[EL] Article says "dark money" critic actually a dark money organization

[Rick Hasen]

There's a quote in here from the organization explaining its position:

    Why doesn't PIRG consider itself a bunch of hypocrites?

    Their answer is convoluted. The group advocates for policies and
    lobbies lawmakers, but it doesn't explicitly endorse candidates,
    make contributions to campaign committees or engage in independent
    campaign spending.

    "Since we don't actually participate in any spending in elections as
    an organization, we don't release the names of our donors simply
    because we're not participating in campaign spending," said Sonia
    Ashe <http://iowapirg.org/staff/iap/sonia-ashe-0>, a registered
    lobbyist for Iowa PIRG.


On 1/18/13 7:00 AM, BZall at aol.com wrote:
> Don't know anything about this story, but thought, if true, it would 
> be useful balance if it appeared here or on the blog.
> http://theiowarepublican.com/2013/pirg-hypocrisy/
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