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<br />SVZ.1X:>E WEISS
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<br />Watcl' for Denver, a citizens' com.
<br />mittee pushing for appmval of the $160
<br />million Denver Water Board bond issue
<br />at the Nov. ~ electiOn. plans to spend
<br />more than $9".000 on its promotional ef.
<br />forts. Colorado Project Common Cause
<br />said Tuesday.
<br />Paula Rerzmark, _state-director of Common
<br />Cause, said her group received a copy of Water
<br />for Dem"er's current expenditures budget from
<br />- an unidentified.sontee.
<br />Ms. Herzm<:i.rk declined to name the saurce
<br />but said, the person has supplied information t~
<br />Common Cause in the past which _proved to _be
<br />.'95 per cent con-ect.' , . ...- .
<br />'The alleged _Water fDr Denver committee
<br />budget, handed to. report(!rs'ata press co.nfer-
<br />~nce at Com.mon Cause headquarters.. - didn't
<br />~st any cantrlbutors to the .pro-bonds arganiza-
<br />tion. .
<br />l'LANl\'ED EXPENDITURES
<br />It did shaw planned expenditures an mass
<br />media .advertising at _ $46,400 and, ather cam-'
<br />paign expenses of $49,000, for a-tatal af $95 400.
<br />That figure "comeS pretty close" to. what it
<br />costs t9 finance it cangressional -'campaign,
<br />usually co~sidered to. be at least $100,000, Ms.'
<br />Rerzmark said. '. .
<br />Lee Johnson, Water. for Denver coardinatar,
<br />acknawledged that "a lot. of .what they (Carow
<br />mon Cause) say seems pretty accurate. Same-:
<br />body around here (the,cammittec's headquar';
<br />tel's) must have been picking up. memoranda
<br />off desks." .
<br />Johnson said the committee has made tatal'
<br />spending pro.jections "ranging from $45,000 to
<br />( $100,000," but he' didn't' :6pecify what the
<br />I group's current budget contained.
<br />I "The final budget will depend.~entireIy on
<br />.~ ou;. ~?d-rajsing efforts-right up'to Nav. 6,"- he
<br />saId,. If we don't get the money to pay for the
<br />~~', planned expenditures, we'll have to. cut back on . ,.
<br />:.>1 our spending commitments." ~
<br />r.l Common Cause and Water for Denver have
<br />'...1. been at loggerheads over the financial disclo-
<br />sure question in re~ent weeks. ,,' - ",
<br />B Johnso.n said the committee plans to submit
<br />~! a' list of,. major co.~tributo.rs- and_'- expenditures
<br />~: later thlS week to the Denver Clerk and
<br />Recorder's o.ffic.e.' '. ,"
<br />But Ms. Herzmark said Common Cause'
<br />~: ~'Ollld prefer a disclosurQ date-d~ to Nov. 6.
<br />:~ A lot can happen between now and the elec..
<br />~ ~io.n. There will be many co.ntributions coming
<br />_,; In. even- a day or two. before the election," she
<br />saId.
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<br />She said disclosure would be "meaninglessH
<br />unless it's made close enough to the electio.n sO
<br />0~~ last-minute- contributians Hcan~t be sneaked
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<br />Ms. Herzmar~'aid.7tb;~e-appea~s~ to'-be'-a
<br />~eup of peaple. who. think they can spend their :
<br />\\ ay to VIctory 1U thIS campaign and the. vaters
<br />of Denver have a right to know who they are." ,
<br />The budget released by Co.mmon Cause
<br />Tuesday revealed that \Vater fo.r Denver al~
<br />r.eadY- has'_ purchased S31,871. in'.adyel~tising
<br />h.me from th~'ee. Denver televisian stations-
<br />W1U1J43,anpmll.on a ra~h,in.allvangg ba;i~.
