Denver November 2004 Election
FasTracks Yes! has collected nearly $170,000 in their quest to have voters pass an increase in the metro area sales tax to fund FasTracks, according to the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "The bulk of the money for the proposed rapid-transit network was donated by engineering firms, contractors and developers. Smaller contributions have come from home builders, civic leaders, transit advocates and other individuals. The political committee - FasTracks Yes! - expects to spend up to $3 million on the campaign. Nine contributors gave a total of $130,000, including the largest single contribution, $50,000, from Union Center LLC. Union Center owns property behind Union Station. That's where six of nine rail lines would converge. All but two of the contributions were raised in March. There is no organized political campaign opposing FasTracks yet, and there has been no fund raising reported by any opponents of FasTracks so far. FasTracks Yes! opened its offices at West 11th Avenue and Osage Street, in a building owned by Mayor John Hickenlooper. The mayor is a strong supporter of the measure, which asks voters to raise the metro transit sales tax by 0.4 cents to a full penny per dollar. It would help pay for a 12-year construction program of six new rail lines, extensions of three existing ones and an expanded metro bus network." Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [April 15, 2004, "Developers backing FasTracks campaign"].
Mike Miles will stay in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate despite an earlier promise to drop out if he didn't get 30% support in Tuesday's caucuses, according to the Rocky Mountain News [April 15, 2004, "Miles falls short but remains in race"].
Update: The latest Rasmussen Reports.com poll in the Colorado U.S. Senate race shows Ken Salazar leading Peter Coors by 47 to 42. Thanks to Taegan Goddard for the link.
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