This source cluster upgrades the Western Way / Belleview lead from address recurrence into a direct federal campaign-finance and compliance-signature mechanism.
The retained FEC and OpenFEC rows show Western Way Action PAC as an active federal independent-expenditure-only Super PAC at 6501 E BELLEVIEW AVE, SUITE 375, with John Karakoulakis as treasurer. In 2024, the committee reported one $60,000 Schedule A receipt from WESTERN WAY ACTION at the same Belleview address, then two Schedule B disbursements totaling $57,650 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MEDIA STRATEGIES in Colorado Springs for STATE ELECTION ADVERTISING.
The filing-image follow-up adds a more specific mechanism: the PAC's original October Quarterly report was signed by Jon Anderson even though the committee's statement of organization listed John Karakoulakis as treasurer. The FEC issued a 2024-11-25 Request for Additional Information saying the report was not signed by the treasurer or designated agent listed on the F1. Western Way Action PAC then filed a 2024-12-02 amended October Quarterly report, preserving the same transaction sequence but replacing the Anderson signature with Karakoulakis.
The supported finding is narrow: a Belleview-address federal PAC appears in official FEC data as a same-address receipt and state-election-advertising spending vehicle, and its first Q3 report exposes a West Group-linked filing-signature correction trail. This does not identify the state race, ad content, sponsor intent, original donor, legal rationale, or any relationship between Rocky Mountain Media Strategies and Rocky Mountain Voice.
The official FEC committee overview capture lists Western Way Action PAC as:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| FEC ID | C00884577 |
| Status / type | active quarterly Super PAC, independent expenditure-only, unauthorized |
| Registration date | 2024-07-25 |
| Address | 6501 E BELLEVIEW AVE, SUITE 375, Denver / Englewood-area ZIP 80111 |
| Treasurer | John Karakoulakis |
| Committee emails on F1 | ja@westglp.com; jk@westglp.com |
| Depository listed on F1 | MidFirst Bank, Denver |
The address-census source also shows:
The Western Way Organization as a Colorado business-entity row with principal address at Belleview Suite 375 and Katie Kennedy at 2318 Curtis St.Western Way Action as a Colorado business-entity row with principal and agent-organization address through Strategic Compliance at 2318 Curtis St.The OpenFEC line-item pull preserved these direct transaction rows:
| Date | Committee | Row type | Counterparty | Amount | Description / category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-07-30 |
Western Way Action PAC | Schedule A receipt | WESTERN WAY ACTION |
$60,000 |
non-federal receipt from persons |
2024-08-06 |
Western Way Action PAC | Schedule B disbursement | ROCKY MOUNTAIN MEDIA STRATEGIES |
$47,800 |
STATE ELECTION ADVERTISING |
2024-08-16 |
Western Way Action PAC | Schedule B disbursement | ROCKY MOUNTAIN MEDIA STRATEGIES |
$9,850 |
STATE ELECTION ADVERTISING |
The two disbursement rows total $57,650. The direct rows are close in time to the $60,000 receipt, but the current record does not prove dollar-level earmarking or that the receipt funded those specific disbursements.
The filing images add this compliance chronology:
| Date | Filing / notice | Direct fact | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
2024-07-25 |
F1 statement of organization | Lists John Karakoulakis as treasurer and gives ja@westglp.com / jk@westglp.com email contacts |
Direct West Group-domain contact layer on the federal committee's organization filing |
2024-10-15 |
Original Q3 F3X report | Signed by Jon Anderson | Shows Anderson as the person certifying the report that disclosed the receipt and ad-spending sequence |
2024-11-25 |
FEC RFAI | Says the report was not signed by the treasurer or designated agent listed on the F1 | Shows the signature mismatch was material enough for FEC report-review correspondence |
2024-12-02 |
Amended Q3 F3X report | Signed by John Karakoulakis while preserving the same visible receipt and disbursement rows | Shows the public correction path changed signer, not the visible transaction sequence |
The same-day target-and-authorization follow-up narrows the target gap without resolving it:
| Record set | Direct fact | Interpretive limit |
|---|---|---|
OpenFEC 2024 filing metadata |
Retrieved records include F1, original Q3 F3X, FRQ / RFAI, amended Q3 F3X, Post-General F3X, and Year-End F3X; no F24 appears in the retrieved metadata |
This is a negative result for the checked API pull, not proof that no other ad-disclosure record exists |
| OpenFEC Schedule E | The 2024 Schedule E query for Western Way Action PAC returned zero rows |
It does not identify the state-election target |
