At Colorado’s Capitol, Prosecutors No Longer Rule The Roost

Alex Burness, Denver Post: Politics
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Tom Raynes has helmed the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council for a decade. It used to have a lot more power, he said, recalling a talk he had years ago with his predecessor. “He said, ‘In my day, I’d pick up the phone and call the Senate majority leader and say this or that needs to happen and it would happen,” Raynes said. Raynes, a Republican and a former DA, said that now, “by no means do the seas part when we enter the building.

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