The ALEC Revolution: Extremism of the 1990's

"Alec was founded in 1973 by the LOSERS"

"They (the American Legislative Exchange Council) have never forgotten that they were founded by people who couldn't win elections. So they put a lot of their energy on gaming the electoral process."

That's kinda been my attitude - that they were a bunch of conservative losers until the mid 90's and that is when they became the extremist pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council.

And they WERE extremists in the mid 90's.
I have to share with you what Lyndon LaRouche
(I know - I know - he was fringe - but so is ALEC, so who better to comment on them.)
wrote about them in 1995
- a few snips of his interpretation of ALEC.

think about it - this was about 20 years ago
- before ALEC realized they need to tone down their rhetoric.

Great reading!  Worth contemplating.
from Lyndon LaRouche

His responses on the 1994 December meeting of ALEC:

ALEC is the prime source of an effort to destroy the government created under the articles of the Constitution of the United States, and replace it with elements drawn from the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the Confederate States.

State Sovereignty
"the Un-United States of America"

An address to the same conference by Rep. Harold Brubaker of North Carolina, the immediate past national chairman of ALEC, is typical of the lies and Confederate propaganda which interweave American Legislative Exchange Council literature. Brubaker was sounding the theme that the only legitimate government is that government created by state legislatures, and therefore, state legislatures should see themselves as sovereign and superior to the federal government.

"Indeed," he said, "it is the states that created every government in the nation. And the states themselves are the creation of the people. . . . Constitutionally, the United States and its entire federal structure are the creation of state legislatures. " 

For 20 years the American Legislative Exchange Council and its allied National Taxpayer/> Union (NTU) have been spreading the call for a constitutional convention (an effort which came dangerously close to success during the Reagan presidency), for the explicit purpose of undermining the general welfare and equal justice clauses of the Constitution. The latest permutation is the campaign to "revive the Tenth Amendment" which is all the rage among populists and their radio talk show hosts. Like the "unfunded mandates" and "balanced budget" issues, this latest fad is the carefully cultivated work of ALEC and !the collection of thieves, mobsters, and multinational cartels which are funding the populist movement. 

to conduct "any other activity that is deemed appropriate by the Council."
To do that
you might need to take up arms
against the US Army

ALEC proposes that states create a Constitutional Defense Council, funded by the state treasury, and other sources, to organize challenges to "the Authority granted to, or assumed by, the federal government" and to conduct "any other activity that is deemed appropriate by the Council."

At the December conference in Washington, Larry Pratt of the ALEC-affiliated Gun Owners of America, openly called for the creation of state militias which should be prepared to do battle with the Army of the United States. Pratt is associated with Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, and his zombie Larry Nichols, who has made violent threats against President Clinton.

And it's evident
ALEC doesn't know what the hell they are talking about

ALEC produces model legislation urging state governments to revolt against the "unfunded mandates" of the federal government. According to studies which underlie the legislation, there is no reliable, quantifiable, definition of what "unfunded mandates" are or what they cost---

while they plan this revolution - funded by corporations - led by their soldiers in each state legislature and by their Alumni in the US Congress.
 

Missouri ALEC Action? A lobbyist for every legislator.

Well - just in case Missourians want to say, NO to ALEC.

They are holding a dinner in Jefferson City - evidently the state dinner held at the annual meeting wasn't good enough.

Read the bennies on this one.

MO - ALEC State Dinner
Monday, Sept 9, 2013
 6:30-8:30pm
Double Tree Sapphire’s Restaurant
422 Monroe St Jefferson City, MO

ALEC is hosting a dinner.
A dinner to bring together ALEC legislators and ALEC Corporate member lobbyists.
How quaint.

Wonder if the public can buy a ticket.

Ticket purchaser - evidently there will be a lobbyist for every legislator.

Your chance to say "hello" to members of the extremist pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council.

Mo Money Fuels ALEC's Mandatory Minimums Change of Heart

ALEC is getting a huge amount of press - for something that they should not be getting press for

Monday, the conservative, corporate-backed group adopted model legislation that would reform draconian mandatory minimum prison sentences, according to Families Against Mandatory Minimums, which sponsored the legislation.  