| OpenFEC Schedule B JSON | The two STATE ELECTION ADVERTISING rows have null / blank candidate fields |
The rows support spending purpose and payee, not target, audience, creative, or platform |
| Colorado SOS business records | Rocky Mountain Media Services LLC, entity ID 20201113360, uses 4419 Centennial BLVD #529, the same address visible for the FEC payee named Rocky Mountain Media Strategies |
The Services / Strategies name mismatch remains a reconciliation issue |
Colorado SOS 2024 periodic reports |
Rocky Mountain Media Services and Western Way Action both list Katie Kennedy at 2318 Curtis St as registered agent / filing-delivery individual in 2024 reports |
Registered-agent and filing-delivery facts do not prove control, sponsorship, or advertising authorization |
| Colorado TRACER / Colorado Springs municipal checks | 2024 TRACER counterparty checks for Rocky Mountain Media Services / Strategies and Colorado Springs committee-name resolver checks for Rocky Mountain Media / Western Way returned zero matches |
These negatives do not rule out ad-library, political-file, invoice, broadcaster, cable, or platform records |
Earlier repo treatment of Western Way Action PAC mostly preserved it as an address-cluster lead: another entity at Belleview Suite 375, adjacent to West Group, Advance Colorado, Colorado Opportunity Foundation, Biz Action For Colorado, Colorado Business Alliance / Association, and related political or nonprofit vehicles.
The FEC rows make the lead more operational. The issue is no longer only that a federal committee used the Belleview address. The committee's first retained visible sequence shows:
WESTERN WAY ACTION;STATE ELECTION ADVERTISING.That makes Western Way Action PAC a state-election-advertising bridge candidate rather than just a federal-address footnote.
The filing images also make West Group harder to treat as only a background address node. The F1 exposes westglp.com contact addresses, and the first report was signed by Jon Anderson before an FEC RFAI led to an amended Karakoulakis-signed filing. This supports a narrow filing-administration / compliance-touch claim, not a broader claim of control.
| Map element | Current source-grounded answer |
|---|---|
| Source node | WESTERN WAY ACTION, same Belleview address in the FEC receipt row |
| Intermediary | Western Way Action PAC, FEC ID C00884577 |
| Target node | Unknown state-election advertising target; no target was found in retrieved F24 / Schedule E / Schedule B target fields, TRACER counterparty checks, or Colorado Springs municipal committee-name checks |
| Mechanism | FEC Schedule A receipt followed by Schedule B advertising disbursements |
| Additional compliance mechanism | F1 contact layer, original Anderson-signed Q3 report, FEC RFAI, amended Karakoulakis-signed Q3 report |
| Suspected flow | Money into a federal IE-only PAC, then payment for state-election advertising; filing responsibility moving through a West Group-linked signer correction |
| Observable evidence | One $60,000 receipt, two disbursements totaling $57,650 to Rocky Mountain Media Strategies, F1 emails at westglp.com, original report signed by Anderson, FEC RFAI, amended report signed by Karakoulakis |
| Evidence strength | High for transaction and filing-signature facts; medium for state-election-advertising and filing-administration mechanism; low for target, sponsor purpose, or downstream effect |
| Still inferential | Whether the receipt funded the disbursements, what race or measure was targeted, who controlled creative or placement, why a federal PAC reported the state-election advertising expense, what internal role Anderson had beyond signing the original report, and whether Rocky Mountain Media Strategies is the same legal/business actor as Rocky Mountain Media Services LLC |
Rocky Mountain Media Strategies into Rocky Mountain Voice based on name similarity. No source reviewed in this pass supports that equivalence.$60,000 receipt and $57,650 spending as a closed pass-through without the underlying FEC report image, bank records, invoice, or memo detail.2318 Curtis St filing-administration layer for Western Way Action and Rocky Mountain Media Services in 2024, but they do not resolve advertising authorization or target.The Western Way Organization, Western Way Action, Western Way Action PAC, John Karakoulakis, Katie Kennedy, Strategic Compliance, Jon Anderson, Belleview Suite 375, and the Services / Strategies media-vendor name mismatch still requires direct invoice, trade-name, platform-disclaimer, political-file, or ad-library records.4419 Centennial BLVD #529.Rocky Mountain Media Strategies with Rocky Mountain Media Services LLC, such as invoices, trade-name records, domain records, platform disclaimers, or business-directory evidence.C00884577.