What is the Tom Martino Referral List?

The Tom Martino Referral List is a paid advertising service for Colorado that purports to weed out all businesses with poor ethics. The stated purpose is to expose businesses with bad practices and shine a positive light on those with good practices.

The service performs background checks on all the businesses featured and continually monitors the businesses, according to ReferralList.com. The service bills itself as a recourse for consumers who have had bad experiences. Tom Martino is a radio personality with a weekday show devoted to providing consumer advice and referrals. The show investigates fraud and other wrongdoing live on the air.