matt arnold

Coffman on more veterans’ woes, time changes of death, the big budget shortfall and more

Mar 20, 2017

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Jared Wright

March 20, 2017 Good morning and Happy Monday. Whether we like it or not, those Mondays keep on a comin’. Thank you sir, may I have another! Read on for this week’s rundown of intel straight from Colorado’s political pipeline … COLORADO KUMBAYA: The Neil Gorsuch Support Ticker (confirmation hearings begin this week): Steve Farber of…
A GOP gadfly fights reform of a campaign law that many say has run amok

Mar 14, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Not long ago, libertarian-leaning Reason magazine ran an expose of Colorado’s convoluted campaign-finance law and how it invites abuse by those who manipulate it to clobber – and silence – their political foes. We blogged on the article at the time, noting its focus on controversial Colorado political operative Matt Arnold and his business, Campaign Integrity Watchdog, as Exhibit A.…
Matt Arnold scores win against county GOP amid charges he’s waging proxy state chair battle

Mar 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Conservative gadfly Matt Arnold, a persistent thorn in the side of lots of Colorado Republicans, dug in a little deeper this week. In response to a complaint filed by Arnold’s Campaign Integrity Watchdog organization, the El Paso County GOP admitted in court Tuesday that it made some mistakes in campaign finance filings last year and…
Latest complaint by GOP dissident draws skeptics, fuels doubts about campaign law

Feb 7, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Matt Arnold is about as popular as Hillary Clinton in some Colorado Republican circles. Sure, he’s a member of the party himself, yet the maverick activist is responsible for filing more campaign-finance complaints than anyone else under Colorado’s 14-year-old law on the subject – and a whole lot of those efforts have been directed at his own tribe. The tally of court…
Reason mag: Clear the Bench’s Arnold clogs the courts with campaign complaints

Jan 30, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Matt Arnold reputedly resides on the political right, but over the years the pugnacious political activist has stirred at least as much controversy – and drawn as much fire from detractors – within his own philosophical ranks as he has across Colorado’s political landscape in general. Now, a national magazine of libertarian bent is calling him out…
The Hot Sheet – Guv race a marathon NOT a sprint, who’s watching the watchdog, Coffman takes Twitter heat, council member says ‘The only way to change the law is to disobey it’ and… MORE!

Jan 17, 2017

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 02 NO. 007 | JANUARY 17, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017 DENVER – Welcome to the 7th day of the 71st General Assembly, and what many would call the first day of real work (OK, we aren’t talking about you, Joint Budget Committee members. Relax). Lots of characters and news in Colorado politics to talk…
Former Rep. Tim Dore fined $2,000 for mistakes on campaign finance reports

Jan 16, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

An administrative law judge fined former state Rep. Tim Dore of Elizabeth $2,000 for failing to report a round of robo-calls, featuring, coincidentally, former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez. Dore’s re-election campaign last summer also failed to accurately report some radio ads as “electioneering communications,” according to the ruling by Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer. The…
“Know your Judge” with Clear the Bench’s evaluations of judicial performance in 2014

Oct 17, 2014

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Matt Arnold

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln As Coloradans prepare to cast their ballots in the 2014 elections, despite being bombarded with political ads and mailers, most voters have little to no information…