Colorado League of Taxpayers

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</div><div>...Another Shires-registered group, Colorado League of Taxpayers, was found guilty of illegal electioneering in that race and <a href="http://coloradoindependent.com/27998/shires-taxpayers-league-fined-7150-for-garco-race-electioneering" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">fined $7,150 after the Denver-based watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint</a>. A spokesman for Secretary of State Gessler last week said Colorado League of Taxpayers, which was represented by Gessler’s former law firm, still has an outstanding balance of $8,437 – the original fine plus $1,287 in collections fees.</div>The same spokesman did not respond to a request for a direct comment from Gessler on the loophole in Colorado law that <a href="http://coloradoindependent.com/43514/secretary-of-state-hobbled-in-battle-against-clean-elections-violators" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">allows political groups to ignore fines and dissolve</a> without any individual board members or officers liable for penalties levied for illegal campaign practices. In the past, the secretary of state’s office has admitted to being hobbled in terms of enforcement....