The ALEC Board of Directors passed a version of the Justice Safety Valve Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in both houses of Congress to give judges discretion to reduce statutory minimum sentences that impose onerous sentences for a range of drug and other crimes, FAMM Florida Project Director Greg Newburn told ThinkProgress.

ALEC doesn't do anything for anybody except it's corporate members!

People - the ones from zygotes -

  are not part of ALEC's agenda - 

  ALEC legislators have no concern for us 

  and ALEC legislators do not legislate for us.

NEVER!

“Oh, well, you really don’t need people to do this. You just need control over the legislature and you need money, and we have both.”

That sentiment was underscored so many times to me, that they don’t want people involved in the political process, or in the policy process.

Giving ALEC or subsequently ALEC legislators
 - Kudos - or press time - 

for this new legislation

is premature 

until we can identify ALEC's true, ulterior, for-profit motive for this legislation.

One possible ulterior for-profit motive is illustrated in an email exchange I had with Bob Sloan, Director of the Voter's Legislative Transparency Project. - who has written extensively on ALEC's private prison legislation. 

My question to Bob was - 

Why would ALEC all the sudden do this, back away from mandatory minimum prison sentences?  Especially when ALEC has spent decades writing legislation to establish for-profit prison systems and then distributing ALEC "tough on crime" legislation that put more people in prison - financially benefiting ALEC corporate private prison members.

And his answer came back to - increased corporate profits - 

   And you can be sure there is an ALEC Corporate Member who will benefit.

   

Here is his response - in it's entirety - shared with you with Bob's permission - to enlighten you that all may not be as it seems, with ALEC (or IMO with Eric Holder's motives).

   ...  it’s easy NOW for ALEC to jump on this proposed legislation, with so many states verging on bankruptcy brought about in part by the high annual cost of incarcerating.  

What FAMM and others who now are praising ALEC fail to understand is that ALEC wrote and pushed all the legislation responsible for our overcrowded prisons and court systems…as a way of profiting off of crime and criminal justice policies.  

Now they are proposing that instead of state sanctioned parole (which they helped abolish state by state) be resurrected – but in a way to allow profiting off of releasing the same low level offenders they targeted until the last year or so. 

The parole they suggest is a “post conviction bond” paid for by the offender or his/her family and friends, issued by a member of the American Bail Coalition (ALEC long time member).  

Once issued, the offender is required to wear a GPS device (built by an ALEC friendly corporation) and monitored by a private company (another ALEC sponsored company) – and in the end, the private bonding company has complete control over if/when to violate an offender and simply pick him/her up and return them to prison.  After all the bonding company has already made their money off those they return, and the then move on to the next victim.

If states were not in such dire straits financially, ALEC and the “Right On Crime” bunch headed by Gingrich, Jeb Bush and other staunch conservatives would continue to call for stiffer criminal penalties and new laws to incarcerate as many as possible.

Bob Sloan, Executive Director

Voter's Legislative Transparency Project

Adviser to PHEWA's Criminal Justice Network

More or new money for ALEC Corporate members.

   New markets - established using ALEC legislation.

   Expanded markets - established using ALEC legislation.

   INTENTIONAL "Free-market Manipulation" - using ALEC legislation

solely to increase the revenues of corporate members of the extremist, right-wing pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council.

Beware of ALEC Legislators "Copy/Paste" Press Releases

On August 8 - ALEC released this press release on their webpage:

State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago

American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting

Promotes Collaboration, Participation in Policy Research

On August 19th Del Norman - from who cares where released this press release:

Del. Norman Attends American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting in Chicago

August 19, 2013 By Dagger News Service Leave a Comment

From Del. Wayne Norman:

From Del. Wayne Norman

Well - - - NOT REALLY

ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13

Chicago, Ill. (August 7, 2013)—More than 1,200 state legislators, business leaders, citizen groups and policy experts from around the country gather today in Chicago for the American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting. The three-day conference provides opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas and learn about the latest public policy trends and research in an academic setting.

NORMAN PRESS RELEASE – 8/19/13

More than 1,200 state legislators, business leaders, citizen groups and policy experts from around the country gathered in Chicago, Illinois Aug. 7-9 for the American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting. The three-day conference provided opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas and learn about the latest public policy trends and to share research in an academic setting. Among the attendees was Delegate Wayne Norman from Harford County, Maryland. 

ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13

 “We’re pleased to celebrate forty years of bringing together state legislators, business leaders and policy experts to share research and experiences and help state governments run in more efficient and effective ways,” said Rep. John Piscopo, National Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council. 

NORMAN PRESS RELEASE – 8/19/13

 “The American Legislative Exchange Council provided resources and hosted discussions that helped educate me on today’s top policy issues,” said Delegate Norman. “Through educational workshops, task force meetings and speeches, the Annual Meeting provided opportunities for me to understand what is working in other states and what is not. This is a great way to help me learn more about what I can do to best serve my constituents.”

ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13

The Exchange Council is the country’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators. The organization fosters relationships between private and public sector members from around the country to develop best practice solutions to various state issues. The 40th Annual Meeting offers topics relating to environmental policy, education, health care and state fiscal reform, among others. 

NORMAN PRESS RELEASE – 8/19/13

The Exchange Council is the country’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators. The organization fosters relationships between private and public sector members from around the country, and helps to develop best practice solutions on various state issues. The 40th Annual Meeting offered topics relating to environmental policy, education, health care and state fiscal reform, among others. 

ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13

The conference will also provide attendees with opportunities to hear from notable speakers, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Iowa Governor and ALEC co-founder Terry Branstad, Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, economist Dr. Arthur Laffer and former UK Parliament Member Conor Burns

NORMAN PRESS RELEASE – 8/19/13

The conference provided attendees with opportunities to hear from notable speakers, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Iowa Governor and ALEC co-founder Terry Branstad, and former Maryland legislator, Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey.

ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13

 “The Exchange Council provides resources and hosts discussions to help educate leaders on today’s top issues,” said Ron Scheberle, executive director of the American Legislative Exchange Council. “Through educational workshops and task force meetings, our conference provides opportunities for legislators to learn how they can best serve their constituents. The Council helps foster the exchange of ideas between members.”

NORMAN PRESS RELEASE – 8/19/13

 “The American Legislative Exchange Council provided resources and hosted discussions that helped educate me on today’s top policy issues,” said Delegate Norman. “Through educational workshops, task force meetings and speeches, the Annual Meeting provided opportunities for me to understand what is working in other states and what is not. This is a great way to help me learn more about what I can do to best serve my constituents.”

ALEC legislators are so incompetent that they can't come up with legislation of, for, and by the people - they have to copy/paste ALEC legislation.

ALEC legislators are so incompetent they can't come up with a press release - they have to rely copy/paste press releases supplied to them by ALEC.

Did Protesters Outnumber ALECers 10 to 1 in Chicago?

Earlier this week I posted an entry where I question the numbers that ALEC is putting out to the public.

In their press release for the meeting in Chicago ALEC state:

State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago

Chicago, Ill. (August 7, 2013)—More than 1,200 state legislators, business leaders, citizen groups and policy experts from around the country gather today in Chicago

Note that the statement of 1200 attendees includes:

      legislators, business leaders, citizen groups and policy experts

they forgot to mention spouses, kids, legislative staff members and ALEC staff members

This morning I found an article on the National Conference of State Legislatures, or NCSL.

In that article it states:

Tale of Two Conferences

About 5,000 people attended the four day Summit in Atlanta. Of those, 1,000 are elected state legislators.

Ohhhhh- honesty in reporting.

1,000 were elected state legislators

So if you figure that 20% of the people at NCSL were legislators – it would not be illogical to presume that the attendance of legislators at ALEC was similar – 20%.

If you take ALEC’s original statement

More than 1,200 state legislators, business leaders, citizen groups and policy experts from around the country gather today in Chicago

20% of that would represent 240 legislators

Which, by the way – is the approximate number of legitimate, verifiable, original (not electronic) signatures that ALEC got on their rebuttal letter to Durbin – after ALEC staff spent two days scrounging for signatures – at the ALEC 40th anniversary annual meeting.

Therefore – I feel confident in deducing

That protestors at the Chicago protest
outnumbered ALEC legislative members by a number of 10 to 1.

The extremist pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council may claim 2,000 legislative members - but it is evident that from OKC and Chi that only 10% of their members are probably active.

