The three — Anne Landman, Claudette Konola and Martin Wiesiolek — have asked Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, to convene an ethics investigation of Scott.

They say Scott has improperly infringed on their free-speech rights by blocking them from “one or more of his official social media accounts.”

“It is clear that Senator Scott blocks constituents from accessing his official social media forums whenever they criticize him and or express opinions that differ with his,” the three said in their complaint. “His actions violate our and other constituents’ rights of free speech.”

Scott, who had not heard about the complaint until contacted by The Daily Sentinel, said he’s only hidden some “inappropriate” comments from public view, adding that there’s nothing official about his social media accounts.

“I look at (social media) as something that I do personally because I scour news stories, and if I think it’s something of interest to constituents who might be friending me because they don’t get The Daily Sentinel, for example, I post the story,” Scott said. “The state doesn’t pay for this. There’s no state staffer that posts for me.”

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