GREELEY — A shadowy group outside Greeley is working to influence the , spending nearly $50,000 on glossy mailers favoring four specific candidates and sending those mailers to voters across the city.
The Greeley for a Stronger Economy independent expenditure committee, which lists a Denver address on its disclosure paperwork with the city, has disclosed just one round of spending: $5,000 on website and digital advertising urging people to vote for Greeley City Council Ward 2 candidate Brett Payton.
But this week, mailers are dropping across the city urging votes for Payton, at-large candidate Edward Mirick, Ward 3 candidate Michael Fitzsimmons and mayoral candidate John Gates.
The mailers say economic prosperity is the foundation of a strong community and feature pictures of the various candidates depending on where voters live.
On the back, the mailer stresses the positives of the group of candidates and urges residents to vote for them.
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