Lakewood Informer

Resident generated news about Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood Informer

Resident generated news about Lakewood, Colorado

Two pie charts, the first ten times bigger than the second. The first: Vote NO: $98,000 raised 97% OUTSIDE Lakewood. The second: Vote YES: $8,500 raised 98% INSIDE Lakewood

Special Interest Money for Special Election

Campaign Financial reports for four issue committees related to the zoning referendum election were posted on February 6, 2026. The reports show a lot of non-Lakewood special interest money on one side.

Vote YES Committees

Lakewood Citizens Alliance

Raised $7,893.88. Lakewood residents accounted for 98% of donations. Money was spent on petitions.

Imagine Lakewood

Raised $655.92 from a Lakewood resident for yard signs

Lakewood for All

Raised $14 from a Lakewood resident. No expenditures.

Total $8,500 raised 

Vote NO Committees

Make Lakewood Livable

Make Lakewood Livable raised  $98,593.62.  The top 3 donors were:

  1. $50,000 from Conscience Bay, a real estate investment company in Boulder
  2. $25,000 from Gary Advocacy, a housing advocacy group located in Denver
  3. $16, 061 from Issues Mobilization Committee- part of the National Association of Realtors that manages funds to support advocacy campaigns on public policy such as zoning.

Top expenditures were:

  1. $7,000 to campaign manager Sophia Mayott-Guerrero
  2. $5,000 for a website
  3. $412 to the Democrat party for a mailing list
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