May 6, 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. Scientific American: North Carolina legislators make end-run on science and renewable energy From “The Raw Story” North Carolina Republicans push through [...]
Apr 15, 2013
From PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reports that Darden Restaurants which operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and other chain restaurants has stated they have not renewed their ALEC membership as of 2010. Darden representative Rich Jeffers, Director of Media Relations told CMD that the company had not renewed its ALEC membership since January [...]
Jan 24, 2013
In a rare show of political spine, Governor Snyder admonished lawmakers to pull their collective heads out of their asses (my words — he was much more statesman like), and stop wasting time on gun laws, particularly those that won’t stand-up to a constitutional challenge. Catering to a fringe demographic, conservative legislators are putting the constitution to [...]
Jan 3, 2013
We’ll just let the picture tell the story of how Florida’s Stand Your Ground law became ALEC’s Castle Doctrine Law. A version of one or the other law is in force in , which is the law of the land in 46 states * Here from August 12, 2005… * ref: http://cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0172.htm
Dec 27, 2012
WELL – ALEC is doing what they do best again – LYING An editorial by Executive Director Ron Scheberle included the following misleading statements (my emphasis): “I wish that our critics would conduct themselves similarly. Instead, liberal activist groups like Color of Change have used this tragedy to falsely accuse ALEC of collaborating with the [...]
Dec 26, 2012
I am a public school teacher. The irony of teachers being the heroes this week after standing between students and a gun – is not lost on me. After being villainized for the last few years, I guess my main surprise is that someone else noticed that teachers are heroes. It seems apparent to [...]
Dec 26, 2012
From article written by Bob Sloan and published on Policy Mic… Fact: 282 bills were passed in Michigan during the lame duck session. 42% of all the bills passed in the last two years were in this last lame duck session, with 180 votes taken on the last day of the 2012 session alone. Fact: In the session [...]
Dec 19, 2012
VLTP Op Ed by Bob Sloan The Corrosive Effect of the Koch/ALEC Cabal on U.S. and World Governments In a perfect world, we as citizens in a representative democracy would elect those who best represent our views on issues critically important in our lives. In the context of that perfect world, our elected representatives would [...]
Dec 17, 2012
Last June I wrote an important piece on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and exposed the “Legacy” or lifetime memberships held by current or former ALEC state legislators. Nearly 100 of the alumnae are currently members of the U.S. House and Senate – and at least one is the sitting Governor of South Carolina, [...]
