Measure 47, the November ballot initiative to make Colorado a "right to work" state, has so many opponents (labor and business leaders are both opposing it after a recent deal) that it's become something of a political orphan. The Rocky Mountains News, unable to get a clear answer about how the initiative came to be, has turned up legal documents showing its origins.

As part of a compromise to avert a larger initiative war, business leaders are now working with unions to fight three Colorado ballot initiatives, including Measure 47, which would make Colorado a right-to-work state. So who's left to support 47? A state furniture mogul Jake Jabs, who is now running his own self-produced ads on TV.