May 3, 2013
From “Because I Can” Blogspot by 2old2care… How incredibly sad. ALEC doesn’t have a quorum – for their big meeting about writing and passing ALEC “model legislation”. One of three meetings held annually, this one focuses on ALEC “model legislation” and only 15% of their ALEC legislators showed up. How incredibly sad. ALEC must be [...]
May 2, 2013
By Bob Sloan Below are today’s articles and materials related to ALEC and the Koch funded conservative cabal. Included ALEC published material – if available. Click on a link to view the complete article. First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street “This is the first prosecution in the country [...]
May 1, 2013
By Susan Kraykowski In part I, we barely scratched the surface of ALEC’s involvement overseas – most especially in the United Kingdom. It is time to delve a bit deeper into what is called the Atlantic Bridge and its works and ways. Full disclosure: the project officially known as Atlantic Bridge is now defunct, due to [...]
May 1, 2013
From PRWatch by Brendan Fischer For months now the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has been submitting FOIA requests to Wisconsin lawmakers. They have requested emails to/from legislators and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). These requests for documentation is in pursuit of transparency…to determine model legislation emanating from ALEC that is introduced in Wisconsin. In [...]
Apr 30, 2013
By Bob Sloan In order to keep readers with an interest in ALEC up to date on stories related to ALEC, we’re posting this page with brief descriptions of ALEC activities and links to the articles or material(s). Included this update are links to measures or articles published by ALEC (if available) , showing their take on [...]
Apr 27, 2013
Daily reports on articles and material related to the American Legislative Exchange Council. Below are links to important stories covering 4/26 and 4/27… Report by Progress Missouri Highlights ALEC Infiltration in MO More than forty bills introduced in the Missouri state legislature echo American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model legislation, and at least 60 legislators [...]
Apr 25, 2013
by Bob Sloan Today there are numerous articles on ALEC and many of their legislative pursuits in states like South Dakota, Michigan, North Carolina. and elsewhere. In order to keep readers with an interest in ALEC up to date on stories related to ALEC, we’re posting this page with brief descriptions of ALEC activities and [...]
Apr 24, 2013
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks VLTP will be publishing a series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) involvement with advancing their conservative agenda, model legislation and resolutions worldwide. We have discovered and begun to monitor the activities of ALEC overseas as they pursue developing and sponsoring legislation they favor in foreign countries. [...]
Apr 22, 2013
By Bob Sloan As many have begun to write, ALEC is pursuing privatization of everything “public” in America. Perhaps a better description for their actions is “profitizing”, a term VLTP has used for nearly two years to describe efforts by the conservative Koch-funded cabal of think tanks and corporations to turn tax dollars into profits [...]
Apr 22, 2013
On Earth Day most writers choose to cover hopeful topics about greening the planet, but Democracy Tree feels this is the right time to talk about the dark side of Michigan’s environmental future. Specifically Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38). Casperson hails from Escanaba, the third largest city in the Upper Peninsula. His family owns Casperson and Son [...]
