in the primary, that s because nobody knows who they are. those are the todd aikens of that primary. the sitting duck point is so perfect. when you don t have an opponent, you re going to respond to an ad, the democrats have smartly tried. they re going to play on this level. no one likes outside billionaire money in their state. that s just a terrible idea. you heard a story today about the koch brothers who partially fund americans for prosperity, accusing the other side of multimillionaires coming in i think it s we hear a lot about the koch brothers, the more money they put into these races, the more efficacy attacks they have. they re fulfilling the prophecy that they re being accused. everyone is grown-ups here, this is politics, you get in the arena, this is what happens. clean hits all around. thank you all. that is all in for this evening.
voted on by the county board. this proposal has divided the community. one observer described it like the civil war with brother fighting brother. as you can imagine, there s a lot of iron in iron county. i have my favorite refrigerator magnet here, and you can see how much iron is in this rock, at least 70%. things got really interesting, when about 1,000 iron county households got this in the mail, this flyer, sent out last week warns of radical environmentalists who want the mines shutdown no matter what. the last working mine in iron county closed in the 1960s. the flyers sent out urged residents to call up seven anti-mining radicals, at least one of whom actually supports the mine. who sent these flyers? which warn of wealthy environmental groups from outside wisconsin? americans for prosperity sent the flyers, a group funded in part by the coke brothers. the two billionaire industrialists who live outside of wisconsin.
the two billionaire industrialists who live outside of wisconsin. americans for prosperity say they re 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 isn t the only area where they re working to influence an election. right now they re getting involved in a school board election in kenosha, wisconsin. they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in a school board election in iowa in the past. big money conservative groups bankrolled in part by the koch brothers could be coming to a town near you.
in the primary, that s because nobody knows who they are. those are the todd aikens of that primary. the sitting duck point is so perfect. when you don t have an opponent, you re going to respond to an ad, the democrats have smartly tried. they re going to play on this level. no one likes outside billionaire money in their state. that s just a terrible idea. you heard a story today about the koch brothers who partially fund americans for prosperity, accusing the other side of multimillionaires coming in i think it s we hear a lot about the koch brothers, the more money they put into these races, the more efficacy attacks they have. they re fulfilling the prophecy that they re being accused. everyone is grown-ups here, this is politics, you get in the arena, this is what happens. clean hits all around.
county board elections. which is typically a quiet affair. one veteran county clerk said he couldn t remember the last time the county had a contested race for county board supervisor. this year is different. 10 out of 15 board members faced challenges. there is one big proposal to be voted on by the county board. this proposal has divided the community. one observer described it like the civil war with brother fighting brother. as you can imagine, there s a lot of iron in iron county. i have my favorite refrigerator magnet here, and you can see how much iron is in this rock, at least 70%. things got really interesting, when about 1,000 iron county households got this in the mail, this flyer, sent out last week warns of radical environmentalists who want the mines shutdown no matter what. the last working mine in iron county closed in the 1960s. the flyers sent out urged residents to call up seven anti-mining radicals, at least one of whom actually supports the mine. who sent these