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Broomfield Demographics

Broomfield City Council

Mayor is every 2 years, with max 3 consecutive terms. Pro-Tem, bolded, is elected by the Council.

Council is 4-years, with max of 2 consecutive terms.

Compensation as of 11/14/17 will be:

• Councilmembers: $800.month
• Pro-Tem: Additional $100/month
• Mayor: $1,100/month

Email the Mayor and the entire City Council: council@broomfieldcitycouncil.org

See http://recallstokes.com/

Special Interests

Crestone Peak Resources

• O&G Operator
• Applied for 44 wells on either side of I-25 in June of 2017.
• 95% owned by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Canadian government); 5% by the Broe Group, a Denver-based group which "directs a multibillion-dollar portfolio of real estate, transportation, energy, and investment assets that span North America". (Source)
• Formed after Encana (also Canadian, but not the government) sold their interests in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.
• Tony Buchanon (Email) is Crestone's CEO and is on the Colorado Oil & Gas Association Board of Directors. He was previously CEO of Denver-based Bonanza Creek Energy Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2017. Bill Barrett Corporation, also Denver-based, has expressed an interest in purchasing. Bill Owens, Colorado's former Republican governor serves on the board of directors for Bill Barrett Corp. Bonanza was ultimately purchased in August 2017 by Divisar Capital Management LLC, an asset management company.
• Chairman of the Board Avik Dey has previously worked for Deutsche Bank (which was ultimately fined $425M for laundering $10B for Russian investors. No telling if Dey himself was involved directly or indirectly).
• Board member Robert Huang is a Principal at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and teaches at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business.

Definers Public Affairs

• Pro-Oil & Gas
• Co-Founded by Matt Rhoades, former campaign manager for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run.
• Co-Founded by Joe Pounder, former RNC Research Director and a senior advisor to Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential run.
• Used Colorado Open Records Act (via Nicholas Zanetti) to obtain emails between council members and specific people who were listed on the signatures for recall.
• Nicholas Zanetti previously worked as Deputy "War Room" Director at America Rising, a PAC that specializes in opposition research against Democratic candidates.
• America Rising PAC was also founded by Matt Rhoades. Another co-founder, Raj Shah, currently works in the Trump administration and previously built up an extensive anti-Hillary Clinton portfolio for the use of America Rising and the RNC beginning in 2012.

Western Energy Alliance

• Pro-Oil & Gas
• Claims they had not contracted with either Definers Public Affairs or America Rising (as of 6/23/17).
• Claims they have no involvement in Broomfield politics, citing their concentration on the Bureau of Land Management (Colorado-specific) and the EPA (Colorado-specific).

Notable Individuals

Sheryl Fernandez

• Trump Supporter. (Also.)
• Owner of Sheryl Fernandez Strategies LLC, which does opposition research, GOTV, consulting, fundraising, canvassing, etc.
• Broomfield GOP Chairwoman
• Husband Rick Fernandez is the former chair of the Broomfield GOP and is running for the open Ward 3 seat. (Source)
• Has served as Legislative Aide for Representative Cindy Acree HD-40 and Representative Libby Szabo HD-27.
• Aide for State Sen. Vicki Marble (SD-23), who is now embroiled in an ethics probe. Sheryl Fernandez is mentioned in the filed complaint, which claims that the event in question was actually a pro-O&G advertisement (with questions pre-written by attendees and then chosen by Sheryl Fernandez herself), attended by Brain Cain, the media relations spokeperson for Extraction Oil and Gas LLC. Allegedly Cain picked up the check for the event that had a buffet and alcoholic beverages.
• Wrote an editorial in the Broomfield Enterprise that was posted the day before the recall election asking why people don't talk about the connections liberals have to environmental groups the way conservative connections to O&G are spoken of, purporting they were equitable offenses.
• Fernandez responded to John Anderson's editorial in the comments section, suggesting his wife's connections to the involvement of health and safety in terms of energy extraction (as president of Broomfield Clean Air and Water--BCAW) is disqualifying in his run to succeed Greg Stokes, had he been recalled.

2017 Recall Election

It was Broomfield's first-ever recall election. It was against Pro-Tem Greg Stokes. The recall election took place July 18th, 2017. Some saw it as a waste of resources, especially due to Stokes being termed out of his position only months later. Proponents defend that it sends a message against the interests of Oil & Gas interests. Colorado Public Radio offered it was a "proxy fight".

Turnout for the off-month recall election was 39%. Ward 4 saw the same turnout for their regular municipal general election in 2015.

Results

Successor

Running to replace in the event of recall were Jason Anderson and Brian Devine. Had Stokes been recalled, Devine would have taken the seat. Both Anderson and Devine are running for the open Ward 4 seat in November 2017.

A total of 2135 votes were received to vote for a successor. Compare to a total of 4542 who voted in the recall itself. Therefore 47% of those who voted in the recall also voted for a successor.

Special Interests

Against Recall (Primary Source)

• Western Energy Alliance, and it's publication Western Wire
• Definers Public Affairs (Nicholas Zanetti)

2017 Election

Broomfield Webpage

Mayor is elected every 2 years. Council members are elected for 4 year terms, 1 from each of 5 districts every 2 years.

Candidates

(i) = incumbent

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City of Broomfield 2017 Candidate Page

Campaign Finance

Ballot Measures