FDA State Capitol Update + Shirt Design Contest (3 Winners Get A Free Shirt!)
We showed up at the Capitol — now it’s your turn to help shape the movement.
Hello FDA Family,
Quick update from the front lines — today (January 13, 2026) I went to the Colorado State Capitol seeking legislative representation and sponsorship for the Full Disclosure Act (FDA).
I submitted public testimony under the SMART Government Act / Joint Rule 25, formally requesting sponsorship to convene hearings and review disclosure and transparency standards in publicly funded systems — especially those affecting liberty, custody, credibility, and public resources.
Why this matters
The FDA is a citizen-driven, nonpartisan proposal to restore public trust through uniform disclosure and transparency standards. It’s not about ideology or outcomes — it’s about process:
Public Funding carries public disclosure obligations
Conflicts of Interest aren’t only financial — affiliations and loyalty networks matter too, including fraternal organizations
Sunshine/Open Meetings principles must apply in practice, not just on paper
FOIA/CORA must remain enforceable and auditable — not blocked by technicalities, confidentiality claims, or procedural games
Title IV-D Compliance integrity is a serious budget risk if due process is denied in practice (audit risk, disallowances, repayment demands, and possible loss of federal funds)
This movement exists because I experienced what happens when a closed-loop judicial system becomes opaque, records are withheld, meaningful review fails — and secrecy becomes policy. Families and children are damaged without oversight.
That is how I lost my son, Colton.
And I’m not going to stop until families like ours are protected by transparency that is real, enforceable, and auditable.
The Public is Watching:
Even at the Capitol today I got recognized again: ‘Hey Number Master — I follow you on Instagram.’ I handed him two stickers and a business card. The movement is real.” This also happens at the ski resort on the regular.
The ask
The FDA is currently supported by over 9,500 citizens — and growing — and I am actively seeking a legislator willing to sponsor the FDA so it can move into formal hearings and oversight review.
If any of you have connections with Colorado legislators, staffers, or policy leaders who believe in ethics and transparency — now is the time. This is how we build momentum.
The most important thing we can all do is share the Full Disclosure Act everyday with everybody. 10,000 supporters is awesome… but 100,000 forces the issues… and 1,000,000 we command political power.
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This isn’t just clothing — it’s community identity.
Every design helps normalize a question that was never supposed to be suppressed:
“Wait… who’s really running this system?”
If you support the FDA and what we’re building, consider grabbing something from the store or sharing the link with a friend. It helps keep the movement visible and growing.
Also, the FDA is running a fun contest: whoever comes up with the best new shirt idea wins a free shirt!
There will be three winners.
So send in your shirt ideas, slogans, or artwork.
If you submit artwork, please make sure it’s a PNG with a transparent background.
Closing
Oversight strengthens institutions by reinforcing legitimacy and public trust.
The Full Disclosure Act is offered in that spirit — aligned with:
Ethics Acts, Sunshine principles, FOIA/CORA, and Constitutional due process.
This proposal is fundamentally nonpartisan:
Transparency strengthens institutions and public trust regardless of ideology.
“If history teaches us anything, it’s that justice requires truth and transparency.”
Thank you all for being part of this.
We are super excited to hear and see your FDA and Lethal22 shirt ideas.
In Truth & Love,
Stephen Gladstone
Full Disclosure Act
Truth@FullDisclosureAct.com
Telegram: @FDA-Lethal22
Public Testimony Submission
January 13, 2026 - SMART Government Act / Joint Rule 25
Subject: Request for Legislative Sponsorship – Full Disclosure Act (FDA): Ethics, Transparency, and Public Trust
Summary
The Full Disclosure Act (FDA) is a citizen-driven, nonpartisan proposal to restore public trust through uniform disclosure and transparency standards in publicly funded systems.
The FDA is not about outcomes or ideology. It is about process—so the public can evaluate impartiality, accountability, and ethical governance whenever public money and public authority are involved.
The FDA is rooted in existing American law: Ethics Acts, Sunshine/Open Meetings laws, FOIA/CORA, and constitutional due process and the right to petition government for redress.
Public funding carries public disclosure obligations. Conflicts are not only financial—affiliations and loyalty networks, including fraternal organizations, should be disclosed when discretion is exercised in systems affecting liberty, custody, credibility, or public resources.
I created the FDA after experiencing a closed-loop judicial process where key records were withheld, proceedings became opaque, and meaningful review failed. Without full disclosure, secrecy becomes policy—and that is how I lost my son, Colton.
The FDA supports legislative oversight to ensure transparency is auditable and enforceable, not reduced to technicalities, loopholes, or confidentiality barriers.
Title IV-D compliance integrity is a fiscal risk. If due process is denied in practice, compliance “on paper” may be inaccurate—creating audit risk, disallowances, repayment demands, and loss of federal funds.
