Campaign finance reports have been filed for the committees supporting and opposing home rule in Douglas County, and they are starkly different.
Yes on Local Control, the group supporting home rule, has received nearly four times as much money in campaign contributions as the opposition, but that massive support came from only five donors, while opposing committee Stop the Power Grab has received contributions from more than 200 people.
Both committees filed their finance reports with the Colorado secretary of state on June 3.
The Yes on Local Control committee, which supports the establishment of home rule in Douglas County in the June 24 special election, has received about $110,000 from its five donors.
The two largest contributors supporting home rule are Ventana Capital Inc., a real estate investment and land development company along the Front Range, and The Cundy Harbor Irrevocable Trust, an entity that lists an address in Solano Beach, California. Each gave $50,000.
Other contributors include Westside Investment Company, a Denver-based real estate development firm, and Douglas County Commissioner George Teal’s wife, Laura Teal.
The fifth contributor is Laura Tonner, the wife of Sean Tonner. Tonner is a principal of Renewable Water Resources, which aims to pipe water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County. He was appointed to the Douglas County Water Commission in late 2023.
The expenditures for the pro-home-rule committee include approximately $90,400 for purposes of advertising and polling.
Stop the Power Grab, the committee opposing the formation of the home rule charter and commission in Douglas County, reported contributions of about $30,000. Donations ranging from $10 to more than $1,000 came from more than 200 residents, including some local elected leaders, previous candidates and various involved citizens. Some made multiple contributions.
Some of the contributors include Angela Thomas, who ran unsuccessfully to be a Douglas County commissioner last fall; Lone Tree resident Julie Gooden, who was a part of a recent lawsuit against the county commissioners over the home rule movement; state Rep. Bob Marshall, D-Highlands Ranch, who also was part of the suit; and Cali Wolf, who was recently selected to serve on the Highlands Ranch Metro District board of directors.
The anti-home-rule committee’s expenditures for signs and advertising total around $9,000.
The next financial report must be made available on June 20.
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