Bob Schaffer is getting media attention for his vote on the Life Skills Charter School, according to the Rocky Mountain News.
Colorado Pols: "A half-dozen stories were written about the School Board and Schaffer's questionable contributions, and the man himself offered this gem from the Rocky Mountain News by way of explanation: 'Schaffer also pointed out that Brennan contributed to his U.S. Senate campaign, not his state Board of Education campaign, and the contribution came after his vote.' Um, yeah. That's...the problem. It's harder for the public to see the conflict of interest if the donations are going into a different campaign, and it's more than a little fishy when you get the big check after the favorable vote."
More from David Sirota (via Colorado Confidential). He writes, "Hmm...Conservatives say the Great Schaffer Scandal of 2007 'has no traction anywhere in mainstream media' and that it's just the product of little ol' me supposedly 'peddling baseless rumors.' Really? I guess that means the Associated Press, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, the Coloradoan and the front page of PoliticsWest is not the 'mainstream media?' And I guess that means FEC records showing Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer took campaign cash from a donor after casting a favorable vote for that donor - those records are just 'baseless?'"
Category: Denver November 2008 Election
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