Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:03:03 AM
It was a pleasure to watch Colorado Inside Out on KBDI last night and see the accolades being heaped on Arapahoe County DA Carol Chambers by all panelists. Her office had just successfully prosecuted Jason Reynolds for road rage murder. Her husband was favorably mentioned as well.
Just three months ago she and her husband were involved in what had all of the appearances of a show trial conducted by John Gleason's Office of Attorney Regulation. That "trial" before a structural Kangaroo Court was timed to occur just before the election, and involved four Republicans.
Despite all of the negative publicity and negative editorials by the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, there wasn't much of a case. Attorney Regulation tried to slip that fact by the public by releasing its findings to the public on the day after Christmas.
She was found guilty on one minor count and ordered to pay costs. This order to pay costs is another slap in the face to Arapahoe County taxpayers, who also had to pay for Carol Chamber's defense, to the tune of $80,000.
Attorney Regulation is a creation of the Colorado Supreme Court. It is not funded by the legislature, but indirectly by the Colorado Bar Association. The public has no input into the appointment of any of its personnel, who, along with the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, William Lucero, serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court. Judge Lucero never faces a retention election, which is why this whole operation can be called a "structural Kangaroo Court."
This was just one more attempt by Colorado Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey, a partisan Democrat, to swing an election. It is my hope that when she and the four Democratic Justices who keep her on as Chief Justice come up for retention, they pay a price at the ballot box.
In any event, it was good to see that Republican DA Carol Chambers got some good publicity for a change. You can bet that neither the Rocky Mountain News or the Denver Post will join in the praise.
For my Colorado Springs readers who wonder what is going on, the Gazette Telegraph chose not to cover the this attempt to swing the election in any way. The only Colorado Springs coverage was by this blog. If you wish to look back, most coverage occurred in early to mid October.