This is True

Tangled Web

The Colorado Secretary of State has asked for an investigation over tampering on her official web site. Online records of campaign contributions show that opponents of a medical marijuana initiative spent their campaign funds on “bribes, propaganda, chains and shackles, and Nazi Party membership.” A check of the original documents found no such expense items, and the Coloradans Against Legalizing Marijuana says all funds were spent “on lawful campaign activities.” A temporary employee is suspected of making the alterations before posting the information to the web site. (Denver Rocky Mountain News) ...But everyone knows that if it’s on the Web, it must be true.


Publication Date: 8 October 2000

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 7.