If pro-recall Jeffco voters are concerned that the Jeffco School Board does not represent the middle, wait until they get a look at one potential replacement – Paula Noonan. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because she’s served on the Jeffco School Board in the past. In addition, she ran a failed State Senate campaign, started a legislation tracking service, and now serves as a lobbyist.
But, that’s not why you know her name.
You might know her name because she made a spectacle at a Jeffco Schools graduation ceremony. At an event meant to focus on graduates, she delivered what was called by one parent a “a rambling, self-absorbed discourse that confused and embarrassed graduates and their families,” according to 9News. Click on the link to watch the school board member talk about Title 9 (equality in women’s sports) in relation to the female valedictorian and salutatorian (as if they didn’t earn that). She talked about shoes, her dad’s shoes, her grandmother, her grandmother’s saying. It was, in short, a train-wreck.
Or, you might know her name because she was arrested on an outstanding warrant from 2011. Maybe just another case of bad judgment.
Another reason you might know her name? She gave herself a $250,000 loan for a failed state Senate campaign. And, nobody can figure out where she got the money since she already had a second mortgage on her house. Has anyone asked Pat Stryker or Jared Polis? Or, perhaps the JCEA might have insight into where this woman found $250,000 to fund a Senate campaign. And, will her mystery benefactor come around again for this campaign?
But, here’s something you might not know. The guy who is running her campaign this go-around is none other than Phil Doe. In case you don’t remember Doe, he’s a rabid fractivist who compared his opponent – that would be former Rep. BJ Nikkel – to Nazis and dogs. He’s also the fractivist who is planning to put a anti-fracking initiative on the ballot.
It would seem to be strange bedfellows unless Doe and Noonan have a common benefactor.
Nonetheless, Noonan has shown time and time again that she lacks judgment. If pro-recallers think that Noonan is more representative of the moderate voters in Jeffco, they obviously haven’t met her.
Please let me know who "you all" is. I only speak for myself and not the website. Nice way to talk down to your potential voters though. I will make up my own mind thank you very much.
You can take all the exceptions that you want. Maybe you should have a sit down with COPeak Politics so everything is out in the open and you can show you have the political transparency.
Jeffco Citizen – As long as we'ere asking for transparency, it would be helpful to know who you are and who is the author of the article above because there is much unhinged speculation going on in the article and it's not gutsy to fail to put a name to it.
Rich – my great aunt Tiny, who passed away, provided money. I don't know how to make this clearer. The money came from within my family. I am now 67 and still working in part because of the financial decision I made back then. If there is something in this answer that is semantics, let me know. If you take any time to know more about me, such as check out coloradocapitolwatch.com, which is also a reflection of my personal investment, particularly in political transparency, you will see that I am straightforward about bringing as much information about the political system to the people of Colorado as I can. Also, I don't consider myself a politician, semantical or otherwise. I consider myself in the Greek tradition of citizen trying to do what's best for the community, in this case, our schools and our kids. You all take a very dark view of people on this website, especially of people who are involved in political issues. There are some reasons to have a dark view, but I like to think I'm not one of them. BTW, I take great exception to "unhinged." I am a steady, dependable, thoughtful person who takes all of this work very seriously, although I do have a sense of humor.
Paula Noonan And thats your answer, Aunt Tiny? It's a simple question. Where did the 250k come from to finance your campaign? If you can not or will not answer this question then how do you expect the JeffCo voters to trust you in any other election? You can play samantics all you want but the people of this country are fed up with politicians that wont answer direct questions.
Aunt Tiny
Paula, I appreciate you confronting these matters head on. That takes guts. So thank you. Yet with the greatest respect, I don't think you answered the question about the campaign contribution. Where did the money come from?
Hmmm. Didn't know I'm such a hopeless case. First, to Dakota Ridge. Title 9 refers to all activities related to girls in schools, not just sports. That Dakota Ridge had all girl valedictorians was a happy academic event – when I graduated from high school in 1966 that wasn't possible, and girls' sports also weren't offered. I thought it was a nice gesture to recognize how important that historical Act is and to recognize the young scholars who achieved as much as they did. Phil Doe does not run my campaign as you must know from campaign finance registration. The ticket warrant was because I didn't have my car registration in my car with me before having it on a phone became sufficient which led to a confusion around getting the proof that matched the date of the ticket – of course my car was insured which was ultimately proved to Columbine Valley where the ticket occurred. If you're confused about what happened so was I as I brought in my proof of insurance only to be told that the time frame on my insurance card missed the date of the ticket by one day and I had to go back to the insurance company to get the correct card for the right date. While I'm sorry the incident occurred, I was not arrested for being careless or anything else that you are implying. I am not a lobbyist. I do work on education issues at the capitol as a volunteer. I'm also a CASA volunteer to help kids in school who need adult mentoring. Your wonderings about how I financed my Senate campaign – I will say I received no money from any outside source other than what's reported. Your speculations are flatout wrong and if you have no evidence, which you don't, then you shouldn't make them. You must think that your readers are completely credulous. I own coloradocapitolwatch.com, a non partisan website providing all the information anyone will want to know about the state legislature – maybe Colorado Peak should take a look and learn what an honest, accurate website looks like. Finally, all of this is very old news. Perhaps you should also mention that I'm working hard to reduce standardized testing, or get kids out of state testing, and to secure student data so this type of pseudo scandal stuff doesn't show up on sites like yours on all the kids that are in public schools today.