Missouri Democrat wants to disclose inaugural donations

     (AP) – A Missouri Democratic lawmaker is proposing a bill
to make donations for gubernatorial inaugurations public records.
     Liberty Rep. Mark Ellebracht in a Thursday statement criticized Republican
Gov. Eric Greitens' decision to keep secret the cost of his privately funded
January celebration.
     Greitens did release a list of "benefactors," including Anheuser-Busch,
Boeing, Express Scripts, General Motors, Monsanto and Wal-Mart.
     Greitens spokesman Parker Briden declined to comment.
House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty in a statement says Greitens should
disclose his inaugural donors. Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh says she
agrees.
     Ellebracht's bill is similar to one sponsored by Greitens' Administration
Commissioner Sarah Steelman when she served as a Republican state senator in
2002.

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