Vote 2002
Maynard would restore 1-day elections
Four vie for attorney general job
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by Staff (Editorial@boulderweekly.com)

Incumbent Ken Salazar (D), a fifth-generation Coloradan who has been a farmer, natural resources lawyer, and small business owner, believes the state's attorney general must work across partisan lines and bring conflicting parties and interests together to accomplish worthwhile goals. While attorney general, Salazar won more than 3,000 prosecutions and criminal appeals. He proposed and helped write the state's telemarketing no-call law, provided environmental crimes training to local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies, developed a comprehensive software program containing criminal law and procedure widely used by judges and lawyers throughout Colorado, and created a state grand jury procedure manual designed to help make the state grand jury process more uniform for all prosecutors. If re-elected he plans to continue to fight crime, address youth and family violence, combat fraud against the elderly, and protect Colorado's environment.

Marti Albright (R) says Colorado deserves better legal representation than it is currently getting. A graduate from the University of Denver College of Law, she worked 18 years of her career in private practice, working on critical water rights and natural resources issues affecting Colorado. Albright, later as Chief Deputy Attorney General under Gale Norton, managed and supervised the more than 200 attorneys in the Department of Law. If elected, the safety and security of the state, its families, its homes, will be her top priority. She says she will work with law enforcement professionals across Colorado to ensure that the men and women on the front lines of providing this security have the tools and the training they need to get the job done. She also wants to ensure that violent criminals and sexual predators are put behind bars.

Dwight Harding (L), an attorney in private practice, believes the individual is the cornerstone for any community. The rights of an individual must be strong in order for there to be a strong community. The best way to ensure safety for all members of a society is to ensure that the individual has the right to conduct his affairs in his best interests, without harming others. Harding believes the current war on drugs is a failure and should be abandoned and replaced by medical care for addiction. He wants to see taxes lowered and services provided to citizens by the business community.

Alison "Sunny" Maynard (G), a graduate of Cornell University and an attorney in private practice, says she will protect the state's environment and resources by prosecuting acts of government that illegally benefit private interests. She will also prosecute environmental criminals, such as those responsible for the Summitville mining disaster, to the fullest extent of the law. She advocates a return to one-day-only elections at secure polling places with hand-counted ballots. She also plans to make certain government meetings are open in accordance with the state's Sunshine law. She has served as deputy district attorney in Cortez, city attorney for Craig, and assistant attorney general in the Water Unit, for the State of Colorado. Since 1991 she has had her own practice, emphasizing water rights and land use law, representing citizens' groups, environmental groups, homeowners' associations, individuals, and some nonprofits. She has never represented a for-profit corporation.

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