In the 48 hours following the close of Colorado’s legislative session, the state’s most prominent business group, Colorado Concern, had a board member resign publicly while citing policy disagreements, and scrubbed the names of member companies and its remaining board members from its website. Now, nobody is willing to talk about what happened.
Heidi Ganahl, failed gubernatorial candidate and host of the “Unleashed” podcast, has a new project in the works, one that aims to help Republicans regain control in Colorado. The former CU regent has already secured significant funding from prominent GOP donors, including Walter “Buz” Koelbel, chairman of the Common Sense Institute’s board of directors, and fellow developer, former state senate candidate Tim Walsh. In a leaked Zoom video, Koelbel joined Ganahl as she pitched her “Road to Red” to a wider group of conservative supporters.
The debate over Proposition HH, which would lower property tax assessment rates while also securing public education funding via a 1% increase in the state tax retention cap, has largely been framed as a partisan split between Democratic supporters and Republican opponents. However, there are many prominent Republicans who endorse the ballot measure, starting with the state’s most prominent center-right business group, Colorado Concern.
