On October 14, I wrote about the outrageous amount of money donated by the Oil & Gas Industry (O&G) to defeat Proposition 112. This $33 million as reported in mid-October has been heavily spent on TV and radio ads. The claims of these ads center on the number of jobs and the amount of tax dollars that would be lost…
“The oil and gas industry has continued pumping millions of dollars into defeating a Colorado ballot measure that would establish 2,500-foot setbacks around new wells and other infrastructure,” according to an article in the October 10, 2018 edition of the Denver Business Journal (“See who’s spending the most on Colorado’s oil-well setback ballot fight”). Indeed, this industry…
As the citizens of Broomfield began to mobilize their grassroots effort to protect the health and safety of Broomfield residents in the summer of 2017, they were confident that the concerns of Broomfield voters would prevail. However, the oil and gas industry quickly poured over $300,000 into the campaign to oppose the measure, as reported in the first campaign…
Based on the Campaign Finance report published by the City of Broomfield on Oct 17, 2017 and the latest submission on Oct 18, 2017, the “Vote No on 301”* campaign had received a total of $344,687 from the oil and gas industry groups. Just to be clear, the “Vote No on 301”* is the Anti-Health & Safety for Broomfield…
