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Spreading Wealth Around, Part VI

By | 09.23.06 | 9:00 am

Today’s snapshot of big donors to Trailhead Group LLC, the Senate Majority Fund, and the Colorado Leadership Fund, all 527s under investigation by Colorado Confidential, focuses on Copic Insurance. The company has given a total of $81,750 to…

Spreading Wealth Around, Part V

By | 09.22.06 | 1:40 pm

Today’s snapshot of donors to Trailhead LLC Group and two other 527s under investigation by Colorado Confidential brings us some tidbits about Bruce Benson, one of the founders of Trailhead. Benson’s company, Benson Mineral Group,  has…

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…

Spreading Wealth Around, Part IV

By | 09.21.06 | 1:30 pm

Real estate developer Joel Farkas and his company, Gateway America Properties is in focus in today’s snapshot of big contributors to the Trailhead Group LLC, the Senate Majority Fund, and the Colorado Leadership Fund, the three 527s that…

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…

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…

Spreading Wealth Around, Part II

By | 09.19.06 | 1:29 pm

Another day, another snapshot of a big contributor to Trailhead Group LLC, part of our investigation into the strange financings of the 527 founded by Gov. Bill Owens, beer magnae Pete Coors, and former Republican Party chairman Bruce…

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…

Spreading Wealth Around

By | 09.18.06 | 12:16 pm

Additional reporting from Colorado Confidential reporter Erin Rosa

Wealthy political operatives are weaving a complex web when it comes to Colorado’s powerful GOP 527, the Trailhead Group, LLC (formerly Headwaters), which Colorado Confidential began investigating last week.…