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McInnis reportedly yet to arrange repayment for plagiarized articles

By | 07.22.10 | 11:38 am

It has been six days since embattled GOP candidate for governor Scott McInnis said he would repay the $300,000 paid to him by the Hasan Family Foundation for a series of articles he plagiarized but McInnis has yet return…

Hasan Foundation demands McInnis money back, but questions remain

By | 07.17.10 | 9:40 am

VAIL – In the wake of the Hasan Family Foundation concluding its internal probe of the Scott McInnis plagiarism scandal Friday and demanding repayment of his fellowship funds, questions continue to swirl about whether the $300,000 was in fact some form of a political contribution.

Conservative Hasan strongly rebukes Norton ‘war on Islam’ messaging

By | 06.29.10 | 12:22 pm

Ali Hasan, former candidate for state treasurer and scion of the wealthy Hasans behind the GOP-backing Hasan Family Foundation, has posted a sharp rebuke of Jane Norton’s U.S. Senate campaign at the Colorado Statesman website today.

“Nothing has…

McInnis mum on the Hasan deal he once called ‘sweet’

By | 06.16.10 | 11:46 am

The Denver Post this week went looking for details on the two-year Hasan Family Foundation fellowship landed by GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis after he left congress and that paid him $300,00 to write a series of articles titled…

McInnis paid $300,000 by Hasan family for odd water research project

By | 06.15.10 | 9:00 am

Over the weekend, the Hasan Family Foundation posted a series of articles on its website called “Musings on Water” authored by GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis. These are some of the articles the six-term congressman authored for a hefty $300,000 from the prominent Colorado conservative donor Hasan family for work to be completed in 2005 and 2006. It’s a gig that would make even the few non-struggling writers in the state green with envy.

McInnis draws heat in Colorado Springs for dodging water issues

By | 05.26.10 | 1:07 pm

GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has said he knows “a little something” about Colorado water issues, which is partly why he says he won a $150,000 fellowship from the Hasan Foundation to write “a series of in-depth articles” on Colorado water. McInnis’s campaign hasn’t commented on the articles or released them and McInnis has said precious little to reporters about his stand on vital water issues in Colorado. But the issue isn’t going away, particularly, perhaps, among Colorado Springs Republicans.

GOP race for Colorado Treasurer heats up as Hasan and Ament trade barbs

By | 05.18.10 | 5:03 pm

In advance of the GOP state assembly this weekend, where delegates will vote on the list of candidates for the August primary ballot, candidate for treasurer J.J. Ament, a financial adviser-investment banker money man, has become the target of…

McInnis articles for Hasan Foundation difficult to track down

By | 05.12.10 | 10:56 am

Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis on the Caplis and Silverman KHOW radio show April 26, discussed his tax returns and addressed roughly $150,000 he earned from the GOP friendly Hasan Family Foundation after he left Congress. “How does…

Ali Hasan’s magical mystery tour revs up again for state treasurer run

By | 01.05.10 | 3:23 pm

Beaver Creek filmmaker, occasional TV personality and maverick Muslim and Republican politician Ali Hasan semi-officially announced his run for state treasurer in Eagle County Monday, labeling his two Republican opponents for the GOP nomination “fiscal liberals” and slamming current…

GOP state Treasurer candidate Hasan’s tribute to the ‘man of Never Neverland’

By | 07.17.09 | 2:41 pm

Republican candidate for Colorado State Treasurer Muhammad Ali Hasan has penned a tribute to Michael Jackson. It is a sincere and hopeful piece. It also ranks up there on the strange meter next to Mark Sanford’s goofball love letters.