June 11, 2008 10:27 AM UTC

Problems for 'Right to Work for Less'?

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• by: vercingetrix

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Some interesting developments, or lack thereof, in the Prop 47 battle.  Most of this is well known at this site, but putting all the recent news together makes me wonder what is going on with the proponents of the anti-family ‘right to work for less’ amendment.

First, the money.  The main group pushing Amendment 47, A Better Colorado, only raised $236 in the last month?!  How are they supposed to run an amendment campaign on that?  Jonathan Coors, who almost single handedly funded A Better Colorado earlier this year with $200,000, has been Mr. Tight Pockets recently.

Why does this group have no other funders?

By contrast, Protect Colorado’s Future, the group fighting this ill-conceived proposition, has raised $2 million this year.

Second, there are some possibly illegal, and most certainly shadowy, fundraising going on among the four groups that have aided Prop 47 over the last year.  Protect Colorado’s Future is asking tough questions over whether some of the groups involved, who are 501C4s, improperly gave money to this decidedly political agenda.

Third, PCF has challenged the petitions filed on behalf of Prop 47 in court.  From what has been reported, there was massive fraud and improper signature gathering techniques employed by the petition gatherers, not too mention tens of thousands of invalid signatures.  So much so the amendment may be kicked off the ballot.

Court battles cost money.  Running an amendment campaign costs money.  But the main group heading up this campaign does not have any.  Very strange.

Even Health One and American Furniture Warehouse, who helped fund the petition drive for ‘Work for Less’, have not ponied up lately.  

So either the key backers of this amendment have backed off and are letting the amendment die on the vine, or they are funding it in a very creative and likely illegal way.

One reason I can think of for the tepid support for Amendment 47:  The proposed Coors/Miller joint venture.  Miller is a union company.  Coors is not.  If Coors wants the headquarters for the new joint venture in CO, they better make sure CO does not get any less friendly to workers and unions than it already is.  Coors’ board has not supported ‘right to work for less’ as a result.  And who has the ability to tell Jonathan Coors, the main funder of ‘Work for Less’ to back off?

You guessed it.

In any event, hopefully Protect Colorado’s Future can get some answers.  Until then, let us stop this terrible amendment that will decrease the living standards of working Colorado families by funding Protect Colorado’s Future.