Advocates for Proposition CC outspent the opposition by more than double but still lost in the statewide November election. The two campaign committees behind the ballot question — Coloradans for Prosperity and Great Education Colorado — spent a combined $4.5 million on the failed effort, according to final campaign finance reports filed late last week. […]
Defend Colorado
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Carman: Coloradans aren’t stupid, no matter what the goons at Defend Colorado think
The secret deep pockets behind Defend Colorado are out to leverage ignorance. It’s a move right out of the Russian election interference playbook. With apparently unlimited money and depravity, the organization has orchestrated a campaign of deception that relies on a gullible, credulous public. Among its most craven tactics is a series of attack ads […]
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Environment, Health, Politics and Government
New attack ad from oil and gas industry ally blasts Gov. Jared Polis and Democrats for “junk science”
A dark-money conservative political organization allied with the oil and gas industry is taking aim at Colorado’s governor and a new administration report on health impacts from drilling operations, declaring “it’s time to fight back” against “Jared’s junk science.” The attack — airing on radio stations and appearing online — is the most aggressive assault […]
Posted inBusiness, Education, Politics and Government
Dark money and big donors fuel the ballot battle over Proposition CC in Colorado
Big money is pouring into the Proposition CC campaign – and Colorado voters may never find out where much of it is coming from. That’s because dark-money nonprofits are contributing heavily to supporters and opponents of the 2019 ballot question to end TABOR revenue limits. That dark money — totaling nearly $3 million — is […]