<br />Th~ budget. also shawed that the- comn'Jittee
<br />plans to spend\$3,OOO for radio advertising, :$10,._
<br />. 900 on newspaper ads, $1,170 for pasters on
<br />buses ann $850 for taxicab ads-for a .budgeted
<br />total of $46,400. .'
<br />. A:nothE;r ;49,0'00 would be spent for pUblic
<br />,?pm~o.n P9~lsi brochm'es, group mailings and
<br />.varlable letters~' to residents of "target pre-
<br />CI~stS."'... "..... .
<br />, . As.. Common Caw5~ was handing out copies
<br />of th~ alleg~,d bUdget, a Republi.can state legis-
<br />lator w"Orking for Water for Denver- charged
<br />t,hat out.of-state Jnterests_ are financing opposiw
<br />tien to. the water bond electiap.," .
<br />At a Statehouse press "eonference House
<br />majority leader Carl Gustafson, R-Denver,
<br />\-c~arged that residents of Arizona and CaUfer..
<br />n}a~wham he described as '.'desperate'" in
<br />. the~ efforts to cantinue _ getting Calorado's
<br />sprms..tunoff water-are mounting intense o~
<br />pasiti6fi to the bond issue. .... .
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<br />t'The Peapl~ who are' fighting this the hard- '.
<br />est are,from Arizona. and Cal;iforrila':""'no.t West.
<br />ern Slope residents.'~ he said.
<br />Gustaf~on _said he cohldn't, identif.y' any '>;
<br />groups or indiyiduals fro~.the two states or ~e
<br />methods" they .'might be -using to. 'o.Ppose"' the
<br />issue~ ~'.But i assume it wauld involve sending'
<br />money.' t do~'t have any p~rsanat knowledge
<br />that they are' co.ntributing money, but I have
<br />every reason.,to believe they are." "'..~-., .,
<br />'. Gustafson said he based his speculation an
<br />'canversatians-he'had with several-pex:sons.dur- u;'
<br />'ing .the Western 'Conference o.f the Council of
<br />State Governments which was held in Denver
<br />'last week.. l<They .indicated to me they'll_ do
<br />y.'h.ateverthey' can-to ,defeat tl:1is issue." .
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<br />- Gustafsan also announc~d formatian ?f a
<br />bipartisan committee af seven Denver leglsla-
<br />tars who. have pledged to work foX' approval of
<br />the bond issue. -. .
<br />The legislators are Democratic Reps. Ruben ?~
<br />Valdez and Charles DeMoulin and Republican
<br />Reps. Carol Tempest, Frank S.outhwotth and
<br />Gustafson. Sens. _Roger Cisneros, a Democrat,
<br />and Richard H. Plo.ck, a'Republican, also back
<br />the drive. _ .
<br />, Gustafson said the State Water COnservation ...
<br />Board estimates that two millian acre-feet of
<br />water flo.W out of Colorado.. in the form o.f \
<br />spring runoff, into'ArizonR"and California.
<br />"To abandon this water in perpetuity to
<br />these two. states can have only-'a long.,.term
<br />deleteriaus effect o.n Denver and aU of CoIo.ra-
<br />da," he said. . .
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<br />. Of thjs water, Denver has a "lawful,
<br />caled righl" to 100,000 acre-feet fro
<br />Eagle-Piney waters, Gustafson said. H\
<br />not stress too strongly that this is spri
<br />plus water which adversely affects 3;11
<br />, streams through which it flows."
<br />G\.ls.taf~i':m tolcl fl?pol1:ers he expects
<br />tHct at interest accusatiofi to 'be madc
<br />him, since he -is vice president of Qui
<br />Co,. a financial firm invoh'ed in bond
<br />But he..insisted his work on the: Water (.
<br />Vel' co.mmittee stems from ~'a great. (J
<br />'fo.r the welfare of Denver!'
<br />Gustafsan said he wauld expect his'...
<br />bid on the bonds if the issue passes. ..It!
<br />our business for 27 years.....Gustafso
<br />"and I see no reason to change it at this:
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