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Saturday, June 22, 2013

ND ALEC Members - Hide, ashamed


[ALEC spokesman] Meierling did say that ALEC has no plans to reveal its corporate and legislative members, identify individuals representing corporations within ALEC, or open up their model bill task force meetings.

And as I have repeatedly written – most ALEC members are embarrassed to admit that they belong to an extremist, right-wing, pro-corporate organization like ALEC.

As I have noted previously – most ALEC legislators will list most anything in their bios – their religious affiliations, NRA affiliation, their farm bureau membership, girl/boy scout leader – everything, BUT ALEC

This week the web universe handed me a gift – so I could prove this point to my readers.

The North Dakota GOP has a webpage dedicated specifically for THE GOP members of the North Dakota State House.

The state of North Dakota State House has 69 GOP legislators
The state of North Dakota State House has 23 GOP legislators who are known ALEC members.
Of the 69 GOP legislators, 23 who are known ALEC members ONLY THREE acknowledge their ALEC membership of the North Dakota GOP.org webpage.

Three legislators admit their involvement in ALEC.
That leaves 20 known ALEC members who are ashamed to acknowledge their membership with this extremist right-wing organization, to their own party.

Because ALEC does not release their state legislator member lists
AND because most ALEC legislators don’t willingly admit their membership in this extremist right-wing organization
AND because ALEC now copyrights all their documents, including their member lists - so they can no longer published (when found by a whistleblower/activist)
We have no way of really knowing which legislator, in any state, is carrying ALEC pro-corporate legislation onto the house floor – to ensure they get their corporate scholarship to attend the next ALEC meeting.

The 22 members I cited above – is probably WRONG, UNDER-STATED – cause there are probably more ALEC members on this list who are ashamed of their affiliation with ALEC.

North Dakota legislators ASHAMED of their membership in the extremist, pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council.

ND GOP

Two note they belong to the American Legilsative Exchange Council
  1. District 13 – Representative Kim Koppelman
  2. District 44 – Blair Thoreson 
One belongs to the innocuous “ALEC”
  1. District 41 – Bette Grande
The names BOLDED below
are known ALEC members
who did not list ALEC in their bio's
  1. District 1 – Representative Patrick Hatlestad
  2. District 1 -Representative Gary R. Sukut
  3. District 2 – Representative David S. Rust
  4. District 2 – Representative Bob Skarphol
  5. District 3 – Representative Andrew Maragos
  6. District 3 – Representative Roscoe Streyle
  7. District 4 – Representative Glen Froseth
  8. District 5 – Representative Roger Brabandt
  9. District 5 – Representative Scott Louser
  10. District 6 – Representative Dick Anderson
  11. District 7 – Representative Jason Dockter
  12. District 7 – Representative Rick Becker
  13. District 8 – Representative Jeff Delzer
  14. District 8 – Representative Vernon R. Laning
  15. District 10 – Representative Chuck Damschen
  16. District 10 – Representative David Monson
  17. District 13 – Representative Alon Wieland
  18. District 14 – Representative Duane DeKrey
  19. District 14 – Representative Robin Weisz
  20. District 15 – Representative Curt Hofstad
  21. District 15 – Representative Dennis Johnson
  22. District 16 – Representative Ben Koppelman
  23. District 17 – Representative Mark S. Owens
  24. District 17 – Representative Mark Sanford
  25. District 19 – Representative Gary Paur
  26. District 19 – Representative Wayne Trottier
  27. District 22 – Representative Wesley R. Belter
  28. District 22 – Representative Peter F. Silbernagel
  29. District 23 – Representative Bill Devlin
  30. District 23 – Representative Don Vigesaa
  31. District 24 – Dwight Kiefert
  32. District 25 – Representative John D. Wall
  33. District 27 – Representative Randy Boehning
  34. District 27 – Representative Thomas R. Beadle
  35. District 28 – Representative Michael D. Brandenburg
  36. District 28 – Representative William E. Kretschmar
  37. District 29 – Representative Craig Headland
  38. District 29 – Representative Chet Pollert
  39. District 30 – Representative Mike Nathe
  40. District 30 – Representative Diane Larson
  41. District 31 – Representative Karen M. Rohr
  42. District 31 – Representative Jim Schmidt
  43. District 32 – Representative Mark A. Dosch
  44. District 32 – Representative Lisa Meier
  45. District 33 – Representative Brenda Heller
  46. District 33 – Representative Gary Kreidt
  47. District 34 – Representative Nathan Toman
  48. District 34 – Representative Todd Porter
  49. District 35 – Representative Karen Karls
  50. District 35 – Representative Bob Martinson
  51. District 36 – Representative Mike Schatz
  52. District 37 – Representative Nancy Johnson
  53. District 37 – Representative Vicky Steiner
  54. District 38 – Representative Larry Bellew
  55. District 38 – Representative Dan Ruby
  56. District 39 – David Drovdal
  57. District 39 – Keith Kempenich
  58. District 40 – Robert Frantsvog
  59. District 40 – Matthew M. Klein
  60. District 41 – Al Carlson
  61. District 43 – Curtiss Kreun
  62. District 45 – Joe Heilman
  63. District 46 – Kathy Hawken
  64. District 46 – Jim Kasper
  65. District 47 – George J. Keiser
  66. District 47 – Lawrence R. Klemin

"We really believe in transparency," ALEC spokesman Bill Meierling told The Huffington Post.

HAH!

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