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Activists protest Polis’ choices for education transition team
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A small but vocal group of public-education activists protested outside the Boulder office of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Friday in opposition to choices the governor-elect made for his transition team on education. According to a Facebook Live feed of the event, about 20 showed up to “call out” Polis’ inclusion of education reformers on the…
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Polis’ 1st controversy as governor-elect: His picks for education transition team
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Friday’s announcement by Gov.-elect Jared Polis of who would work on his education transition team is generating controversy among some Colorado public education advocates. The team will be chaired by former Colorado State University President Al Yates and Elaine Gantz Berman, a member of the Colorado State Board of Education. But it’s other members…
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2 weeks, nearly $17.5M: Who’s contributing to Colorado campaigns?
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The checkbooks are wide open in the oil and gas industry, which poured nearly $7.9 million over a two-week period alone into its main committee for influencing the vote on two Colorado ballot measures for November. All told, nearly $17.5 million flowed into campaign committees from Aug. 30 to Sept. 12. Protecting Colorado’s Environment, Economy…
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Democrats for Ed Reform’s Colo. leader didn’t lobby illegally, secretary of state says, but …
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The office of Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams has cleared the executive director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) on a complaint accusing her of lobbying lawmakers at the state Capitol without being a registered lobbyist. But in a May 16 letter to DFER Executive Director’s Jen Walmer and former research director Jack Teter,…
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DFER: Why Colo. Democrats threw it out of their state assembly
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On April 14, in what was the most dramatic moment in the Democratic Party’s state assembly, party activists won delegates’ assembly approval for a demand that the Colorado chapter of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) stop using the word “Democrat” in its name. The move exposed a deepening schism in the party over school choice…
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Former DPS candidate Tay Anderson withholds gubernatorial endorsement pending answers to ‘tough questions’
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Tay Anderson, the 19-year-old who lost an election for a Denver Public Schools board seat last month, says in a Facebook video posted Wednesday that he hasn’t picked a gubernatorial candidate yet – because none of the Democrats running have enunciated a specific set of progressive positions Anderson says are required to get his endorsement.…
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Spending by outside groups alone for Colorado school board races exceeds $2 million
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Outside groups trying to sway voters with mailers, phone calls and yard signs on the Colorado’s two most controversial school board elections have now spent more than $2 million, with more than $1 million spent in a little more than two weeks in October. The spending has strongly favored pro-charter candidates in the races for…
