ALEC - The Extremely Secretive US "Shadow Government"

It’s important to remember that ALEC has acted as a shadow government in the United States for almost 40 years.

Last year when Common Cause filed their IRS complaint against ALEC, they were generous enough to share some of the documents – which included two years worth of task force 35-day mailings that included the names of ALEC task force corporate and legislative members.

Last July when ALEC was holding their annual conference in Salt Lake City – Utah ALEC members came to the defense of the secretiveness of ALEC in the press conference.

"I don’t think we have anything to hide. I think it’s more perception than reality," said Sen. Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, the Utah co-chairman for ALEC, who has made the argument for transparency, along with Bramble.

Task force and subcommittee meetings, where corporate sponsors, conservative think tanks and legislators craft model legislation have always been closed to the public.

Handouts and model legislation adopted during those meetings also have been tightly held.

The liberal blog Media Matters was denied credentials altogether.

"I don’t think we have anything to hide. I think it’s more perception than reality,"

"I don’t think we have anything to hide. I think it’s more perception than reality,"

Perception – eh?

Not reality – eh?

Then, Mr. Neiderhauser please explain this:

Source:  www.vltp.net   Picture of the Day

That's not perception!

That's the reality of scheming and secretive nature of ALEC -  intentionally concealing its agenda, its members, and its "model legislation" by using Box.com

    The ALEC shadow government, hidden from the American public.

    ALEC - hiding their corporate members.

    ALEC - hiding their legislative members

    ALEC – hiding the corporate authors of the “model legislation”

        that is brought into our state and federal legislatures.

The Republican party publishes their platform for governing.

The Democratic party published their platform for governing.

The American Legislative Exchange Council employs extreme techniques to hide their shadow government: their members, their policies and their “model legislation”.