We need to stop that system and shut it down.

If we play that argument out, it's like a storm-water fee. You have to pay the fee and once you pay that fee, it's not private money, it's public money.

None of the data so far is shocking. We want candidates to accept them, but they are voluntary.

This is a poison pill. It (the ban on speech payments) needs to come off and we need to address this issue in separate legislation.

We urge a clear and strict code of ethics with sanctions so that elected officials and special interests know what lines cannot be crossed.

To interview your spouse's firm and then be part of a recommendation to council to say 'Hire this firm' -- that's going to benefit her bottom line.

It's very interesting that they're moving so quickly. If they use this (justice center) as a mandate to overreach and put anything, willy-nilly forth, the voters won't be supportive.

The voters have proven to be pretty thoughtful. Some initiatives pass narrowly and some are crushed.

I just can't imagine that's the only attorney in the metro area that could serve Cherry Hills Village.