YES on 54 RELEASES FIRST TV AD

WHEAT RIDGE, CO — Amendment 54 today released the first in a series of hard-hitting television commercials that highlight the need for governmental transparency that would end the NO-BID culture of corruption in Colorado.

The first commercial in the series features Senator Abel Tapia and his secretive NO-BID government contracts. The facts are these:   for years this powerful Senator had direct oversight of funding for the State Fair.  During that time, his engineering firm received hundreds of thousands of dollars in NO-BID contracts from the State Fair.  Additionally, Senator Tapia received hundreds of thousands of dollars from state agencies over which he had oversight responsibility.

Amendment 54 would establish a NO-BID searchable database that would have brought scrutiny to Tapia’s practices much earlier. If the searchable database had been in place, it is likely public pressure would have forced those contracts to be competitively bid which would have resulted in savings for the taxpayers.

Amendment 54 Chair Tom Lucero said, “Frankly, we shouldn’t have to wait for a 9News Investigation to find out how our tax dollars are being spent.  The public has a right to know these matters and YES on 54 will open up the government contracting process.  Coloradans are tired of footing the bill for backroom deals for political insiders.”

Lucero concluded, “YES on 54 is just good common sense: having a searchable database is the perfect disinfectant for corrupt NO-BID contracts. A searchable database will put elected officials on notice that every time a NO-BID contract goes out the door, taxpayers will be watching. Ultimately, the goal is for every government contract to be competitively bid. YES on 54 makes taxpayers the real winners.”

Open Letter To Colorado Voters

Dear Fellow Colorado Taxpayer,

We need your help to clean up ethical conflicts in Colorado! Did you know it is LEGAL in Colorado for a government contractor to be awarded a NO-BID government contract and then funnel campaign dollars to politicians who helped with the deal? Read more…

“Unholy Alliance” Radio Spot