DESTROYING ALEC - What Are We Missing?

This morning as hundreds (hopefully thousand) of citizen activists pack their suitcases, arrange for a day off, arrange for childcare, etc. so they can go to Phoenix to RESIST ALEC on November 30^th, I woke up this morning with these questions.

What don’t we know yet?

Why has ALEC been allowed to grow and prosper?
Why has ALEC been allowed to take over our government at the state and federal levels?

The American Legislative Exchange council (ALEC) was first exposed in a huge way in 2002 by citizen journalists and nothing happened.

Why did the Democrats in our country do nothing about ALEC at the state and federal level?

Why did the Independents in our country do nothing about ALEC at the state and federal level?

Why did the Green Party in our country do nothing about ALEC at the state and federal level?

Why have the Jesse Jackson’s and Al Sharpton’s in our country done nothing about ALEC at the state and federal level?

Why have state Attorneys Generals done nothing about ALEC at the state level?

Why did bi-partisan committees at the state level allow for passage of resolutions that let ALEC be considered as a charity to provide educational scholarships?

Why did partisan committees at the state level allow for the passage of resolutions that allow ALEC meeting to be considered “caucuses” and thus are closed to the public?

Why has the IRA not questioned the nonprofit status of ALEC when it is clear that ALEC is involved in political activities?

As we pack our bags to head to Phoenix to RESIST ALEC – we have to consider this.

We have the ALEC member names (for the most part) – we have the ALEC “model legislation” (for the most part) – but we are missing something, something really big,  that has allowed ALEC to grow and prosper and govern and take over states likes Ohio, Wisconsin, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Minnesota – just to name a few.

What are we missing?

What do we still have to find?

Why is no one with “real” power pushing back against ALEC?

Why are our state leaders who are not ALEC members not pushing back against ALEC?

Why is our government and our legislators doing nothing about ALEC?

What are we missing?

What do we still have to find?

What information is still out there that we can find that will DESTROY ALEC forever in 2012?

For more information on ALEC –

Please read this or this or this

or this series of six articles.

This is what ALEC is About  - An Interview with Mark Pocan about the ALEC Annual Meeting.

And watch this news video  from North Carolina on how other ALEC "model legislation" is going to screw the citizens of North Carolina - legislation introduced by ALEC legislators.

Do your own act of education!
Send the links shown above to friends and family and educate them about ALEC.

ALEC's AGENDA while in Phx/Scottsdale

In case anyone is interested.

Tuesday, Nov. 29

Joint Board of Directors Meeting

 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Board Reception/Dinner

 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Registration

 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Higher Education Subcommittee

 8 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Energy Subcommittee

 8 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

Joint Working Group on 21st Century Commerce and Taxation

 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.

Taxation Grab and Go

 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.

State Chairs Meeting

 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Exhibit Hall

 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee

 9 a.m.  - 10:15 a.m.

K-12 Education Reform Subcommittee

 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Environmental Health Subcommittee

 9:10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

Fiscal Federalism Working Group

 9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee

 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

New Legislator Orientation

 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Agriculture Subcommittee

 10:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Opening Plenary Lunch

 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Task Force Chairs Meeting

 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Workshop I: Common Core State Standards

 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Workshop II: Want To Grow Your States’ Economy? Exports are the Answer!

 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Workshop III: Cutting the Red Tape on Solar: Obstacles Present Opportunities

 3 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Workshop IV: Medicaid Managed Care: Ensuring Access and Patient Protections

 3 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Hospitality Suite

 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

 

Thursday, Dec. 1

Registration

 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Plenary Breakfast

 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Exhibit Hall

 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Online Consumer Privacy Working Group

 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Workshop V: Pushing the Extremes of Tort Law: What You Can Do to Stop

Unreasonable Lawsuits

 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Workshop VI: Pension Reform Workshop: Successful Messages for Reform

 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Workshop VII: The True Cost of Corrections - 2012 Policy Solutions and Goals

 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Workshop VIII: Innovation in the Classroom: Rethinking School Design

 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Plenary Lunch

 12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

What You Can Learn from Arizona’s Healthcare Reforms

 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Task Force Meetings

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Civil Justice

• Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development

• Education

• Telecommunications & Information Technology

Public Pension Reform Working Group

 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Fiscal Policy Reform Working Group

