May 29, 2013
By Bob Sloan Lots of ALEC and Koch cabal related material to catch up on this week. Click on headline to read the full article or documents. Much more later in the week… John Laird: Foxy Don wears ALEC badge in environment henhouse Putting Don Benton in charge of Clark County’s environment is kind of [...]
May 20, 2013
FROM CMD by Beau Hodai - Special Report by Center for Media and Democracy and DBA Press This just released report is a must read for all Americans to understand just how much our Nation’s governmental landscape has been changed since 9/11/2001. Once again, government agencies created to “protect” Americans have been altered to instead [...]
May 9, 2013
By James P. Hoffa on Huffington Post… Finally the Teamsters and other unions are beginning to “get it”… Corporations are upping the ante in their attempt to take control of the political process. Under the guise of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s most powerful are drafting legislation that is appearing in statehouses [...]
May 9, 2013
By Bob Sloan ALEC’s Latest “Transparency” Move: Asserting Immunity From Freedom of Information Laws ALEC Assembles “Most Wanted” List, and Oklahomans Say “ALEC Is Not OK” SD Legislators Spend Thousands On Travel SIOUX FALLS, SD - Over the past five years, South Dakota taxpayers have spent more than $360,000 for lawmakers to attend out-of-state meetings. [...]
May 7, 2013
From PRWatch by Brendan Fischer and Nick Surgey At the recent Spring Summit of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held in Oklahoma City, ALEC security staffers went to great lengths to assure that only journalists involved with conservative media outlets were allowed access to the Cox Convention Center where the organization’s members were meeting [...]
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 19, 2013
Announcement from Teamsters Local 886: http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/04/expose-alec-take-pledge-today.html “Our brothers and sisters in Oklahoma are spreading the word about the nefarious ALEC as the group heads toward Oklahoma City for an annual confab. Teamsters Local 886 is working hard to shine a bright light on ALEC’s misdeeds during its stay in Oklahoma City on May 2-3. ALEC “delegates” will [...]
Apr 17, 2013
By Brendan Fischer at PRWatch This article precisely describes how the ALEC cabal’s corporate members fund the initiatives they have brought to ALEC and sent out to all states through the ALEC legislative members. After the bills or initiatives are proposed these corporations then pursue getting the legislation passed. In this case in Philadelphia, they [...]
Apr 11, 2013
From an article published by Nick Surgey at PRWatch: “ALEC Who?” ALEC Has an Identity Crisis“ The American Legislative Exchange Council is trying to change their image and in accomplishing that they would rather toss away the acronym “ALEC” – they’ve been known by and operating under for forty years now – than change their activities. [...]
Apr 3, 2013
A small victory was won today in the battle against Right-to-Work. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge William Collette refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and labor unions against the law. The ACLU argued that the law is invalid because it was passed while the public was locked-out of the capitol building in [...]
