<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i style="color: rgb(50, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px;" class="">“When you use a public office, pretty shamelessly, to vouch for a private party with substantial financial interest without the disclosure of the true authorship, that is a dangerous practice,” said </i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(50, 104, 145);" class=""><i class="">David B. Frohnmayer,</i></span><i style="color: rgb(50, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px;" class=""> a Republican who served a decade as attorney general in Oregon. “The puppeteer behind the stage is pulling strings, and you can’t see. I don’t like that. And when it is exposed, it makes you feel used.”</i></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 23px;" class=""><font color="#333333" face="georgia, times new roman, times, serif" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></font></span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns, including at least $16 million this year.</i></b></span><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></span></div><div class=""><u class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class="">FULL STORY: </b></span><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23px;" class=""><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?emc=edit_th_20141207&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813" class="">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?emc=edit_th_20141207&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813</a></b></u></div></body></html>