Criticism
California's Proposition 23 The foundation had only $109 in December of last year, and has never been involved in large scale campaigns or anything outside of Missouri, so its contribution of nearly half a million dollars to the campaign to undo California's clean air law has led to calls for investigations. According to Los Angeles Times, "Who in Missouri could have an interest in killing a California greenhouse gas program? Harris and Elliott both went out of their way, curiously, to mention the effect environmental regulations have on coal. "Anything to do with energy affects Missouri, No. 1 because we rely heavily on coal," Elliott said. Harris observed, "We in Missouri generate 80% of our electricity from coal."
The No on 23 campaign points out that Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., which bills itself as the nation's largest privately owned coal company, has contributed $30,000 to the Proposition 23 campaign. It also turned up the fact that several utilities are clients of a marketing and website design firm run by Elliott and his wife." 7
The Springfield News-Leader has run a column accusing the foundation of a misleading billboard campaign on "activist judges."
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