Republican Governor’s Assn. releases 108-page book on John Hickenlooper

First, Tom Tancredo uses an attack ad that the Republican Governor's Assn. created for a campaign against John Hickenlooper. Now the RGA has released its 108-page book of opposition research, Top Reasons Hickenlooper is Wrong for Colorado.

Conclusion. The RGA has decided that Tom Tancredo has a chance to beat "Governor-elect" Obama Democrat Hickenlooper. While the RGA isn't putting money into the Tancredo campaign, it is providing all the support that it can by not complaining that Tancredo is using parts of its ad and by releasing its opposition research, which is a sunk cost for the RGA. Hickenlooper's tax and spending records:

 

*HICKENLOOPER BACKED NEARLY $300 MILLION IN PROPOSED TAXES FOR DENVER FROM 2003-2009

 

Hickenlooper backed nearly $300 million in proposed taxes from 2003-2009

TAXES
Total 2003	$59,000,000
Total 2005-2009	$231,199,013
Total '03-'09 Denver	$290,199,103
-AND-
'04 Annual RTD Denver -OR-	$158,340,000
'04 RTD Denver x 12 yrs -OR-	$1,900,080,000
'04 RTD Regional x 12 years -OR-	$4,700,000,000

 

 

 

Hickenlooper backed $1.8 billion in proposed spending for Denver

from '03-'09 and $4.7 billion in regional spending for RTD

Fastracks expansion

SPENDING
'03 Proposed spending	$369,800,000
'05-09 Proposed spending	$1,450,430,000
TOTAL Proposed spending	$1,820,000,000
2004 RTD Fastracks	$4,700,000,000

 

The tax and spending charts are mutually exclusive. Tax numbers from the top chart are included in the spending figures in the lower chart.

Source: Republican Governors Assn.

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