A Democrat state senator faces an ethics complaint for showing up drunk at a meeting packed with angry constituents about her bill that paved the way for the state’s plan to house sex offenders near a school.
The Northglenn City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to approve the ethics complaint against Faith Winter and forward it to the state senate majority leader for action.
The complaint said folks attending the meeting could smell alcohol on her breath and noted her slurred speech and glassy eyes.
“… (A)s a result she also appeared at various times disinterested, annoyed, and combative.”
Her conduct “undermined the integrity of her office as a senator representing the constituents of the city, and demonstrated an inability to perform her legislative duties in a manner that promotes public confidence,” the resolution states.
PeakNation™ will recall that Winter admitted the next morning she was intoxicated and claimed to have entered rehab for treatment.
And by rehab, it turns out she meant she was just staying home for a while “under medical supervision.”
Winter only missed six days of session, according to Senate voting records.
Meanwhile, the state finally agreed with Northglenn residents that a halfway house for sex offenders so close to their school was probably a bad idea and decided against that location.
Unfortunately, the new Polis administration rule isn’t much better, insisting that sex offenders be housed within a brisk five-minute walk from schools.
Winter co-sponsored the legislation establishing these transition facilities and appeared unmoved by the opposition of some 400 residents at that April 3 meeting.