Colorado: Right-to-work group gains in fundraising
According to the Rocky Mountain News:
Proponents of a right-to-work ballot initiative raised more than twice as much money in recent weeks as their labor opponents but still trail significantly in the money race.
A Better Colorado, a group formed to promote right-to-work Amendment 47, raised $355,313 in the period from May 27 to July 2.
The Free Enterprise Alliance, the issue-advocacy arm of national trade group Associated Builders and Contractors, gave $154,692. Colorado Citizens for Change, an anonymous nonprofit, gave $195,000.
Colorado Citizens for Change, which also gave $200,000 earlier in the year, is funded entirely by CoorsTek, said Kelley Harp, spokesman for A Better Colorado. Jonathan Coors, part of the family that founded Coors Brewing, is CoorsTek's government relations director.
Amendment 47 opponent Protect Colorado's Future, a coalition of labor unions and other groups, raised $177,727 during the same period, with the AFL-CIO contributing $47,000.
For the year to date, however, Protect Colorado's Future has raised four times as much as the right-to-work advocates. Protect Colorado's Future reports $2.23 million in contributions while A Better Colorado has raised $555,799....click to continue.