 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

National Chairman’s Reception

by invitation only

 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Holiday Gala Reception*

 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Hospitality Suite

 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2

Registration

 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Plenary Breakfast

 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Exhibit Hall

 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Workshop IX: Governing in the Era of Social Media

 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Workshop X: Restoring America’s Jobs & Economy: The Role of Environmental Policies

 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Workshop XI: Common Sense Toxicology: Lessons for the States

 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Workshop XII: Electrifying and Connecting America for the 21st Century: A View from the Public Utility Commissions

 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Closing Lunch

 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Task Force Meetings

2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

• Energy, Environment & Agriculture

• Health and Human Services

• International Relations

• Public Safety and Elections

• Tax and Fiscal Policy

Annual Meeting 2012 Preview Reception

 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

State Delegation Night

 6:30 p.m.

ALEC's Rich States Poor States Report is IRRESPONSIBLE!

Awhile back - I put out a request for someone to debunk the American Legislative Exchange council report "Rich States Poor States".

Tonight while I was surfing I found this on the Progressive States Network webpage- which I copy in it's entirety because it is very important.  (That is my red bolding in the article.)

Questions Raised About Corporate Front Group's State Economic Rankings

Fine Print Shows ALEC Uses "Corporate Wish List" to Rate States, Ignoring Middle Class

New York, NY - Today, as the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) releases their annual rankings of outlooks for all 50 state economies, questions are being raised about the criteria used by the shadowy group. A new examination of the criteria used in past "Rich States, Poor States" reports published by ALEC in partnership with the infamous supply-side economist Arthur Laffer reveals rankings that are based on adherence to the policy wishes of huge corporations and that disregard the middle class entirely.

"At a time when the economic security of the middle class is in peril, these rankings based on a corporate wish list of anti-middle class policies could not be more divorced from reality," said Ann Pratt, Executive Director of Progressive States Network. "To ALEC and their CEO friends, a state with a low minimum wage, one in where there are fewer jobs, or one in which millionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes is considered 'richer' than one which pursues policies that actually ensure the economic security of the middle class. After seven straight months of job losses in the state and local government sector, with teachers, firefighters, and policeman losing their jobs every single day, the criteria used by ALEC to assess states' economic health are not only wrong – they are irresponsible."

ALEC, the publisher of "Rich States, Poor States," is a controversial organization reported to be a venue for allowing corporations to write and pass state legislation that benefits their own bottom lines. In October 2010, reports emerged that ALEC and the Corrections Corporation of America were intimately involved in the writing and passage of Arizona's SB1070 to increase detention rates and benefit the private prison industry.

According to last year’s ALEC-Laffer rankings, the group uses the following criteria to rank a particular states' economic outlook. Many economists have noted that state policies like a fair minimum wage, progressive tax systems, and the right of private businesses to enter into a contract with their employees do not hinder states, but rather help state economies become more prosperous for all.

Why is it so important???

Because everytime, EVERYTIME you see the Rich States Poor States report quoted in a newspaper article - you have got to comment against it.  Please cut and paste and use and reuse the information from Progressive States Network.

Right now - if you Google ALEC - you will find that most of the entries are about state rankings - as given to the states by the ALEC Rich States Poor States report.  The Rich States Poor States report is the ONLY thing ALEC has going for it right now - let's cut is to shreds in the media.

HERE IS YOUR AMMUNITION to cut those newspaper articles and editorials apart - PLEASE USE IT regularly and often.

When it comes to ALEC - it is always what is best for the corporations and not what is best for the citizens of a state.

In Addition
I would recommend that you read this article about ALEC's ATTACK ON THE MIDDLE CLASS

Link to it here:   Spotlight Shines on ALEC's Anti-Middles Class Agenda

ALEC members and those affiliated with ALEC in any manner

MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED.

Without state and federal legislators ALEC will cease to exist and it will implode.

For more information on ALEC –

Please read this or this or this

or this series of six articles.

This is what ALEC is About  - An Interview with Mark Pocan about the ALEC Annual Meeting.

And watch this news video  from North Carolina on how other ALEC "model legislation" is going to screw the citizens of North Carolina - legislation introduced by ALEC legislators.

Do your own act of education!
Send the links shown above to friends and family and educate them about ALEC.

