The Greeley Tribune just dropped a spicy exposé on a campaign finance complaint tied to the city’s controversial Cascadia Project. The article dives into allegations of big-time out-of-state money bankrolling a so-called grassroots effort against the development. Spoiler alert: it’s not as local as they claim. Tyler Duncan reports on the shady funding streams backing political messaging around Cascadia, and possibly violating state campaign finance laws in the process.
The Bullet Point Brief
- A campaign finance complaint alleges illicit interference from outside political groups in Greeley’s Cascadia Project debate.
- The group “Greeley Deserves Better” claimed to be a local movement, but someone forgot to hide the financial umbilical cord tied to out-of-state interests.
- Dark money is suspected to be flowing in from organizations with only a couple of degrees of separation from, you guessed it, George Soros land.
- Accusations focus on potentially unreported contributions and third-party expenditures. In simpler terms: follow the damn money.
- No matter your stance on Cascadia, this kind of hush-hush meddling ain’t neighborly, it’s manipulation dressed up in grassroots cosplay.
My Bottom Line
Let’s get one thing crystal clear: whatever your opinion is about Cascadia, love it, hate it, or have no idea what zip code it lives in, that’s not my beef today. As Commissioner, I stay in my lane when it comes to municipal projects. But THIS? This is different. When shady-ass, out-of-town agitators with ties two steps away from George Soros start tampering with our backyard politics under the table? Now that’s well within my purview – and buddy, I’ve got some questions.
This isn’t activism; it’s infiltration. These aren’t Weld County moms and dads hosting town hall discussions at the grange; this smells like some Saul Alinsky group therapy session tried to stage a coup in our Kiwanis Club. And let me remind you: dark money slithers in when people aren’t paying attention. It doesn’t care about zoning or traffic congestion; it cares about power grabs and forcing their ideological wet dreams onto our local communities without accountability.
We all know how these slick operators roll, disguise the radical agenda as “public interest,” then funnel dirty dollars through shell orgs with names like “Citizens for Sunshine and Unicorn Hugs.” Greeley Deserves Better? Yeah. Deserves better than being pawned off by political carpetbaggers who couldn’t find Highway 85 without Google Maps.
Here’s what concerns me most: If we let outside interests start greasing palms and pushing spin here in Greeley, what happens next? Ft Lupton? Eaton? Keenesburg? Where does this virus stop spreading?
Coloradans may argue among ourselves, but we don’t need billionaires from god-knows-where puppeteering our debates and hijacking our cities like Greeley is their latest domino piece on the woke-a-loo Monopoly board. I don’t care if you’re red team or blue team, this stinks for everyone.
Weld County might be 32 municipalities strong, but dang it, we still play by MAIN STREET rules here. And rule number one in small-town ball? If you’re not from here… maybe shut up till you’ve had coffee at Doug’s Diner and actually met someone who lives here.
