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Daniel Cole is a translator, political activist, and columnist for the Colorado Springs Gazette. His literary criticism has appeared in the orthodox Catholic newspaper, The Wanderer.[1]
In 2008, Cole formed Citizens for Cost Effective Government, a PAC initially meant to defeat El Paso County ballot initiative 1A. The ballot measure asked voters to increase taxes by 1%, which was expected to raise 75 million dollars a year but was defeated by a vote of 59 to 41. In 2009, Cole's organization ran a campaign against a city ballot measure, also numbered 1A, which asked voters to extend a mill levy through Decmber 2025, using the funds to "create, attract and retain primary jobs."[2] The measure lost 62 to 38.[3]
While working on the 2008 1A campaign, Cole also worked on a campaign for Jeff Crank in Colorado's 5th congressional district. Crank lost to incumbent Doug Lamborn in the Republican primary. Lamborn went on to win the election. Cole then ran a successful state senatorial campaign for Keith King in Colorado's senate district 12.