AZ ALEC ALUMNI - John Kyl Wants to Be VP

From wiki:

Kyl is a staunch conservative, ranked by National Journal in 2007 as the fourth-most conservative U.S. Senator.[4] He has been a fixture of Republican policy leadership posts, chairing the Republican Policy Committee (2003–2007) and the Republican Conference (2007). In December 2007 he became Senate Minority Whip. In February 2011, Kyl announced that he would not seek reelection to the Senate at the end of his third term, which concludes January 3, 2013. He expressly ruled out running for further office except, if offered, the Vice-Presidency.[5][6]

I think this is worth noting at this time - as the Republicans might need to carry Arizona at some time in the future.

Isn't it odd - how wherever you look the Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential hopefuls are all affiliated with ALEC in some way. 

Looks like the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Koch brothers have a bigger goal - the White House.

ALEC members and those affiliated with ALEC in any manner

MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED.

Without state and federal legislators ALEC will cease to exist and it will implode.

For more information on ALEC –

Please read this or this or this

or this series of six articles.

This is what ALEC is About  - An Interview with Mark Pocan about the ALEC Annual Meeting.

And watch this news video  from North Carolina on how other ALEC "model legislation" is going to screw the citizens of North Carolina - legislation introduced by ALEC legislators.

Do your own act of education!
Send the links shown above to friends and family and educate them about ALEC.

ALEC Sign Upsets Wisconsin Republican

Found this posted on DU and had to share, too good not to share with more
- The people fighting the good fight in Wisconsin are the best!!!!!

The Wisconsin members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are the scum of the earth.

One of our First Amendment warriors was removed from the Wisconsin State Assembly Gallery and arrested for "disorderly conduct" (as many have been) for holding a sign that referenced ALEC, and she was holding up several dollar bills. The great thing was that she was pointed out by a republican legislator during the session - "Would someone remove that woman who has the ALEC sign and the money...," which gave the Dems the opportunity to respond that she obviously was there for the republicans.

OK, so we're under such an attack that we have to get our pleasure in simple ways...

Good luck with your action, and thank you for helping to educate about ALEC.

Ott (R) is the one who asked for ***** to be removed.

Pocan (D) then stood up ONCE AGAIN to try to get the republicans to consider a bill to honor the First Amendment in the Assembly.

Sinicki (D) is the one who clarified that if there's someone from ALEC, they're there for the republicans, not for the Dems.

On that night, there were 18 arrests for people either holding a piece of paper, or having a camera (or facsimile thereof) in the Gallery.

I was told repeatedly to put down my 4" x 6" flag, but was not arrested for it, while people WERE arrested for holding a 3" x 5" card "like a sign."

. FIRST AMENDMENT, USE IT OR LOSE IT

Watch it unfold here....

Ott - Protecting ALEC members is a waste of time!
ALEC members made their choice - time to reap the consequences!

Brownback - Demonstrates ALEC Machismo

A little bit of trivia and history before I get this piece going.

Did you know ALEC had a TV Show? 

National Empowerment Television (NET), also known as America's Voice, was a cable TV network designed to rapidly mobilize Religious Right followers for grassroots lobbying. It was created by Paul M. Weyrich, a key strategist for the secular and religious right. At its peak, it claimed to reach more than 11 million homes.

NET began in 1993 as a project of Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation and went to air for the first time on December 6, 1993.

However, Weyrich's strident political tone brought him into conflict with Robert Sutton, a broadcast executive who had been hired to run the network. Sutton persuaded the network's board to force out Weyrich in a hostile takeover, but the station continued to flounder financially. In 2000, it was purchased by E-Cine, a Dallas-based multimedia company, which briefly returned Weyrich to the airwaves before succumbing to bankruptcy later that year.  (Source:  Wiki)

Reported in the ALEC States and Nation newsletter Summer of 1995

ALEC is "On the Air"

First Interactive Show Between the States and Congress

Broadcasts Over NET  Source:  ALEC

Call it long-distance caucusing. Or virtual conferencing. Actually, either description is appropriate for STATE LINES, ALEC'S live network broadcast on the Free Congress Foundation's National Empowerment Television Network (NET). In a world where everyone seems too busy to slow down, congressional leaders in Washington and state legislators across the nation are able to discuss issues on STATE LINES without anyone ever leaving town. Viewers at home—or at legislative caucuses across the country — interact in real-time with congressmen and business leaders at NET's Washington studio.  

