Friday, September 3, 2010

A Match Made in Smoggy Toxic Hell: Koch and Prop 23

by RLMiller

The secretive, many-tentacled Koch Industries has just donated a million dollars to the Yes on 23 campaign.  Tesoro Industries, another Texas oil business, has matched that amount.  Scorecard:

Total Contributions to date:                    $8,221,096

Contributions from oil interests:              $7,987,995 (97% of the total)

Contributions from out of state:              $7,307,995 (89% of the total)

Valero, Tesoro & Koch Industries:           $6,575,000 (80% of the total)



continued at Daily Kos....