There continues to be a trickle of Democrats that are
allegedly dumping ALEC.
Yesterday when surfing I found the webpage for Bold
Progressives – Progressive Change Campaign Committee and they have a page that states that 49 Dems are still
ALEC members.
Please stop by BP-PCCC and sign their petition to tellthose Dems to DUMP ALEC.
The thing I found frustrating is that all the Dems names aren’t
listed.
This is important information – because I think we should
have the right to confront these people about their ALEC membership – before we
blindly offer our support to them in the next election. I think we need to make sure all of them sign
a "NO MORE ALEC” pledge – before we can even think about supporting them.
To me – it doesn’t matter if there is a D or an R behind
their name – ALEC members are secretive and liars and not to be trusted. ALEC members KNOW exactly how ALEC is trying
to screw the United States and they have ALL stood back and let it happen.
Anyway – some interesting clips in two articles yesterday
about Dems that DUMPED ALEC (my emphasis) .
Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. (D-Dist.
22, Smithfield, North Smithfield) has contacted the General Assembly’s Joint
Committee on Legislative Services, asking that his name be removed from the
list of state legislators who are enrolled as members of the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
“I’m not sure how I became a member, but
having learned recently about the enormous amount of corporate funding for the
group and corporate influence on the group, I have decided to terminate my
membership and have sent that specific request to JCLS,” said Senator Tassoni.
(JCLS is responsible for the internal financial and personnel operations of the
General Assembly.)
Senator Tassoni said he is
supportive of organizations – such as the National Conference on State
Legislatures – that facilitate the legislative process through meetings and
conferences and a robust exchange of ideas. “ALEC, it seems, is not about an
exchange of ideas but rather about pushing the self-serving ideas of
corporations and rich, powerful interests. I have no desire to be associated
with that kind of organization.”
And then one line from another article about Tassoni
quitting:
The website RI Future reported
last week that 20 percent of General Assembly legislators are members. Most
said they didn't know much about the group but joined because Rep. Jon Brien, a
Democrat on the national board, asked them to.
Automatically became members – because someone asked them
– signed up for something they had no idea what it was – looking for the
goodies that ALEC promises those poor ol’ neglected state legislators.
The state paying for the memberships. I assume automatically paying for them.
YOUR TAX $$’s being used to support ALEC extremist
agenda.
How many more states are using YOUR TAX $$'s to fund the extremist agendas of ALEC.
I’m starting to think that we need to start handing out
awards instead of our votes.
AWARD to Dems who are/were members of ALEC:
I Hate the DNC Award.
AWARD to states that fund ALEC dues:
I Hate the Democratic Republic of the USA Award
I Hate the Democratic Republic of the USA Award
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