Unfortunately for us - that 10% is the most extreme
Unfortunately for us - that 10% is the most extreme who pass corporate written legislation at ALEC meetings and make that legislation available for dissemination across the US.
Unfortunately for us - the other 90% are unethical plagiarizers who copy and paste ALEC corporate written legislation without impunity.

Is ALEC LYING About Membership Numbers?

From the meeting in Oklahoma this past May

How embarrassing!

“About 500 people, mostly lawmakers from across the country, are expected to converge next week in Oklahoma City for the spring meeting of an organization that promotes free-market and conservative ideas.”

ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED “PEOPLE”

NOT 500 legislative members of ALEC

500 PEOPLE

Let’s crunch some numbers on ALEC legislators:

2011– Before they started hiding the membership lists

Civil Justice Task Force  - 168 members

Commerce – 214 members

Communications and Technology – 181 members

Education – 181 members

Health and Human Services - 247 members

International Relations – 106 members

Public Safety and Elections – 151 members

Tax & Fiscal Policy – 228 members

168

214

181

181

247

106

151

228

1,476

Assume

50% are corporations (788)

25% of legislators serve on more than one task force (duplication) (225)

That means

553 ALEC members who are task force members

OOOOPS!!!!!!

ALEC BRAGS that they have 2,000+ legislative members

And yet only 500+ are task force members

AND

Only about 500+ PEOPLE will be at the meeting in Oklahoma City today and tomorrow.

That includes the ALEC profit sector members

500 legislators would ONLY be 25% of 2,000+ ALEC legislative members.

NOW – even if we are generous and say 300 of the 500 PEOPLE attending the meeting in OKC are ALEC legislative members – that would be ONLY 15% of ALEC legislators -

15% of the total ALEC members making legislative decisions for all ALEC members.

15% of the total ALEC members developing the nasty ALEC “model legislation” that is distributed across the United States

15% lousy percent

That is really embarrassing.

We’re not even talking a quorum here – unless they consider the quorum to be the ALEC Profit Sector members.

Do these 15% of all ALEC members represent the most extremist, ultra-conservative, right-wing members that the American Legislative Exchange Council has?

Pretty sad, so sad
 – when this meeting according to ALEC is to:

During the meeting, legislators will introduce and debate potential model policies that will have a positive impact on the American economy

They should say - During the meeting, only 15% of ALEC legislators will introduce and debate  ....

Pretty sad.
It's so sad - it's brahahahahahah funny!

Earlier this week Banz (ALEC-OK) wrote in an opinion piece:

Next week, hundreds of legislators from around the country will gather in Oklahoma City for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Spring Task Force meetings.

Should be

Next week, a couple of hundred of legislators from around the country will gather in Oklahoma City for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Spring Task Force meetings.

NOW
to the Chicago Meeting
the 40th Anniversary - big deal - 
of the extremist, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council.

And the problem we encounter there - a stat from above.

ALEC BRAGS that they have 2,000+ legislative members

And yet only 500+ are task force members

NOW – even if we are generous and say 300 of the 500 PEOPLE attending the meeting in OKC are ALEC legislative members – that would be ONLY 15% of ALEC legislators -

Important to remember that.

Anyhow - last Tuesday - 8/6 the day before the ALEC Annual Meeting started Dick Durbin wrote a letter to all ALEC corporations (for profit, non-profit, trade association, lawyers, etc) inquiring if they were a member of ALEC at the time that ALEC was pushing Stand your Ground across the United States.  He did this in preparation of the US Senate hearings on Stand your Ground to start next month.

Durbin pi$$ed off every member of ALEC - how dare he ask for people to verify their membership.
ALEC is a secretive extremist right wing organization - they do not share member information with anyone - now or forevermore.

ALEC was pi$$ed.  They got the lawyers of ALEC corporate members (already at the meeting with briefcases of legislation) to write a rebuttal letter to ALEC - On August 8th - 2 days after Durbin made his request and 1 day before the ALEC Annual Meeting was over.

They only got 262 ALEC signatures on that letter to Durbin - at the meeting - while everyone was there - in the middle of the event.

You would think - YES, you would think that every ALEC legislative member in attendance at the meeting would have signed that letter.

Yet - they ONLY GOT 262 ALEC signatories on the letter - AT THE MEETING.

