Is Buck Hiding Another Serious Ethical Scandal in His EEOC File?

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by: catpuzzle

I am very curious about this rumor that has been floating around in the comments sections etc. of some of our local papers about Buck’s record of harassment or discrimination. Normally, I’d dismiss a rumor cluttering the comments section, but after the same rumors about his DoJ record proved to be true, I think we have to give this one a little more credibility.

Things seem to be building up on this since it seems to be getting rumor-ed around more (hence appearing in a post today), and I think it’s probably time for Buck to come clean about whatever the issue is.

Today, pols wrote…

Epilogue: we’ve heard a rumor from several credible sources now about an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against Buck in his past record that could shortly be disclosed “October surprise” style. We’ve been told that newspapers and at least one Denver television station are actively working this story. To be clear, the specific details of this have not been disclosed to us, even on background, except that it involves a complaint and a settlement. But we’re told it could further damagingly reinforce Buck’s problems with women voters.

A few commenters said they had heard similar, so I quickly googled (“ken buck” EEOC) and saw some mentions of this. I decided to take a look back at the articles they were citing. I thing the most important thing is this op-ed by former DA Al Dominguez in the Greeley Tribune back when Buck was running for DA. It appears that people knew of the rumors about the Department of Justice scandal, but for our purposes, this is the most interesting part of it…

Since the office of district attorney requires the everyday management of employees, I would also challenge both Quammen and Buck to sign waivers/releases for the free and unencumbered view of any file that may exist at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

It looks like Quammen agreed to turn over everything, and Buck refused. We already know he was hiding the DOJ ethical violation. What is he hiding in his EEOC complaint? Is Pols right? Buck needs to disclose this immediately, and it seems to me that responsible reporters should keep asking Buck what the issue is until he discloses it.

I think this has the potential to be very serious, and very troubling.

8 thoughts on “Is Buck Hiding Another Serious Ethical Scandal in His EEOC File?”

Ray Springfield says:

October 11, 2010 at 10:26 am

I’m not doing my own for free anymore.

There is a ton of material not brought up to date.

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H-man says:

October 12, 2010 at 9:01 pm

You googled “Ken Buck” and “EEOC” found nothing and posted this diary to get out that Ken Buck allegedly has an EEOC file. You don’t know that there is such a file. You don’t know its contents. But that did not stop you because you think getting it out there, like Pols has, will hurt Buck.

I did a google on “Michael Bennet” and “affairs” and this is what came up second on the search.

http://www.rockymountainright….

Do you think it would be proprer for me to write a diary about “Is Michael Bennet hiding another serious ethical scandal in his days as Superintendent of Denver Public Schools” as a way of getting the alleged affair out in the public? Does the fact that it may hurt Bennet, justify the means?

Perhaps you might consider taking the diary down until you have some type of evidence.

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1. Ralphie says:
  
  October 12, 2010 at 9:29 pm
  
  When is the last time YOU posted something responsible? Or the first time, for that matter?
  
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2. colawman says:
  
  October 13, 2010 at 12:39 am
  
  The rumor you list is well known to the shills of his on Coloradopols. They are all sitting on their fingers hoping it does not escape the bag. Shhhhhhh. Romanoff’s people know…….Bennet’s people know……shhhhhh.
  
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3. Voyageur says:
  
  October 13, 2010 at 4:20 am
  
  I googled H-man and Hitler and am preparing a dairy that proves you had an affair with Eva Braun. And she was the top. You want to deny it before I front page the expose?
  
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  1. H-man says:
    
    October 13, 2010 at 5:25 pm
    
    It will fit right in.
    
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4. catpuzzle says:
  
  October 13, 2010 at 4:41 am
  
  I wouldn’t have posted a diary if there wasn’t something substantive behind it. This came up in 2004 as an issue. I don’t know what the issue is, but people have been calling on Ken Buck to release this file for awhile. They also called on him to release his DOJ records, and those turned out to contain a scandal.
  
  All I was noting was that this was an issue before, and for some reason, Buck has refused to release this records.
  
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  1. H-man says:
    
    October 13, 2010 at 5:30 pm
    
    I don’t know if Bennet had an affair with a staffer at an elementary school while he was the Superintendent of Denver Schools, but I found a link to that effect by googling his name and affairs.
    
    The factual basis for a diary should be more than a google search revealed someone once mentioning it, don’t you think?
    
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