Greitens' onetime vows of transparency now lost behind a veil of dark money
By Kevin McDermott
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens leads supporters through the halls of the state Capitol during a rally Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Jefferson City, Mo. Greitens has brought lawmakers back to for a special session to consider legislation that would allow steel-works facilities and aluminum smelters to negotiate electricity rates lower than what is allowed under current law and for longer contracts which supporters say would create jobs while critics call the push a veiled attempt to make it easier for investor-owned utilities companies to raise rates. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Eric Greitens (center) talks with his campaign manager Austin Chambers (left) on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at a watch party at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield, after he was declared the winner in the Republican governor primaries. Chambers would go on to lead a dark-money non-profit called A New Missouri, which raises and spends money to support Greitens' agenda as governor. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com
In January 2016, Eric Greitens, then one of a crowd of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Missouri governor, vowed that the public would always know where his political funding was coming from.
In some cases, he and his staff have let questions about major issues facing the state go unanswered, leaving residents in the dark about his positions on a variety of topics.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens leads supporters through the halls of the state Capitol during a rally Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in Jefferson City, Mo. Greitens has brought lawmakers back to for a special session to consider legislation that would allow steel-works facilities and aluminum smelters to negotiate electricity rates lower than what is allowed under current law and for longer contracts which supporters say would create jobs while critics call the push a veiled attempt to make it easier for investor-owned utilities companies to raise rates. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Eric Greitens (center) talks with his campaign manager Austin Chambers (left) on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at a watch party at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield, after he was declared the winner in the Republican governor primaries. Chambers would go on to lead a dark-money non-profit called A New Missouri, which raises and spends money to support Greitens' agenda as governor. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com