We are lucky to have an experienced young leader named Dave Pigott who has stepped up and is running for House District 33 against the tax and spend, union backed, liberal Diane Primavera. There is a reason we made a change from the progressive agenda of Primavera in 2010; we, HD33 made the decision to elect a principled conservative in Don Beezley and Dave will continue to lead our community to liberty and prosperity. Read the rest of this entry »
A Message from Mitt Romney….
MITT ROMNEY WANTS YOU TO BE PART OF HIS
COLORADO WINNING TEAM FOR PRESIDENT
Sign up today to be your precinct captain for the Romney Team Read the rest of this entry »
Pot meet kettle: Partisan Adams County Democrat decries partisan politics
November 26th, 2011
Do we really need more of the corrupt the Adams Family? The Adams County Democrats seem to think so.
In a letter to the editor of the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel a resident took to lamenting partisan politics at Thornton City Hall. Considering the source is as partisan as they come, the dispatch is almost comical.
Linda Wisniewski rips into freshly seated Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams, apparently concerned about Williams’ party affiliation, campaign contributors and associations. One would think if you were not for partisan politics, you would give someone a fair shot no matter their political affiliation.
In signing her name to the letter, Wisniewski should have provided full disclosure. She and her husband, Marty, in fact serve on theState Central Committee for the Colorado Democratic Party. She is also intimately involved with the Adams County Democratic Party of which Marty serves as chair. Read the rest of this entry »
District judge sides with Democrats in setting congressional districts for next 10 years
In a blow to Colorado Republicans that could affect election outcomes for the next decade, a district judge has ruled in favor of a Democratic map that redraws congressional district lines.
In his ruling issued late today, Denver District Judge Robert Hyatt said the “Moreno/South” Democratic map submitted at trial “most accurately reflected and preserved current communities of interest in 2011.
“It appears clear to this court that the Moreno approach to redistricting Colorado will also produce the maximum amount of competition of any of the realistically proffered maps in at least three districts — the 3rd, the 6th and the 7th,” Hyatt wrote in his ruling. “Each of those districts contains significant Latino populations, giving that group a major role in the decision about who will represent them in Congress. Read the rest of this entry »
NSRF November 2011 Newsletter
Monthly newsletter of the North Suburban Republican Forum for November, 2011.
Click here to read the newsletter.
Adams County paid $1.6 million to settle sex-harassment allegations in coroner’s office
BRIGHTON — More than $1.6 million in settlements have been paid to former employees of past Adams County Coroner James Hibbard, all related to allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation in his office.
The biggest settlement — $650,000 — was to Dr. Michael Arnall, a pathologist under contract with Hibbard’s office. Arnall claims he was fired for trying to help women sexually harassed by Hibbard’s chief deputy coroner, Mark Chavez.
Arnall also alleges in his federal lawsuit that Hibbard used an overhead camera to peer at the breasts of female employees during autopsies.
But over the past several months, other settlements have been reached with women who worked in Hibbard’s office, according to the county attorney’s office. Read the rest of this entry »
Pathologist awarded $650,000 in settlement of lawsuit against former Adams County coroner
A contract pathologist who spoke out against sexual harassment in the Adams County coroner’s office has been awarded $650,000 in a settlement agreement.
Dr. Michael Arnall sued the Adams County commissioners and former Coroner James Hibbard in U.S. District Court last year, claiming he was fired because he objected to the harassment of female employees by Hibbard and a member of his staff.
Arnall said in his suit that Hibbard used overhead autopsy suite cameras to observe the breasts of two female employees. One of those employees was Monica Broncucia-Jordan, who is the current Adams County coroner.
Arnall, who began contract work with the coroner’s office in early 2005, had his contract terminated in early December 2008 because he preserved evidence of Hibbard observing Broncucia-Jordan’s breasts with the autopsy camera, the lawsuit said.
When Hibbard saw Arnall take a cellphone photo of the autopsy camera while it was trained on Broncucia-Jordan’s breasts, Hibbard “fired Arnall on the spot,” said Arnall’s attorney, David Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
