Apr 23, 2012
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is the new diversion being used by ALEC and their Right Wing supporters in an attempt to divert attention away from ALEC’s agenda – and current media interest about that agenda. ALEC would like to distract those reading the hundreds of articles, blogs, tweets and other information now [...]
Apr 22, 2012
by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) In today’s Charlottte Observer, NC Senator Richard Burr, one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate had the following to say about the USPS: While the future of the Postal Service is uncertain, what we do know is that comprehensive reform will be needed to address its many [...]
Apr 22, 2012
For the past thirty years Republicans have used every argument under the Sun to convince Americans that giving the wealthy more entitlements was the path to prosperity through their absurd trickle-down economics scam. Americans never quite caught on to the theory’s failure, and during the Bush administration, Republicans promised that if the people gave more [...]
Apr 20, 2012
By Elliott Negin from Huffington Post. “But the secretive group’s influence in statehouses goes a lot further than deadly force, self-defense laws. Since its founding in 1973, ALEC has ghostwritten state legislation across the country on a wide range of issues, from voter ID laws to prison policy to worker protections, as a number of press accounts [...]
Apr 19, 2012
From the International Business Times – ALEC Disbands Task Force On ‘Stand Your Ground’ After Liberal, Rights Groups Protest” “Its [ALEC] board of scholars includes Arthur Laffer, the inventor of the “Laffer curve” in economics, as well as Stephen Moore, a former president of the Club for Growth, which backs Republican candidates, who now writes [...]
Apr 19, 2012
CHARLOTTE – U.S. postal workers across the nation took to the streets on one of the busiest postal days of the year, to rally for support. Members of the American Postal Workers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Unions want the public to know about possible changes to service. They said those changes would be [...]
Apr 19, 2012
On April 16, local residents and members of Occupy Winston-Salem held a demonstration at the U.S. Post Office in the Waughtown area. Protesters demanded that the only post office in the community not be closed down. Across the country, hundreds of U.S. post offices are on a closure list, based upon the amount of revenue [...]
Apr 19, 2012
By Ian Millhiser on Apr 19, 2012 …”The loss of Yum! is also a significant loss for ALEC because the fast food giant held an important leadership role within the conservative group. YUM! co-chaired ALEC’s Labor and Business Regulation Subcommittee which, among other things, fought to repeal laws guaranteeing paid sick leave to workers.” To [...]
Apr 18, 2012
From Louisiana Voice “Rep. Greg Cromer (R-90) today announced his resignation from the American Legislative Exchange Coucil ALEC is an association of conservative state lawmakers from around the country. Cromer has served as chair of the Louisiana ALEC Chapter since December 2010. “Cromer emailed his resignation today to Laura Elliott, ALEC’s director of state programs. [...]
Apr 18, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake in the Republicans assault on the US Postal Service and the postal workers. The Senate took up a bill to postpone the cuts, but it’s a temporary measure. Big Eddie thinks the Democrats should take a page out of Michele Bachmann’s book to combat this one. To [...]
