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Tina Peters

Posted inPolitics and Government

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters held in contempt of court, fined $1,500

by The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel 2:17 PM MDT on May 6, 20232:17 PM MDT on May 6, 2023

Testimony showed that Peters was seen video recording a Feb. 7, 2022, hearing for her former chief deputy, Belinda Knisley, when Knisley was facing felony burglary and misdemeanor cybercrimes charges

Posted inCartoons

“What’d I Miss?”: Fighting the stereotype

by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:15 AM MDT on Apr 14, 20239:54 AM MDT on Apr 13, 2023

In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie reveals that while he’s never even been in a fight, he still has to wrestle with the perception of the Black man as superhuman threat.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: Colorado’s zombie GOP puts Dave Williams in charge

by Mario Nicolais 3:03 AM MDT on Mar 19, 20238:32 AM MDT on Mar 18, 2023

After dying with the last election, the Colorado GOP is now just a horror show troupe wandering aimlessly in the political landscape

Posted inPolitics and Government

Dave Williams elected to lead battered Colorado GOP for next two years 

by Sandra Fish 4:09 PM MST on Mar 11, 20232:06 PM MDT on Mar 14, 2023

Williams succeeds Kristi Burton Brown, who was state party chair for two years and oversaw a disastrous 2022 election cycle for the GOP

Posted inPolitics and Government

Judge overseeing Tina Peters’ criminal prosecution won’t be deposed in separate case against indicted Mesa County clerk

by Jesse Paul 11:56 AM MST on Dec 19, 202212:52 PM MST on Dec 19, 2022

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett’s deposition isn’t necessary in a contempt of court case against Peters. The deposition threatened to upend the separate criminal case against Peters.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: Boot Barn shout-fest is all that is left of the Colorado GOP

by Mario Nicolais 3:03 AM MST on Dec 4, 202211:03 AM MST on Dec 3, 2022

Conspiracy-fueled, far-right extremists epitomize a party that has cannibalized its own election cycle after election cycle

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: Ballot box watching events are unnecessary, anti-democratic and dangerous

by Mario Nicolais 3:03 AM MDT on Oct 23, 20223:38 PM MDT on Oct 22, 2022

Whipped into action by the violent rhetoric of Joe Oltmann, conspiracy theorists have begun staking out drop boxes in Colorado

Tina Peters stands amid a group of supporters
Posted inCrime and Courts

Legal maneuvers by attorney for Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters threaten to hinder criminal case against her

by Jesse Paul 3:45 AM MDT on Sep 7, 20223:23 PM MDT on Sep 10, 2022

Harvey Steinberg, Peters’ lawyer, wants to depose District Court Judge Matthew Barrett and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein in an unrelated contempt of court case.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Sarah Palin lost in a ranked-choice election. Does that mean Colorado should go next?

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Sep 7, 20229:37 PM MDT on Sep 6, 2022

Does ranked-choice voting help elect moderates and minority candidates? Or is it, as Trumpists claim, a scam to rig elections?

Posted inElection 2022

Judge throws out indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ recount challenge

Associated Press logo by The Associated Press 9:12 PM MDT on Sep 6, 20229:12 PM MDT on Sep 6, 2022

Peters filed a lawsuit objecting to the methods used to recount ballots on Aug. 3 but did not ask for the recount to be stopped until the following day, after the recount was completed

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