Complaint alleges campaign finance abuses (right to work)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/09/complaint-alleges-campaign-finance-abuses/

By Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Labor interests filed a complaint Tuesday alleging campaign finance law violations by a group calling itself the Colorado Right to Work Committee.

A lawyer representing the Protect Colorado's Future coalition alleged the right-to-work group has filed only minimal financial information with the state after registering late as an issue group last fall. The letter to the secretary of state's office was written on behalf of Mike Cerbo, who serves as executive director of the Colorado AFL-CIO.

"This has been a big perplexing issue," Cerbo said of his side's attempt to figure out who has provided the support for a contentious statewide ballot initiative that would make Colorado a "right-to-work" state.

"We want to know who we are dealing with," Cerbo told the Rocky Mountain News.

"And where are they getting their money?" Cerbo asked. "That's why we have campaign finance laws."

The filings apparently have been made by a group handling the gathering of signatures needed to get the issue on the ballot. Another group calling itself "A Better Colorado" filed as an issue group last week so it can handle the right-to-work ballot campaign.

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