Steamboat briefs: Attorneys to serve on Supreme Court board
Friday, December 16, 2011
Steamboat Springs attorneys Ralph A. Cantafio and Ron Smith unanimously were selected Nov. 3 to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court hearing board, according to a news release. The 139-member hearing board is responsible for cases involving alleged unethical conduct by Colorado attorneys.
Young carolers seeking to raise money in town
Makena Hayley James, 4, and about 20 of her friends plan to sing Christmas carols at homes on Timothy Drive, in the Whistler Park neighborhood, at 6 p.m. today. Makena’s mother, Diane James, wrote in an email that the young carolers have been practicing for weeks and have mastered several Christmas carols. Neighbors who would like a visit from the carolers are asked to leave their porch lights on. All money donated to the carolers will go toward buying Christmas gifts for those in the cancer ward at Children’s Hospital in Denver.
Flu shot clinics ongoing Thursdays at VNA office
Drop-in flu clinics are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays through January at the Steamboat Springs Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association office. Flu shots also are available by appointment. Adult flu shots/FluMist are $16 and children flu shots/FluMist are $14. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has reported 11 confirmed cases of the flu resulting in hospitalizations. Visit www.nwcovna.org or call 970-871-7624.
National forest Christmas tree permits now available
National forest Christmas tree permits are available at all Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest offices, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.
Most National Forest land is fair game, but several high-profile areas are off limits: Trees cannot be cut from Steamboat Ski Area, Fish Creek Falls Recreation Area, Thunder Basin National Grassland or any designated wilderness areas.
■ Trees may not be cut within 100 feet of roads or within 200 feet of campgrounds, picnic areas or scenic pullouts.
■ Maximum tree height is 20 feet.
■ Maximum stump height is 6 inches.
“Christmas tree cutting can benefit crowded stands of trees and, if done properly, will not create an eyesore in the woods,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. “There are several species available in the area. We recommend sub-Alpine fir and lodgepole pine. Engelmann spruce dries up and loses its needles considerably faster than the other trees.”
For more information, call the Hahn’s Peak-Bears Ears Forest Service office in Steamboat Springs at 970-870-2299.
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Comments
spidermite 1 year, 5 months ago
Maybe they were the only applicants. That could explain why it was unanimous.
rhys jones 1 year, 5 months ago
Next let's put prisoners on parole boards, so everybody is squeaky clean. This is the polar opposite of the fox in the henhouse. Let 'em all go. When ADA's support and encourage obvious perjury, and courts tacitly comply, in their tolerance, I have to conclude that ethics play a minor role in attorneys' performance. Dollars define ethics, in that profession.
spidermite 1 year, 5 months ago
Good point Hwy.
Scott Wedel 1 year, 5 months ago
Their responsibility is to the rules of being a lawyer, not to some sense of justice.
Neither of them appear to have issues of failing to meet professional standards.
One of the faults of the legal system is that legal "facts" cam be proven false without affecting the legal's system view of the facts. Something decided in court is considered to be a fact even if the people deciding lack the expertise on the topic to make the determination and if one side's lawyers are more skilled at presenting their case.
Texas went as far as executing a person for burning his mobile home and killing his kids because at trial the DA used a self taught expert that said it was deliberate arson with gas poured throughout and the defense didn't have the money for an expert. But after the trial, the evidence was shown to true experts that had done experiments on fires burning mobile home and the evidence closely matched the defendant's claim that the BBQ on the deck caused the fire and directly contradicted the DA's claim that he spread gas throughout the home. And other arson experts verified the analysis. And the DA's arson expert was shown in later cases to have no fact based reasons for his assertion of arson (which was his finding in virtually every case he examined), but merely his opinions on how a fire behaves in a building.
But in the legal world, the facts determined at trial are the facts and Texas Gov Perry was not interested in scientific facts and allowed the execution of a person for a conviction based upon provably false facts.
rhys jones 1 year, 5 months ago
Scott ol' buddy --
Maybe you can recommend an esteemed member of the local bar, to assist me with a defamation of character, public humiliation, false imprisonment, illegal detainer, and whatever else we can dream up, action against a prominent local corporation?
Scott Wedel 1 year, 5 months ago
Rhys, Well, I think a good lawyer would probably tell you that whatever case you have is probably not worth taking to court. All you appear to have for damages is vague unhappiness as compared to broken bones.
Look at the stuff that happened under Sheriff Joe, there they arrested a guy for standing across the street from a protest and held him for 13 days before dropping charges and that guy has yet to win in court. It took a police officer running over a guy stepping out of his car for a suspected burnt out brake light to get a winning case. That officer thought it was clever to detain the guy by running him over and pinning him under the vehicle and nearly killed him.
sledneck 1 year, 5 months ago
Lion was walkin through the jungle eating elephant dung and spitting. Why? He had just ate a lawyer by mistake and was trying to get the taste out of his mouth.
One of the down sides of remaining anonymous on this blog is that I can't recite my personal, Ralf Cantafio story. I can, however, say with absolute confidence that there is a very special place reserved just for him.
rhys jones 1 year, 5 months ago
This town just shoots itself in the foot. In a failing economy, the cops and ski corp still treat both their citizens and paid guests like criminals. These forums are read by people all over the world, some presumably considering vacationing here. Then they wisely chooses Aspen or Vail, rather than be harassed by our "finest."
shawant 1 year, 5 months ago
Screamer you obviously can't let go of your hatred of Gary Wall. It even extends to the lawyers who took his case. Are you saying that a lawyer who takes an unpopular case must therefore be unethical? Star: was what happened to you the fault of a lawyer?
spidermite 1 year, 5 months ago
shawant, If you will recall Wall thought the tax payers were responsible for all his legal expenses. His DUI and his refusal to accept changes in county policies. Money wasn't a issue. In his first court case, with attorney Ron Smith, Wall ended up having to pay for his own DUI. Thanks to our county attorney. In his second court case the county again refuse to pay his attorney. After Wall was voted out his attorney Mr.Cantafio decided to settled with the county for considerably less. I understand Screamer's comment
shawant 1 year, 5 months ago
Spidey: I will assume that all you say is true. But what did Smith and Cantafio do that was unethical? Send a bill?
spidermite 1 year, 5 months ago
shawant, "Pad the bill." They thought the tax payers were paying. Mr Cantafio had to settle for considerably less. It's unethical to take advantage of the tax payers.
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