Tag: Scott Shires
Political group that attacked Dems in GarCo goes after Longmont candidate
An Astroturf group with ties to Colorado Republican political operative Scott Shires has apparently shifted its focus from oil and gas issues on the...
Anatomy of a ‘stolen election’: Ex-Garfield County judge still seething
It’s been nearly eight months since former Garfield County Judge Steve Carter says he was ambushed by oil and gas money in his unsuccessful bid for county commissioner, but the Democrat is clearly still seething about what he considers a “stolen election.”
Energy issues could trip up Western Slope Dems in 2010
A mineral royalty rights meeting that turned ugly in Grand Junction earlier this month is just a small taste of what’s coming for local and state Democrats running for re-election in 2010 on Colorado’s Western Slope, according to one lawmaker.
Shires’ Taxpayers League fined $7,150 for GarCo race electioneering
A judge Wednesday fined a political advocacy group headed by GOP operative Scott Shires $7,150 for failing to file an electioneering communications report on $2,300 spent helping to successfully defeat a Democratic Garfield County commissioner candidate.
Shires-backed tax group admits to campaign-law violation in Garfield County
A political advocacy group headed by GOP operative Scott Shires confessed Monday to violating campaign finance laws by not filing an electioneering communications report last fall and possibly skewing a close commissioner’s race in gas-rich Garfield County.
GOP operative Shires tied to money-laundering gambling ring
The pattern emerging in the weird and sordid business life of Scott Shires points to two possible conclusions: He's cornered the market on shifty...
Taxpayers group in hot water over electioneering snafu
Once again a local political advocacy group headed by GOP operative Scott Shires is the subject of a campaign finance complaint for its involvement in a bitter 2008 Garfield County commissioners race that attracted lots of energy industry dough and carpetbagger activists.
Energy-backed front groups turn up the heat in Garfield County
Two Democrats running for county commissioner in Garfield County have accused conservative front groups with energy-industry backing of reaching new lows with deceptive attack ads and mailers, including one made to look like a legitimate newspaper.
Hasan campaign in hot water over corporate gifts; watchdog group demands...
Republican statehouse candidate for House District 56 and GOP up-and-comer Ali Hasan received two potentially illegal corporate contributions last month that appear to have escaped the watchful eye of the Colorado Secretary of State's office and his wayward campaign accountant.
Republican activist Shires gets probation, fine in fraud case
Scott Shires, the Republican activist who in 2004 reportedly recruited current U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer to serve on the board of the privately held National Alternative Fuel Foundation (NAFF), was sentenced today to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $3,450 fine on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file corporate tax returns.">Scott Shires, the Republican activist who in 2004 reportedly recruited current U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer to serve on the board of the privately held National Alternative Fuel Foundation (NAFF), was sentenced today to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $3,450 fine on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file corporate tax returns.