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Candidate For Denver School Board Pays School Board Member Tay Anderson As ‘Consultant'

Anderson said Esserman was paying him for social media and digital services, including designing Esserman's campaign website.

Tay Anderson at a DPS board meeting in September.
Tay Anderson at a DPS board meeting in September. (CBS)

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – A candidate for the Denver School Board has paid current school board member Tay Anderson $5,000 since August to act as a “consultant” to his campaign.

Campaign expenditure records obtained by CBS4 show Scott Esserman, who is running for an at-large school board seat, had paid a company named “Good Trouble Consulting” $1,000 every two weeks since mid-August for “Consultant and Professional Services.”

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Records with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office show Tay Anderson filed documents with the Secretary of State on Aug. 18 to establish Good Trouble Consulting, although Esserman’s campaign expenditures show his first payment of $1,000 to Anderson’s company was three days earlier, on Aug. 15.

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