Chief John Minor Ret.

I'm working with @MichaelBennet & @Hickenlooper to put a stop to ICE's new facility in Hudson, CO. We're not going to let this DHS expand in CO with no accountability. If they don't immediately reverse course, we will show up to conduct our duty to ensure oversight.

Here's another really troubling thing about this week's vote by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to begin the rulemaking process for a potential fur ban in #Colorado. The commissioner who initiated and aggressively pushed the process forward, Jessica Beaulieu, has an apparent conflict of interest -- and maybe numerous conflicts of interest -- that she did not disclose, from what I can gather. Beaulieu did not recuse herself from acting and voting on a petition brought by an organization she formerly worked for, the relentlessly radical Center for Biological Diversity (or CBD). Nor did she disclose that past relationship; as well as her past professional association with the @GovofCO's husband, animal activist Marlon Reis.  Beaulieu was once a legal fellow at CBD, which is known for its hardcore anti-hunting agenda, yet no one raised any point of order as she rammed through the 6-4 vote to advance CBD's fur ban petition. She made the motion, ignored pleas to deny it from @COParksWildlife staff, and blew off the many stakeholders who spoke against it -- all while hiding her CBD ties and professional links to Reis. This isn't just an "appearance" of conflict; it seems like a blatant one, potentially violating CPW rules against benefiting allied organizations, as well as  Colorado's Article XXIX ethics code against actions that have the potential to erode public trust.  Nothing erodes public trust like having a supposedly independent #wildlife commissioner ram through an extreme anti-hunting proposal that was written by an organization she once worked for. Beaulieu's ties to Gov. Polis and his husband also bear more scrutiny, in light of the radical turn this has taken.  There was no recusal. There was no disclosure of her potential conflicts that I can find in the record, or in media reports. And this commissioner has been flagged for ethics problems before, with accusations that she violated open meetings rules.  This looks like something that demands a probe by Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission. The big problem there is that the Independence Ethics Commission isn't independent. Its members also were appointed by the Governor who appointed Beaulieu to the CPW commission. It's all so sordid, incestuous, self-serving and smelly -- but not surprising when one party holds total power and there are no checks on that power. It's a situation that breeds corruption, shady dealings, and cronyism of the type we just saw play out in real time courtesy of our hijacked-by-radicals Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission.  Share if you agree that this apparent ethics issue  needs further investigation. #copolitics #coleg  @MilesBlumhardt @coloradoan @DenverChannel @CBSNewsColorado @CompleteCO