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Posts Tagged 527 Political Committee

Will the Real Trailhead Group Stand Up?

By | 09.23.06 | 1:18 pm

This week the Republican Trailhead Group announced that it has a new and improved name. Perhaps the Denver-based political hit squad thinks that will make all of their troubles disappear – including complaints alleging possible money laundering filed with…

Update On Complaint Against Trailhead Group

By | 09.22.06 | 1:10 pm

A group that has filed complaints with the IRS against the Trailhead Group and other 527s might not be seeing results until after the November election. 

According to Colorado Citizens For Ethics In Government (CCEG), the group that brought…

Senate Majority Fund Faces Possible Investigation for Undisclosed Money

By | 09.22.06 | 11:05 am

A well-connected Republican political fundraising group faces scrutiny by state and federal officials for a series of financial transactions that have been characterized in one formal complaint to the Colorado Secretary of State as a money-laundering scheme.

Last week,…

Spreading Wealth Around, Part III

By | 09.20.06 | 5:06 pm

Today’s snapshot of a big contributor to the Trailhead Group LLC and other two 527s we’ve been investigating is of the Coors family.

Family members and the Adolph Coors Company itself have sunk…

Suthers Ignored Trailhead Violation Of Foreign LLC Law

By | 09.19.06 | 4:46 pm

Trailhead, the 527 group that is funding negative campaign tactics designed to favor of Republican political candidates across Colorado, anyway, is a Delaware limited liability company.  As noted here, previously, it didn’t obtain a certificate of authority  to…

From Rocky Mountain News: Trailhead Responds To Confidential Report

By | 09.19.06 | 2:59 pm

Complaints have been filed with both state and federal entities, tens of thousands of dollars are still not accounted for, and the Trailhead Group LLC wasn’t even reserved with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office until Colorado Confidential reporter Cara…

Ethics Group Files Complaint Against Trailhead

By | 09.18.06 | 6:10 pm

It looks like the Trailhead Group has another thing to worry about.

In light of the Confidential’s reporting on financial discrepancies involving the Trailhead Group, Colorado Citizens For Ethics In Government (CCEG) has filed formal complaints with…

I am Trailhead Group, LLC

By | 09.18.06 | 5:12 pm

You would think that a group of wise guys who go to the trouble of setting up a 527 political group with the Internal Revenue Service would be smart enough to also get a license from the Secretary of State…

Oh, You Mean THAT $100,000

By | 09.18.06 | 8:30 am

Last week Colorado Confidential reported on a series irregularities among some of Colorado’s most influential political finance committees, including Trailhead Group, the Colorado Leadership Fund and the Senate Majority Fund. One of those groups, the Colorado Leadership Fund,…

Curiouser and Curiouser

By | 09.17.06 | 8:43 pm

Some very troubling concerns have come to light about one charitable beneficiary of Denver-based The Trailhead Group, LLC – one of the largest pro-Republican political committees in the country.

On March 6, 2006, Trailhead claims to have written a…