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Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton took to the airwaves of KLZ 560-AM yesterday to raise the specter of judicial bias in Monday’s Colorado Supreme Court decision not to release records on the top PERA recipients.
Speaking on KLZ’s nooner show, Freedom560, hosted by Ken Clark, Stapleton said:
“It’s worth pointing out, call me a cynic, that every single member of the judicial branch is also a member of PERA. And that means that every single judge that heard my case had a vested economic interest in doing nothing about the problem, in maintaining the status quo, in feeling that their pension would be somehow released to me and not wanting that to be the case. I mean it’s mind-boggling to think our judicial branch is aiding and abetting a lack of transparency. It really is.”
Commenting via Twitter on Stapleton’s remark, Luis Toro, Director of Colorado Ethics Watch, wrote dryly: “Shocking admission that the point of his suit is to undermine PERA. If his suit was to strengthen PERA, the ‘vested interest’ would be to support him, wouldn’t it?”
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It's pretty despicable when someone running for office feels like he has to attack the savings of retired public servants in order to excite his base.
Doesn't he have any great accomplishments as Treasurer to brag about?
Waiting……
You'll be waiting a long time.
Stapleton has been a one issue Treasurer.
Luis Toro nailed it.