By Rep. Ken Clark | The Arizona Republic
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)
It is time for ratepayers to send Arizona Public Service, our state’s largest electric monopoly, a message about dark money:
Stop hiding your attempts to buy elections and influence the very elected officials who regulate you directly. Stop hiding behind shady shadow organizations to fund caustic scorched-earth warfare on your political enemies.
On May 20, at the Pinnacle West shareholders meeting in Phoenix, we plan to tell the leadership of APS: “We won’t stand for it.”
First, what is dark money?