October 30, 2010 02:39 AM UTC

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

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• by: catpuzzle

This sort of got buried and ignored previously, but it looks like it is coming back up, so I wanted to re-flag some of this information for folks.

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.

http://coloradopols.com/diary/…

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.

http://www.greeleytribune.com/…

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.