pat stryker
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Major donors back Colorado ballot measures to fund school meals and SNAP
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With just 17 days to go to Election Day 2026, the cash is rolling in for the only statewide ballot measures voters will face. Propositions LL and MM, both originating from the General Assembly, address the Healthy School Meals for All program approved by voters in 2022. The program has run a shortfall due to…
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Colorado election spending: How donors are shaping the 2024 races
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In 2004, they were known as the Gang of Four. Wealthy Democrats, including Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, Tim Gill, and now-Gov. Jared Polis, who pooled their resources for a take-over of the Colorado General Assembly. As outlined in “The Blueprint,” the landmark book on what began Colorado’s transition from red to blue, in 2004, the…
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INSIGHTS: Legislation to shape state politics for decades barely got noticed
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The day after the legislative session ended May 9, most of the Capitol’s top brass met with reporters to size up what had happened the previous four months. They had big-ticket compromises to brag about, for sure. Putting $3 billion into transportation counts. So does fixing a $32 billion shortfall in the state public employees’…
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The Fray’s front man joins governor to promote music in Colorado schools
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Students at Clyde Miller P-8 School in Aurora strummed along on ukuleles as Gov. John Hickenlooper, on a banjo, and Isaac Slade, the frontman for the Colorado-born band The Fray, played guitar and led them in “Will the Circle Go Unbroken.” The school is one of five sharing $450,000 raised by musicians and other benefactors…
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Pat Stryker puts up $2 million to match donations for hurricane relief
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Pat Stryker is known for many things – billionaire, businesswoman, Stryker Corp. heiress and one of the four rich Democrats who helped turn Colorado into a purple state. But on the list of her credits, philanthropist could be underlined in red. Her Bohemian Foundation, which has givens millions in grants in Colorado, is offering to…
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The Hot Sheet – Trump is growing on Hick, Hey – big (political) spender, cities investing in Christmas, Boulder is paying for WHAT? and MORE …
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VOL. 01 NO. 196 | DECEMBER 1, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 (2016 Colorado campaign cash) DENVER – Happy Thursday to you and yours from all of us at the Colorado Statesman. Has it been hard for you getting back in the swing of things following the long (not long enough) Thanksgiving holiday? There,…
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VIDEO: Cadman sets Capitol buzzing with tip of the hat to AFP
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Americans for Prosperity came to the Capitol Thursday — not just some of the group’s legislative specialists, but a whole crowd of liberty loving followers, who Republican lawmakers thanked for their dedication to small-government and their hard work championing conservative causes in recent years. “I want to say thanks,” said Senate President Bill Cadman, R-Colorado…
