Name: Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez has stiff-armed both reporters and her own ethics hearing
Uploaded: 12/14/2019 1:38:57 AM
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Description: Friday, the Arapahoe County Ethics Commission met for the second time in nine years to investigate complaints about Joan Lopez.

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