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 [...]
Apr 25, 2012
By Bob Sloan The Senate today voted to pass a bill to salvage the USPS – for now. Critical to avoiding a proposed shut down of hundreds of postal facilities and centers with the loss of 200,000 jobs, the news was cautiously welcomed by VLTP. While the House has yet to vote on similar legislation, [...]
Apr 14, 2012
ALEC Corrupt Practices Thought the AMerican Legislative Exchange Council was only involved in corrupting state lawmakers…passing pro-corporate laws state by state? They are much more dangerous than that. When their state members are elected to Congress they become “alumni” and continue to advance ALEC’s agenda right into the halls of both Houses through a [...]
Apr 5, 2012
OpEd by by Bob Sloan © 2012 An event occurred in front of my home on Wednesday of this week that provided an incentive for me to go ahead and publish an article I’d written about the United States Postal Service (USPS). The event was a strong-arm robbery of a mailman at a house on our [...]
Apr 2, 2012
This is a report issued by VLTP in November of 2011. This work represents more than 2 years of deep research involving a handful of researchers who belong to VLTP’s sister group, American Legislative Transparency Project (ALTP) at the Daily Kos. This report provides an in-depth analysis of ALEC’s involvement and influences at the federal level of [...]
