By Kay Wilson

It seems Jay Nixon has been caught red-handed using official state resources to communicate with interest groups, political supporters and a campaign contributor by sending out e-mails. DNR Director Doyle Childers asked for a response about the allegations by May 27. None have been received.

Last month, Childers revealed e-mails from Nixon’s office that raised questions about Nixon’s motivation for filing the frivolous Boonville Bridge lawsuit. Records show top officials in Nixon’s office used state computers and state e-mail accounts to give advance notice about the lawsuit to Dave Bedan, a Nixon campaign contributor, as well as to interest groups and supporters of Nixon’s campaign for governor. The e-mails, which asked Bedan and the interest groups to get the word out about the lawsuit, were dated the day before Nixon announced he was filing the lawsuit. Read more…

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