In the aftermath of the November 1994 election where voters cried out for less government, STATE LINES was birthed as a means to advance the popular push for a return to federalism. From the beginning, the STATE LINES production staff envisioned the broadcasts to be intimate and thoughtful sessions carried on between members of Congress and legislators in every state.  STATE LINES is broadcast in more than 37 major metropolitan areas and may be found in more than 16 million homes. NET began airing the one-hour show February 1. Since then, more than 30 Members of Congress have appeared and discussed issues that apply to the states. Through July (26 shows), the congressmen and private sector guests had responded to calls from nearly 100 legislators from 45 states.  

“ There is no other show out there that allows state legislators and Congressmen to have such close interaction."  

May 24: The federal bugdet [sic] was the subject for the full hour. Congressmen Sam Brownback (Kan.) and Mike Parker (Miss.) were the guests.

This is as close as I have come to proving that Sam Brownback is affiliated to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).  And in my opinion it’s a pretty good link when you consider the fact that he was on a ALEC show, specifically designed to “educate” ALEC legislators.

In addition – he wrote the forward to the ALEC report “Rich States Poor States” in 2011.  Giving Brownback almost 20 years of friendship and affiliation with ALEC.  

Today's Topics About Brownback

Well the topic today is Sam Brownback and his lack of tolerance – which IMHO is a trademark of anyone affiliated with ALEC – megalomaniacs who don’t like to be questioned.

Two things happened this week that people should know about.

First – reported by Think Progress and well worth the read for multiple reasons

In a blatant violation of the First Amendment, a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas disciplined a student for speaking out against Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS):

During the session, in which Brownback addressed the group, Sullivan posted on her personal Twitter page: “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot”

It’s troubling that Brownback’s staff is so thin skinned that they felt the need to call down the government’s wrath on a high school student who had the audacity to criticize the governor.

Second – A piece that showed up on Daily Kos with a link to a disturbing account of use of violence at a Brownback townhall meeting – another account well worth the read.

When the protesters were finished, they walked peacefully out of the room but not before some four to five police officers came rushing in as if terrorists were on the loose. I was sitting at a table near the entrance and I was alarmed over how serious and determined the police seemed to be as they came into the room. As one officer passed my table, I heard him say something about finding the ringleader or getting the leader. I never imagined these officers would be so brutal in their treatment to one protester in particular.

It should be noted for the record that there were some tall men protesting that day. However, the Wichita police officers decided to pick on the short women.

That's right; the Wichita police arrested 61-year-old Doris Gent (Ravenfeather) a Native American woman who happens to have a disabled child at home and a husband who has been laid off from work.

This 'dangerous citizen' was duly thrown into the wall at the Drury Hotel, with her arm pulled up so violently and twisted from behind that the next day she had to visit Wesley Hospital's Emergency Room. She has bruises on her arm and a strained neck. She was given pain killers and told she would feel a lot worse before she got better.

This is why we MUST protest ALEC. 
ResistALEC in Phoenix on November 30.

This is why we MUST remove all ALEC affiliated legislators from office.

ALEC and ALEC members think they own the world
and that citizens have no rights in an “ALEC World” 
- ONLY ALEC corporate sector / private enterprise members have rights  ... 

and for that reason ALEC must be destroyed.

They are the 1% - They are young, they are dirty, they are immoral.

The following article is a must read - it was brought to my attention by the MN Uncut newspaper.

The interesting thing about this article is that it stresses just how immoral the 1% and banksters are, BUT it brings to our attention that the immoral 1%-ers aren't just old banksters.

They are young
and in this case they are dirty
and in this case - they should be ashamed, but they aren't - which is the saddest part.

The 89 employees of a New York law firm specializing in foreclosures who dressed as homeless people during an office Halloween party last year have been thrown out on the street.

Steven J. Baum P.C., a firm that specialized in foreclosures, is closing its doors a month after photos showing employees celebrating Halloween by dressing like the homeless surfaced in a New York Times column by Joe Nocera

As you look at the slideshow (there are 6 slides, I had to manually choose them with the boxes above the first slide)  - know that this is the 1% now (young and dirty)  and forevermore.

Their IVY league educations, their 1% bosses and their fancy homes on Long Island forget to teach them the difference between right and wrong, good and evil - moral and immoral.

This is wrong.
This is evil.
This is immoral.

These are your young 1%-ers.

