Oct 18, 2012
Here at vltp.net we pay attention to the searches made by those who visit our site to see what interests our readers. Last night the top search was “does the usps have ties to alec?“ which, in different iterations, is a common question. The USPS is under attack by ALEC, which has been working for almost [...]
Sep 29, 2012
This is actually an old article I ran across today – from 1998. The same year Hillary Clinton spoke up about the “vast right-wing conspiracy”. Published in the conservative Washington Times, the article heaped a lot of scorn on the NEA’s findings. But that is not the object of this post… [note: "the fold" [...]
Sep 12, 2012
ALEC Finds New Friends Republican Study Committee (RSC) a Quiet New Partner… Seems ALEC is searching for legislative support through a new partnership as dozens of members – legislative and corporate – abandon membership in the organization. In the article about this they provide the RSC is meeting with ALEC at the Heritage Foundation next [...]
Sep 4, 2012
From an AlterNet article / By Steven Rosenfeld VLTP: The legislation popping up in numerous states to disenfranchise millions of predominantly Democratic voters who are students, elderly, Black or Hispanic, come from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). There have been many articles tracking these efforts back to ALEC. An article published on PolicyMic and VLTP last [...]
Sep 4, 2012
From Democracy Now… Many would have completely missed the handshake between Mitt Romney and financier, David Koch if it weren’t for Democracy Now’s great footwork with a camera. Koch’s money helps the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) continue their work legislating on behalf of large corporations such as Koch Industries and their subsidiaries. Not surprisingly, [...]
Sep 4, 2012
BY EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS at ID. Health Exchange “Policy analysts from the Libertarian-leaning Cato Institute and the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC spoke with panel members Wednesday about why Idaho should not create its own exchange. Under the federal health care law, states can decide to create and operate their own exchanges, participate in a federally-established exchange, [...]
Sep 3, 2012
This artistic interpretation of the Kochtopus is from “Outing the Oligarchy: Billionaires Who Benefit from Today’s Climate Crisis” from the International Forum on Globalization. T To watch this explained on the very informative video, please click here To navigate through the Kochtopus yourself (I recommend watching the video first), please click here
Aug 28, 2012
BREAKING NEWS FROM VLTP – Earlier this year two complaints were filed against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by Common Cause and Clergy Voice, alleging major violations of IRS Code lobbying prohibitions committed by ALEC, a “charity” which enjoys a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status with the IRS. ALEC claims their activities are all related to educating lawmakers [...]
Aug 20, 2012
A VLTP Special Report – ALEC’s Federal Interference, Part II August 20, 2012 | by Bob Sloan Last month I began a two part series that began with “ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & “The Amicus Project” – Fed Court Interference.” The first segment dealt with identifying and exposing ALEC’s Koch-funded cabal interfering with our [...]
