“How can we stand by and let this happen?” – Jim Peterson (R-Buffalo), former Montana Senate president, in “Dark Money”
The Monitor produced an absorbing event last Thursday at the Clancy Library. Before a packed house, we screened “Dark Money,” a recent documentary by Helena native Kimberly Reed that exposes the impact of covert corporate influence in Montana politics – and tells the story of those trying to keep elections fair.
John Adams, the journalist whose efforts to uncover the campaign finance scheme are at the center of the film, joined us to provide his expert view on the state of Montana politics – which jump-started an energetic discussion on the health of citizenship and democratic function.
