Warrants for Mann's arrest on those charges are outstanding, records show. Mann and Pledger could not be reached for comment. Ritter's office also received state letters about Hernando Hennings and Curtis Liggett. Both men raised money in 1998 for nonbadge groups but never filed financial reports with the state. Hennings and Liggett could not be reached for comment.
Consumers go unprotected in other ways.
The ordinance says if Denver residents or businesses are asked for a contribution, the group asking for money has to register with the city. Interviews and documents, such as badge-group magazines and brochures, which contain advertisements from Denver businesses, indicate Denverites get solicited often. No solicitor listed with the state has registered with the city in at least 10 years, according to records at the city's Excise and Licenses Division. Not groups representing city police officers, not sheriff's deputies. I didn't even know the state registered so licitors.