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Chad Abraham:
"..Martin Beeson, 9th Judicial District attorney, announced Wednesday that he will seek another four years in office, but there is debate over whether he is eligible to run again due to term limits.
The prosecutor first took office in late 2005 after a recall election in which voters deposed former District Attorney Colleen Truden and elected Beeson. He was re-elected in 2008 after running unopposed for the job.
Beeson said that, in deciding whether to run again, he first had to study if his candidacy was even possible because of term limits. He served just over three years after first being elected and then a full four-year term.
Amendment 17 to the Colorado Constitution allows only two four-year terms for nonjudicial elected officials such as district attorneys.
But in making his decision, Beeson said he relied on an opinion issued by then-Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar in 2000 about limits on those who have served partial terms.
Salazar concluded in the opinion, which Beeson’s office provided to the Aspen Daily News, “that the term limitations of Amendment 17 apply only to full terms of office.”
“I’m glad to have the opinion from a Democrat,” said Beeson, a Republican, referring to Salazar, who is now the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Obama administration. “I came to the same conclusion...”
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1 comment:
It's the responsibility of the legal community to come together and get opponents to step up against Beeson. And challenge his version of the term limits definition. Shouldn't be hard to see why even if you give him the benefit of the doubt away from a very far from stellar record.
Just pay attention to the twisting and warping of the term limits statute and relate it to how he does everyday business in his job. It's always a manipulated version. Voters can only do so much in voting him down if nobody runs against him. We just won't vote for a district attorney and shout for all these long months coming up on the reason why. All you lawyers who feel you have to be anonymous to protect yourself, your clients, lives and families are the ones that are responsible to give alternatives. Step up and put the term limits issue to rest by letting us vote you in.
I'm starting the "Beeson Anonymous" political campaign right here and right now. Got comments then don't put your avatar or name down. No sense in not showing the rest of the state how we have to live here in the 9th district.
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