[Opinion] Dark Money Groups Have Corrupted Denver School Board Elections (Opinion)

Dark money groups have corrupted Denver School Board elections (Opinion)

Are the Denver School Board elections transparent and democratic? Not really. Sadly, the Denver School board campaigns are far less democratic than any other Denver elections with two “dark money” groups providing more than 70% of the funding. We are talking more than $1 million from these two groups in 2023, and expect the number to be even higher this fall. There is no other Denver or even Colorado election with so much soft or “dark” money po…

Denver: Will Dark Money Buy the School Board?

Mike DeGuire, veteran educator in Denver, fears that billionaires are paying the bills for a phony reform group that’s trying to buy the Denver school board. The billionaires find Denver an enticing target because its leading public officials are DFER Democrats: Michael Bennett is a Colorado Senator and a big supporter of charter schools when he was Denver’s Superintendent of Schools; Governor Jared Polis opened charter schools and is a charter …