2018 CO Governor's race: on Government Reform
Jared Polis:
More limits on campaign donations; more donor disclosure
Q: Require political ads to disclose their largest funders?Jared Polis (D): Yes. Co-sponsored DISCLOSE Act requiring full disclosure of independent expenditures.
Walker Stapleton (R): Unknown.
Q: Support Citizens United decision, allowing
unlimited political donations from corporations and unions?
Jared Polis (D): No. Has consistently sought to get campaign finance reform bills through Congress.
Walker Stapleton (R): Unknown.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Colorado Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Jared Polis:
Investigate voter suppression; prohibit gerrymandering
Q: Support the 2 ballot measures to amend the Colorado constitution to explicitly prohibit gerrymandering?Jared Polis (D): Yes. Strongly supports.
Q: Voting Rights: Support stricter voting rules such as voter ID requirements or reduced registration
times, even if they prevent some people from voting?
Polis: No. Voted to restore voting rights protections. Signed letter to Trump condemning stricter voter rules & asking to investigate voter suppression.
Walker Stapleton (R): Unknown on both.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Colorado Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Walker Stapleton:
Great Colorado Payback: find lost bank accounts
The Great Colorado Payback, which seeks to reunite residents with missing belongings, is the way most people think about the state Treasurer's Office, if they think about it at all.Stapleton sees the program--which returned more money during his
tenure than all previous years combined--as one of his better known successes. Democrats, however, hope to turn that popularity against him by convincing voters the program has been mismanaged.
The Great Colorado Payback started in 1989 as a way to
tell people about all the unclaimed property the state keeps, such as the contents of forgotten safe deposit boxes and bank accounts.
When Stapleton took office in 2010, he established a tradition of timing his TV ads with March Madness, the spring
college basketball tournament. And that's when things took off. The program grew from about 60,000 claims per year to nearly 140,000 in 2017. The size of the staff and its methods for processing claims, however, remained the same. The result was a mess
Source: Denver Post on 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race
Aug 26, 2018
Walker Stapleton:
Ended hired petitioners when one surfaced as not registered
Stapleton learned a Colorado Springs-based petition gathering firm he hired, Kennedy Enterprises, used a contract worker who was not registered to vote in Colorado. By state law, only registered voters qualify to gather petitions.
Stapleton says the firm previously assured him all petition workers qualified. Upon learning otherwise, he abandoned the petitions instead of preparing to defend them in a potential court challenge.
Source: Colorado Springs Gazette on 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race
May 21, 2018
George Brauchler:
Sunset law should apply to all regulations
His issues include over regulation. He feels there are too many rules. He would like to use the sunset law on all state regulations.
Once a law is passed, he feels it should be checked again in five to seven years and if it no longer needed, it should go up for a yes or no vote and get rid of it, if it is outdated.
Source: Akron News-Reporter on 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race
Aug 21, 2017
George Brauchler:
Move some state offices out of capital
Brauchler wants to de-centralize state government by taking state agency offices and placing them in communities outside the Denver metro area. "How about the idea that we sell this super expensive real estate, not re-purpose it, but sell it.
You take that money and invest it," Brauchler said. The investment would be in moving state agencies to areas in the state that make more sense. "You find a handful of those things and you have rural economic stimulus." Brauchler said.
Source: Sterling Journal-Advocate on 2018 Colorado governor race
Aug 9, 2017
George Brauchler:
A record of official transparency
- Created unprecedented and unmatched accessibility to the public and media on issues of accountability, including budget, open records and civil asset forfeitures.
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Made all office expenditures and budget requests available to the public online, as well as all monies spent of the Aurora Theater Shooting case and expenditures of money from forfeited assets.
Source: 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial campaign website george2018.com
Jul 12, 2017
Steve Barlock:
Drain the swamp of Colorado politics
Republican Steve Barlock is best known in Colorado as a former co-chair for Donald Trump's presidential campaign in Colorado. Barlock also served as an alternate delegate for Trump at last year's Republican National Convention. In his announcement, he
billed himself as the only candidate who is "truly loyal to Donald Trump," and promised to "drain the swamp" of Colorado politics. His other plans include making sure the troubled Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) is fully funded.
Source: Colorado Times-Recorder on 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race
Apr 17, 2017
Mike Johnston:
No PAC money when running as state senator or as governor
Q: Some commentators characterize you as being part of the left-leaning, most progressive part of the Democratic Party, with references to Bernie Sanders. Are you comfortable with those characterizations? A: There are commitments that Bernie and
I share and things I really respect about what he's done. I didn't take any PAC money when running as a state senator, and I won't when running for governor. We're having a deep focus on community organizing and really lifting up the voices of ordinary
people to regain their government. I think that commitment to community organizing to give people a voice in government and not just a vote--I really share the belief that we need to make post-secondary education accessible and affordable.
So I think those are the things people have picked out as commonalities, and I'm certainly excited about those. I [also] think there are also a lot of ways I've built bridges with Republican leaders and business leaders that I'm proud of.
Source: Westword interview on 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial race
Jan 25, 2017
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