- I hope all of them are unemployed for a long long time.



#Occupy

Norquist Blames VOTERS for Stalemate in Congress!

Voting has consequences.

If you voted for a person that signed his “No New Taxes” Pledge

– YOU are to blame for the stalemate in congress.

Grover Norquist holds YOU responsible!

His pledge is not responsible – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE if you voted for and elected people who signed the “No New Taxes Pledge”

YOU ARE TO BLAME!

Here are excerpts from last night’s 60 Minutes interview with Grover Norquist – I suggest you read the transcript or watch the entire video.

Kroft: But you're the keeper of the pledge.

Norquist: We remind your voters that you took the pledge.

Kroft: You are the ones that are--

Norquist: That's true.

Kroft: --gonna retaliate if they break the pledge.

Norquist: Oh, no, no, no. The voters will retaliate. We may inform the voters. But let's say the voters all want --

Kroft: Inform the voters with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign or educational -

Norquist: Nineteen--

Kroft:--expenditures to point out the fact that they broke the pledge.

Norquist: If necessary.

Kroft: But you make it pretty clear. If someone breaks the pledge, you're gonna do everything you can to get rid of them.

Norquist: To educate the voters that they raise taxes. And again, we educate people--

Kroft: To get rid of them.

Norquist: To encourage them to go into another line of work, like shoplifting or bank robbing, where they have to do their own stealing.

Kroft: You've got them by the shorthairs.

Norquist: The voters do. Yeah.

-dot-dot-dot

Simpson: He may well be the most powerful man in America today. So if that's what he wants, he's got it. You know, he's -- megalomaniac, ego maniac, whatever you want to call him. If that's his goal, he's damn near there. He ought to run for president because that will be his platform: 'No taxes, under any situation, even if your country goes to hell.'

Simpson also wants to know where Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform, with its multimillion dollar budget gets its money.

Simpson: When you get this powerful, and he is, then it's, 'Where do you get your scratch, Grover?' Is it two people? Is it 10 million people? The American people demand to know where you get your money, Grover babe.

-dot-dot-dot

Kroft: I mean, you've got them coming and you've got them going if they're a Republican. If they sign the pledge and break it they're toast. And if they don't sign the pledge they're probably toast.

Norquist: But if they sign it and keep it, they win the primary. They win the general. They get to govern. And, I've helped make all this possible.

If you voted for a person that signed his “No New Taxes” Pledge

 – YOU are to blame for the stalemate in congress.

Hear that ??
– Grover Norquist says: YOU ARE TO BLAME! For the stalemate in Congress!

Voting has consequences.



Here's a complete list of the 112th Congress politicans who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge"
- a pledge to a private organization that nullifies their pledge to uphold the Consitution.

Here's a list of all state legislators (as of 2010) who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge".

Voting has consequences!
Signing PLEDGES has consequences!
    - a "No New Taxes" legislator - state or federal level
    - who says they are changing their mind now -
is probably lying to you.

                          AND it's too late - butthead

                          - the damage caused by you signing Norquist's pledge

                          is already done!

Kick their a$$ out of office
and elect someone smart enough to NOT SIGN PLEDGES!

MN Legislators Who Report to the "No New Tax God", Grover Norquist

MINNESOTA

MN-02 John Kline (R)

MN-03 Erik Paulsen (R)

MN-06 Michele Bachmann (R)

MN-08 Chip Cravaack (R)

MINNESOTA (as of 2010)

12 Senators of 67

Dave Brown (S-16)

Roger C. Chamberlain (S-53)

Paul Gazelka (S-12)

Chris Gerlach (S-37)

Dan D. Hall (S-40)

David Hann (S-42)

Mike Jungbauer (S-48)

Warren Limmer (S-32)

Geoff Michel (S-41)

Julianne Ortman (S-34)

Claire Robling (S-35)

Charles Wiger (S-55)

25 House members of 134

Jim Abeler (H-48B)

Bruce Anderson (H-19A)

King Banaian (H-15B)

Mark Buesgens (H-35B)

Matt Dean (H-52B)

Bob Dettmer (H-52A)

Sondra Erickson (H-16A)

Bob Gunther (H-24A)

Tom Hackbarth (H-48A)

Mary Liz Holberg (H-36A)

Larry Howes (H-4B)

Mary Kiffmeyer (H-16B)

Ann Lenczewski (H-40B)

Carolyn McElfatrick (H-3B)

Mary Murphy (H-6B)

Paul Marquart (H-9B)

Bud Nornes (H-10A)

Gene Pelowski (H-31A)

Joyce Peppin (H-32A)

Linda Runbeck (H-53A)

Steven Smith (H-33A)

Chris Swedzinksi (H-21A)

Bruce Vogel (H-13B)

Torrey Westrom (H-11A)

Kurt Zellers (H-32B)

Here's a complete list of the 112th Congress politicans who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge"
- a pledge to a private organization that nullifies their pledge to uphold the Consitution.

