Thread by @KyleClark

THREAD: Releasing the names of DougCo Schools teachers absent from school during a protest continues a trend of conservative leaders in Douglas County seeking the names, and sometimes addresses, of perceived opponents: teachers, public health workers, and journalists. #copolitics

DougCo Schools is required to comply with an open records request to release names of teachers absent on the protest day (expected to include teachers absent for other reasons). Fmr DA @GeorgeBrauchler said parents should be able to "confront" them.

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1490017868867530754

In 2020, the head of Parker Republicans, Mark Hall, posted the names and addresses of public health workers in retaliation for COVID-19 restrictions.

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1344031090814554112

One of the first to join the Facebook group dedicated to doxxing public health workers was GOP county commissioner @LoraThomasCO, who later said she was unaware of the group's mission.

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1344094700861616129

In 2020, Commissioner @LoraThomasCO encouraged supporters to look up the names of local public health workers who made political donations during her race.

https://twitter.com/LoraThomasCO/status/1320831883698122752

In 2020, then House GOP Minority Leader, now State Rep. @PatrickForCO doxxed a Denver Post reporter, publishing his home address, in retaliation for an article.

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1341413465165053953

Flanked by Republican elected officials and candidates in 2020, conservative leader Joe Oltmann of Douglas County warned journalists, “We’re coming for you… If you’re part of the media and you write something bad about us, better take your byline off it.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2020/10/fec-un…

Oltmann's group, FEC United, is a force in Colorado politics, including school board races. Current @cologop chairwoman @ColoradoKbb, who later led FEC United, once proposed creating an FEC United legal group to "intimidate the Left, literally."

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1425590288614105088

Attempts to publicly identify perceived rank-and-file political opponents, often through legal means such as open records requests and political donation searches, and further efforts to publish their home addresses, come amid threats against the targeted groups.

A man who threatened employees at Tri-County Health Department, told me he was sending "warning signals to elected officials." Police decided his threat was not credible.
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Near Douglas County, JeffCo and Cherry Creek school boards held meetings in secured locations in recent weeks after threats from people upset about face masks and Black Lives Matter. Littleton's superintendent was threatened with death over vaccinations. 9news.com/article/news/l…

Last month in Denver, a man angry about Critical Race Theory, entered an elementary school criticized on Fox News Channel and yelled at staff and parents. 9news.com/video/news/loc…

And then there's the political turmoil DougCo Schools has seen in recent years. Board meetings often turn heated. Last year, a former school board candidate claimed the progressive school board had a sniper on the roof "because you fear the parent voice."

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1430393300830334978

This was a long thread. All of this is just to say that attempts to publicly identify perceived political opponents like teachers is becoming a trend in Douglas County and it happens at a time when the rhetoric surrounding schools is very inflamed. (end of thread)