In a growing controversy over donations from firms associated with disgraced former federal lobbyist Jack Abramoff, documents show Senate candidate Rep. Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs, took a $1,500 donation from two of his former clients.
Face The State analyzes the donations, including their timing coincidental with a change in Udall's votes on a contentious Internet gambling bill.
By Andrew Ripemoff
I hope police will begin to crack down on these dangerous petition gatherers, who apparently are going around and forcing innocent citizens (at gunpoint), to sign their petitions.
After announcing earlier this month that he is running to serve as Colorado’s Republican National Committeeman, former state Senate Majority leader Mark Hillman faced something he has not frequently been subjected to throughout his political career: Controversy.
For the second time in as many days, opponents of a citizen-led civil rights initiative are facing allegations that they manufactured voter fraud allegations. The latest dust up: A Democrat state legislative aide who had claimed to be a victim of voter fraud saw her complaint dismissed after state officials learned that she was not a registered voter.
A Face The State investigation has revealed that one of the individuals alleging voter fraud against a campaign devoted to ending racial and gender preferences is a longtime liberal activist with ties to multiple organizations promoting such policies.
At a Capitol hearing on his alleged ethics violation this week, state Sen. Abel Tapia, D-Pueblo, told his fellow legislators, “We all have ties, particularly if we have lives.” Perhaps true, but for the rest of us, our “ties” don’t result in half-million dollar contracts.