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Governor acknowledged it in a press call which was really stunning, to a group of reporters, he said, look, i know theres alternative legislation that was negotiated on a bipartisan basis in the state legislature to say, look, lets not roll over open meetings, lets not roll over open control, lets try to work something out with the local folks. i talked to the mine owner and hes not going to go for that, he pretty much needs the deal we talked about before. >> that was the deal we had to take. >...

>> joining me now, ruth coneth. how did this even end up on their radar screen? that they knew to go into this town of 6,000 people and start throwing elbows in the local county board election. >> its amazing to think these folks are coming in in a big way in such tiny local races. the people in iron county have been under tremendous pressure. theres a $1.5 billion project at stake here. the local county board has concerns. they have concerns that this mine might poison their drinking water and ...

Project a possibility? >> yes, and not only that, the governor acknowledged it in a press call which was really stunning, to a group of reporters, he said, look, i know theres alternative legislation that was negotiated on a bipartisan basis in the state legislature to say, look, lets not roll over open meetings, lets not roll over open control, lets try to work something out with the local folks. i talked to the mine owner and hes not going to go for that, he pretty much needs the deal we talke...

Americans for prosperity say theyre trying to educate folks in iron county about the issues with these flyers. the issue being iron mining. a resource ex-track business. the koch brothers are in the resource extraction business. a spokesperson from koch industries told us no koch company has any interest or involvement with this mining project. this isnt the only area where theyre working to influence an election. right now theyre getting involved in a school board election in kenosha, wisconsin...