CBS News Colorado has learned Denver Auditor Tim O’Brien has joined Denver’s Clerk and Recorder in rebelling against Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed 2026 budget cuts.
“Mr. Mayor.. Stop interfering with the Auditor’s Office and stop preventing me from doing my job,” wrote O’Brien in a message sent to Johnston on Thursday and obtained by CBS News Colorado.
“I do not believe your office, nor the Finance Department, has the authority to cut this office’s budget,” wrote O’Brien…