Here's a list of all state legislators (as of 2010) who have signed the Grover Norquist "No New Taxes Pledge".

Voting has consequences!
Signing PLEDGES has consequences!
    - a "No New Taxes" legislator - state or federal level
    - who says they are changing their mind now -
is probably lying to you.
AND it's too late - butthead

- the damage caused by you signing Norquist's pledge

                           is already done!

Kick their a$$ out of office
and elect someone smart enough to NOT SIGN PLEDGES!

North Carolina - Your ALEC Members are NOT Virtuous!

North Carolina

When it comes to the North Carolina state Motto and ALEC member the following definitely is true.

"The Numbers of the really virtuous are not so great, as they appear to be."

Each person on the list has been compiled and cited using the web and you can also find the proof by researching through ALEC documents, reports and magazines, the North Carolina manual and campaign finance pages, and various other webpages.

David Gregory	Blamer
Phil	Berger
James B	Black
Joann	Walker Bowie
Harold	Brubaker
Debbie	Clary
George	Cleveland
Howard	Coble
Andrew T	Dedmon
Jerry	Dockham
Beverly	Miller Earle
David T	Flaherty
Phillip	Frye
Will Edward	Gooddall, Jr
W David	Guice
Jesse	Helms
Craig	Horn
Julia	Howard
Walter	Jones
Carolyn	Justus
Stephen	LarRoque
Richard T	Morgan
Wil	Neuman
Robert	Pittenger
Karen	Ray
Fred F.	Steen
Bonner	Stiller
Gregg	Thompson
Thom	Tillis
Constance	Kramer Wilson

More North Carolina  legislators can be found at ALEC Exposed– because they access to leaked documents that I don’t have.  Since I don’t have these documents on file – I won’t list those people in my blog.

AND if your legislator is not on either list – contact them and ask them, “Are you a member of ALEC?  There’s quite a few people on this ALEC list – I’d ask if I were you.

So what – what if people had a list – what does that accomplish? 

What would happen if people had a list - what will it accomplish? 

Does it really hurt ALEC if a list were available or would ALEC just go on – business as usual?

How would this information be used in a constructive way?

What is next – we HAVE TO REMOVE all ALEC members from state and federal government.  It is our role to make sure that they don’t get re-elected.  Now is the time for “boots to the ground” to use the information we have compiled on ALEC members and ALEC “model legislation” to prove to others that ALEC members MUST be removed from public service at any and all levels. 

ALEC just completed their four day conference where ALEC Corporations told your legislators what legislation they wanted to have passed and what legislation they did not want to have passed.

ALEC members are not serving the public – they are serving the ALEC corporations.  It does not matter how ALEC or their members spin this story over the next couple months it is important for you – to remember and to talk about the following fact:

When was the last time YOU got to sit with your legislator for two or three days and tell your legislator what YOUR needs are and help your legislator write legislation that benefited YOU?

Your ALEC legislator does this multiple times a year with corporations – so when push come to shove – it is evident who your legislator is representing – the ALEC corporations.

Past members are important – because they may come up for a state or federal appointment.

Campaign reports – report campaigns – so someone may be on the list that did not win  - but you can bet your boots they will try again.

ALEC members and those affiliated with ALEC in any manner

MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED.

Without state and federal legislators ALEC will cease to exist and it will implode.

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For more information on ALEC –

Please read this or this or this

or this series of six articles.

This is what ALEC is About  - An Interview with Mark Pocan about the ALEC Annual Meeting.

And watch this news video  from North Carolina on how other ALEC "model legislation" is going to screw the citizens of North Carolina - legislation introduced by ALEC legislators.

Do your own act of education!
Send the links shown above to friends and family and educate them about ALEC.