By Sandra Fish | The Colorado Sun
A political nonprofit linked to Gov. Jared Polis has admitted to violating Colorado’s campaign finance laws and will pay an $18,000 fine and disclose its donors under a settlement agreement with state election officials.
Boldly Forward Colorado, created in 2018 to pay for Polis’ transition team, donated nearly $352,000 last year to Property Tax Relief Now. That issue committee spent close to $3 million to promote Proposition HH, a ballot measure backed by Polis that would have overhauled Colorado’s property tax system and made big changes to state spending.
Voters overwhelmingly rejected the measure in the November 2023 election.
The Public Trust Institute, a conservative political nonprofit, filed the complaint against Boldly Forward in January, arguing its contributions to Property Tax Relief Now were so large that they required the group to file as an issue committee and report its donors.