Colorado Watchdog Files Ethics Complaints Against 12 Democratic Lawmakers over Vail Retreat

Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for

Colorado Common Cause alleged Wednesday that more than a dozen Colorado lawmakers violated an ethics prohibition on gift-giving when they asked One Main Street to help pay for a mountain retreat.

Ethics complaints filed against Democratic state lawmakers who attended Vail retreat with lobbyists

The complaints were filed by Colorado Common Cause, a liberal-leaning nonprofit that advocates for an open government. They were submitted to Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission, which is charged with reviewing allegations of violations of the state’s 20-year-old gift ban.

Colorado watchdog files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat

The complaints said the lawmakers accepted illegal gifts from One Main Street that violate Amendment 41, the state’s ethics amendment.