Adams County Republicans

Advancing conservative ideals in Adams County, Colorado

Find out your February 7th caucus location

 

HERE’S HOW TO FIND

YOUR NEW PRECINCT NUMBER AND

YOUR CAUCUS LOCATION

 

Go to www.caucus.cologop.org

Follow the step by step instructions.

Voila!!  You’ll find what you need to know.

Once you fill out the form and get your 10 digit precinct number, here's how you break down the digits. The first digit is your CD-number, the next four is your Colorado State Senate district followed by your Colorado State House district, the next two are your Adams County Commissioner district number, and the last three is your precinct number. If you want to print out your precinct map, go to http://apps.adcogov.org/gis/staticmaps/precinctmaps/precinctmaps.htm   Make sure you attend your precinct caucus on Tuesday, February 7th 

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Important Caucus Information:

1)  The straw poll for President is just that – a straw poll.

     Its results do not bind any delegates to the National Convention.

 

2)  All assembly fees must be paid at the caucus.

Bring either your checkbook (best) or cash.

Fee for County Delegate $20

Fee for County Alternate $15

(You cannot “run for” Alternate.  You run for Delegate, and

Alternates are decided by the number of votes for Delegate.)

 

Delegates and Alternates for State and Congressional Assemblies

will be elected at the County Assembly.

However, you must declare your intention to run AT YOUR CAUCUS

and you must pay the (non-reimbursable) fee:

Candidate for State Delegate $20

Candidate for Congressional Delegate $10

If elected, you owe no further fees (even tho the state fee, eg, is $60.)

You can run for State and/or Congressional Delegate if you are

EITHER a County Delegate OR a County Alternate.

You have an equal chance of being elected,

but you must be a County Delegate or Alternate in order to run.

 

For more clarification, if you’ve not already done so, please take our

online caucus training:  http://react.MDL2.com

   

Former Brighton Mayor Jan Pawlowski runs for county commissioner

 

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.

http://yourhub.denverpost.com/adamscounty/former-brighton-mayor-jan-pawlowski-runs-county-commissioner/o1IbGvo49R06TwSXNbcpSL-story

Joey Kirchmer:             303-954-2650       or jkirchmer@denverpost.com

Adams County Voter Information as of January 1, 2012

 

Elections
Contact
Adams County Election Office
Email

4430 S. Adams County Pkwy.
1st Floor, Suite E3102
Brighton, CO 80601-8207

Ph: 720.523.6500
Fx: 720.523.6266

Hours
Monday – Friday
7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
(Excluding holidays)

Responsibilities & Services
The Adams County Elections Department, a division of the Clerk and Recorder's Office, conducts federal, state and county elections and maintains the voter registration database. Conducting elections includes:

  • Administrating the mail in and early voting processes
  • Maintaining strict security processes and procedures
  • Maintaining the voter registration database
  • Managing the ballot tabulation process
  • Preparing canvass reports and statement of votes cast
  • Preparing, ordering and distributing ballots and supplies
  • Preserving voter registration applications and official election documents
  • Supervising election day voting
  • Training election judges

Adams County Voter Information

 Type of Voter
 Active
 Inactive 
 Total 
 Total % 
Total Registered Democrats  47,829  37,224  85,053  36.2%
Total Registered Republicans  40,861  20,805  61,666  26.1%
Total Unaffiliated Voters   41,575  45,834  87,409  37.0%
Total Others (Includes Minor Political Parties / Organizations)  983  735  1,718  0.7%
Total registered voters
  131,284
(55.65%)		  104,598(44.35%)  235,846
 100.00%

*This chart was last updated January1, 2012.

Lawmakers share ideas for session

Lawmakers share ideas for session

Personal experiences, policy goals are factors

by Scott Gilbert

January 12, 2012



The state legislative session started this week, and lawmakers representing Adams County are ready with bills reflecting their political and personal outlooks.  Democratic Rep. John Soper, facing term limits in House District 34, has a proposal born of his own frustration.  "I went to pay a deposit for my daughter and they said they wouldn't take currency," Soper said. "It's just a petty little thing but it rubbed me wrong."  Under Soper's plan, if someone incurred fees for a cashier's check or money order because a business refused to accept legal tender, the business would be responsible for paying those extra costs.  "Usually I run bills for other folks," said the outgoing lawmaker. "This year I'm going to run one for me."


 Republican Rep. Kevin Priola also is ready with a bill stemming from personal experience. Priola, an off-road-vehicle enthusiast who represents House District 30, wants to allow the titling and plating of such vehicles so they can be used on dirt roads in the wilderness.  As the situation exists now, an off-road vehicle rider can go four or five miles along a permitted trail, then be legally prevented from riding a short distance to the next trail. "It's a real barrier to access," Priola said. "Look at the map. It's almost like a Swiss cheese effect."  "I've personally dealt with this up where I like to go hunting and camping," said Priola, who like many Coloradans was reluctant to give the locations of his favorite getaway spots.  Off-road vehicles would still face restrictions on paved streets and in cities or counties of a certain size, and farmers could still exempt themselves from plating vehicles. But for others, Priola said, his proposal would be a boon to tourists; would make the theft of such vehicles more than just a personal-property case; and would address a basic equity issue.  "We've got a situation where a 1974 Gremlin car can legally drive on mountain dirt roads," he said, "but a brand-new four-wheel-drive ATV with knobby tires, braking, and independent suspension legally can't drive on that same road." Continue reading →

Old regime county commissioner to leave office rather than face voters again

 

Adams County Commissioner Skip Fischer announced this week that he will not seek reelection for a third term.   One of two commissioners now on the board with ties to the county’s scandalous history, Fischer saw the writing on the wall and will slip into history rather than go down in defeat in November.

As a commissioner representing the county’s District 1, Fischer did manage to avoid many of the scandals that plagued current commissioner Alice Nichol and former commissioner Larry Pace.  Fischer however was intimately involved and voted on many questionable deals that have come to light.

The list of scandals that have disgraced the county in recent years is long and not-so distinguished.  While Nichol and Pace were truly the bad seeds on the board, Fischer found himself caught in the middle.

Fischer was aware of what was going on and he certainly was complicit, casting votes without dissention on many key issues like the no bid contracts received by Quality Paving.  However it is our impression that he wanted to do the right thing but simply did not know how to or did not have the guts to take a stand.

Following on Pace’s loss in November 2010, Erik Hansen assumed a seat on the dais and has been working on pushing through reforms to clean up county government.  The moves are commendable but have been slow to take shape and not as extensive as what they should be – likely due to the old guard Fischer and Nichol still maintaining control.

Fischer’s exit opens the door for Adams Count y voters to continue the process of cleaning up the mess in Brighton and install politicians that are worthy of the office.  Voters will need to be wary of who they cast their vote for as they are plenty of members of the Adams Family waiting in the wings to take Fischer’s place and this cannot be allowed.

Will Alice run?

There has not been any official word as to whether or not disgraced Commissioner Alice Nichol will seek reelection.  The rumor mill has it that she is seriously considering running, apparently thinking that Adams County voters are stupid enough to return the ethically challenged commissioner to office.

Challengers are already lining up to knock Nichol off should she decide to seek a third term.  Hanging over her head as well is an investigation being conducted by the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office into her dealings.

The outcome of the investigation matters little as Nichol’s role has been well documented.  She would do well to step aside and save voters the trouble of kicking her butt out.

http://www.tonysrants.com/thornton/old-regime-county-commissioner-to-leave-office-rather-than-face-voters-again/