{"id":2075,"date":"2025-11-05T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2075"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:31:02","slug":"ethics-watchdog-files-complaints-over-undisclosed-dark-money-luxury-retreat-for-legislators","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/tl\/press\/ang-ethics-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-hindi-isiniwalat-na-dark-money-luxury-retreat-para-sa-mga-mambabatas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ang Ethics Watchdog ay Naghain ng Mga Reklamo Tungkol sa Hindi Nabunyag na Dark Money Luxury Retreat para sa mga Mambabatas"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2075","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, Common Cause filed complaints against more than a dozen state legislators alleging that they accepted luxury resort expenses funded by a special interest group in violation of Colorado ethics law.","featured_image":"","press_type":147,"authors":"","related_issues":[419],"related_work":false,"location":2},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngayon, Karaniwang Dahilan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/tl\/work\/ang-ethics-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-hindi-isiniwalat-na-dark-money-luxury-retreat-para-sa-mga-mambabatas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nagsampa ng mga reklamo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> laban sa higit sa isang dosenang mambabatas ng estado na nagsasabing tinanggap nila ang mga gastos sa luxury resort na pinondohan ng isang espesyal na grupo ng interes na lumalabag sa batas ng etika ng Colorado. Inihain ni Attorney Scott Moss ang reklamo sa ngalan ng Common Cause sa Colorado Independent Ethics Commission.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ang reklamo ay nagsasaad na ang mga mambabatas ay mga miyembro ng &quot;Colorado Opportunity Caucus&quot; na nilikha, may tauhan, at pinondohan ng isang pro-business dark money group, One Main Street.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;Mula sa Pangulo hanggang sa mga mambabatas ng estado, binabayaran ng mga taga-Coladan ang presyo kapag inuuna ng mga pinuno ang mayayamang espesyal na interes bago ang mga pangangailangan ng mga nasasakupan,&quot; sabi <\/span><b>Aly Belknap, executive director ng Colorado Common Cause<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &quot;Kailangang maging responsable ang mga mambabatas sa mga tao, hindi sa mga dark money group na lihim na binibili ang kanilang pabor. Dapat imbestigahan at lutasin ng Independent Ethics Commission ng Colorado ang sitwasyon upang mapanatili ang tiwala sa gobyerno.&quot;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ang reklamo ay nagbibigay ng katibayan na ang mga pinuno ng Opportunity Caucus ay tahasang humiling sa One Main Street na magbayad ng $25,000 bill para sa mga silid ng hotel ng kanilang mga mambabatas sa luxury resort sa Vail kung saan nag-organisa ang One Main Street ng isang lihim na \u201csummit\u201d para sa mga mambabatas na ma-lobby ng mga tagapagtaguyod ng industriya. Ang transaksyong ito ay lumilitaw na hayagang paglabag sa konstitusyon ng estado na &quot;pagbabawal sa regalo&quot; na itinaguyod ng Common Cause, at ang mga botante sa Colorado ay labis na naaprubahan, halos dalawang dekada na ang nakararaan.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;Ang mga reklamong ito ay nagbibigay-diin sa mga kalokohang nagbebenta ng impluwensya na inihanda ng Opportunity Caucus sa mga anino, umaasa na walang Common Cause na pumutok,&quot; <\/span><b>sabi ng abogadong si Scott Moss<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &quot;Ang &#039;Opportunity Caucus&#039; na ito ay tila hindi gaanong tungkol sa paglikha ng espasyo para sa mga mambabatas na tunay na mag-caucus sa kanilang mga sarili, at higit pa tungkol sa paglikha ng pagkakataon para sa mga tagalobi na magkaroon ng hindi nararapat na impluwensya.&quot;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upang tingnan ang mga reklamo, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/tl\/work\/ang-ethics-watchdog-ay-nagsampa-ng-mga-reklamo-sa-hindi-isiniwalat-na-dark-money-luxury-retreat-para-sa-mga-mambabatas\/\"><b>i-click dito<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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