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Arizona Dark Money Group Hit With Lawsuit Over Robocalls

Eric Lach | February 14, 2013, 6:05AM

Kirk Adams, former Arizona Speaker of the House, speaks at a campaign rally during his run for Congress in August. Adams is now a part of the dark money group Americans for Responsible Leadership.

Americans for Responsible Leadership, the Arizona dark money group that tangled with California's campaign finance watchdog agency last fall, has been slapped with a lawsuit in Colorado, where a woman claims she received robocalls from the group in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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Privatization Group Tied To California Dark Money Millions

Eric Lach | February 6, 2013, 6:05AM

California Gov. Jerry Brown with local politicians and school administrators, held a rally in support of Prop 30.

An engineering trade organization that advocates for privatizing government work has been tied to the group behind the $11 million dark money donation that prompted a legal showdown in California last fall.

The $400,000 that can now be traced back to a group called the American Council of Engineering Companies in California (ACEC-CA) may not be the biggest of disclosures, but when it comes to dark money in politics, any transparency at all is a revelation.

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