Courts are not a private club. They are a taxpayer-funded public service. Every person has a constitutional right to access the courts — and access to the evidence needed for justice.”
The FDA is supported by over 10,000 citizens—and growing— calling for transparency in courts and related publicly funded systems.
Request: I am seeking a legislative sponsor to convene hearings and review current disclosure, transparency, and auditability practices.
Core Principle
Public funding carries public disclosure obligations.
Ethics laws traditionally focus on financial conflicts of interest. But in modern government, conflicts are not only financial. They also arise from non-financial affiliations and loyalty networks that a reasonable member of the public would want to know about when discretion is exercised in systems affecting liberty, custody, credibility, or public resources.
The FDA addresses a practical gap:
If a person is exercising public authority or being paid with public funds, then relevant affiliations and conflicts—financial or non-financial—should be disclosed in a uniform and auditable manner.
This is not radical. It is consistent with the purpose of:
• Ethics in Government frameworks
• Sunshine / Open Meetings principles
• FOIA and state open-records laws (including CORA)
• The constitutional requirement that government remain accountable to the people through transparency and meaningful access to process
Key Areas of Focus
The FDA proposes legislative review and oversight in the following areas:
1) Affiliation Disclosure (including fraternal orders)
Disclosure of relevant organizational, professional, or fraternal affiliations by individuals who:
• hold public office, or
• are paid with public funds and exercise decision-making authority.
This includes affiliations that may reasonably create the appearance of preferential treatment, “insider” deference, or conflicts affecting discretion—including fraternal orders, lodge networks, and similar private membership structures operating alongside public authority.
No public servant can serve two masters: either he will honor his oath to the Constitution and reject the private network, or he will cling to the private network and betray the Constitution.
The FDA does not presume corruption. It presumes transparency.
2) Sunshine Principles in Practice (not just on paper)
Modern governance increasingly occurs through informal networks and quasi-governmental ecosystems. The FDA encourages review of how Sunshine principles apply where public authority is exercised indirectly through private, adjacent, or publicly funded systems.
3) FOIA/CORA Enforcement and Auditability
Open records laws exist to protect the public’s ability to evaluate government action. The FDA proposes evaluation of whether FOIA/CORA mechanisms remain effective where agencies or actors deny access through technicalities, confidentiality designations, or procedural barriers.
4) Title IV-D Compliance Integrity and Fiscal Exposure (Budget Risk)
The State receives federal Title IV-D funds based on annual certifications and representations of program compliance. If due process is systematically denied in the administration of child support and custody-related proceedings—through withheld records, lack of auditable access to evidence, opaque proceedings, and blocked meaningful review—then compliance “on the books” may not be accurate in practice.
The FDA proposes legislative review of Title IV-D compliance integrity, including whether Colorado’s filings, certifications, and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, and auditable. Systemic noncompliance risks federal disallowances, repayment demands, corrective action plans, and loss of funding.
5) Access and Accountability
Ensuring transparency mechanisms are meaningful in practice—not merely technical or procedural—so citizens retain the minimum constitutional requirement: timely, reliable online access to records and evidence necessary for adjudication and review.
6) Separation of Powers
Separation of powers depends on independence. When law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, court contractors, and oversight bodies function as one mutually insulating network, transparency is no longer optional—it becomes the only safeguard left. The FDA therefore supports legislative review of structural conflicts where the same closed system controls investigation, adjudication, contracted “expert” evidence, and oversight. Oversight mechanisms must include meaningful independence and public accountability, not only system insiders.
In Colorado, Amendment H (2024)—Judicial Discipline Procedures and Confidentiality—creating the Independent Judicial Discipline Adjudicative Board, illustrates the concern: public “oversight” lacks independence when membership is primarily composed of system insiders. When oversight lacks independence, citizens are left with procedure instead of accountability.
Purpose of Legislative Sponsorship
The FDA is seeking legislative sponsors willing to:
• convene public hearings,
• request and review data and current disclosure practices, and
• evaluate whether current ethics and transparency frameworks adequately protect public confidence and due process.
Sponsorship does not imply a predetermined outcome. It reflects a commitment to oversight, study, and informed governance.
Closing
Oversight strengthens institutions by reinforcing legitimacy and public trust.
The Full Disclosure Act is offered in that spirit—aligned with the Ethics Act tradition, Sunshine principles, FOIA/CORA transparency requirements, and constitutional guarantees of due process and accountable government.
This proposal is fundamentally nonpartisan: transparency strengthens institutions and public trust regardless of ideology. Without separation of powers and full disclosure, secrecy becomes policy—and families like mine lose everything.
“If history teaches us anything, it’s that justice requires truth and transparency.”
Respectfully submitted pursuant to the SMART Government Act and Joint Rule 25.