So now I'm wondering if Maes was fired because he was hanging out with the suspects and when confronted, he claimed to be getting info on them to help the police. Which of course they didn't buy. You see it in drug cases all the time, where a defendant charged with selling drugs says he thought he was acting as an informant for the cops and what he was doing is legal. It's a defense that rarely works.

Maes' latest explanation:

"Those comments might have been incorrect comments," Maes said. Who wrote them on the website?

"Whoever typed it, typed it. That's all I've got to say," Maes said, before referring questions to his campaign spokesman. Later, his spokesman, Nate Strauch, confirmed that Maes had written the comments.

Here's a screengrab of his website.

Another bad idea on Maes' part: Comparing himself to fired ICE Agent Cory Voorhis. Voorhis was acquitted, but what he did (which his lawyers admitted in pleadings, but claimed he didn't act unlawfully), accessing a private law enforcement database for information that would discredit a political candidate to give to his opponent, still stinks.

Maes has little chance of beating Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in November, so he's not worth too much ink, but now I am curious as to why he was fired.