Were there only 262 ALECer willing to sign the letter of outrage to Durbin?
OR
Were there only 262 ALEC legislative members at the 40th Anniversary Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council?

I think it was the latter.
I think ALEC is lying about the legislative membership numbers.

Between 225 - and 300 ALEC members at the May Meeting.
Between 262 to 300 ALEC members at the August meeting.

Total Revenues in 2011 for memberships/dues
TOTAL revenues for memberships/dues
$ 97,321
and that includes corporate memberships - cause there is no separate line items for legislators and a separate line for corporations  (remember corps pay between $2,500 and $25,000 to belong.)

ONE-TENTH of ALECs supposed members making decisions for ALEC.
225 - 300 ALEC members making decisions for the United States of America.

Is ALEC  LYING About Legislative Membership Numbers?

ALECer Misleads Public About ALEC.

Found this tweet exchange yesterday:

After the conversation - Sara Marie blocked Superguts.
For a "internet marketing guru"  - she evidently lacks the ability to defend her stance on things.


She is wife of Ohio State Rep. Andrew Brenner - an ALEC Member
And she is own little tornado of controversy.
She is on the City Council of  Powell, OH - with some controversy about past tax liens against the business held by her and her husband.  And it got nasty.   And it got even nastier when people were asking her to resign from the City council over this.
She is currently embroiled in an interesting online (aka public) discussion of her work history.

If you google her name - she has her fingers in a lot of different stuff - ambitious in what appears to be an A.D.D. type of way.

But the key here is what she was saying in her online radio broadcast - 3 1/2 minutes form the ALEC Meeting in Chicago.
 
She explains what ALEC is - the wife of an ALECer - at the ALEC meeting - goes onto the internet to pimp for ALEC.

Nowhere in the radio blog report she mention that Corporations are sitting next to those ALEC members at that meeting.
Nowhere in that radio blogspot does she mention that Corporations brought in briefcases full of legislation that they want ALEC to pass.
Nowhere in that radio blogspot does she mention that corporations paid to have the legislators brought in to the ALEC meeting.
Nowhere does she mention in that radio blogspot that ALEC legislators are no better than whores - coming to Chicago to lay down before their corporate masters.

Intentionally misleading the public - becauseshecan.
And because she got a free trip out of it - to a posh hotel in chciago where she and her husban were wined and dined by corporate lobbyists.

Here's the three minute piece - if you care to hear it
>>>>HERE<<<< 

The extremist, pro-corporate right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council - misleads the public and the press cause they know they are evil.

Will ALEC Diss a Sitting US Senator?

It all started here two weeks ago:

Dick Durbin to holdhearing on ‘stand your ground’ laws

Durbin’s hearing will probe the NRA and the ALECl. |

By BURGESS EVERETT | 7/19/13 12:34 PM EDT

The Senate’s No. 2 Democrat will hold a hearing on “stand your ground” laws this Fall.

Dick Durbin of Illinois announced on Friday that his Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hear testimony on state laws that give citizens the right of lethal force to defend themselves in situations where they feel their life is threatened, measures which are on the books in some form in dozens of states.

Durbin’s hearing will probe the roles of the NRA and ALEC — which helps draft conservative legislation in statehouses —

And that, at the time – was all good and well

But then Durbin wanted to know more!

After Trayvon Martin Verdict, Durbin Pushes 300 Companies on ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

By Meredith Shiner       Posted at 5:04 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2013

In preparation for a previously announced hearing   …    Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., sent letters to more than 300 possible corporate backers of ALEC, requesting their position of such policies in states across the country.

The letter, released by Durbin’s office, says the following:

    “I write to seek information regarding your company’s position on “stand your ground” legislation that was adopted as a national model by an organization called   ...  (ALEC),” Durbin wrote. “In 2005, ALEC approved the adoption of model ‘stand your ground’ legislation entitled the ‘Castle Doctrine Act.’ This model legislation was based on Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law, and it changes the criminal law regarding self-defense and provides immunity for certain uses of deadly force.

    “Although ALEC does not maintain a public list of corporate members or donors, other public documents indicate that your company funded ALEC at some point during the period between ALEC’s adoption of model “stand your ground” legislation in 2005 and the present day. I acknowledge your company’s right to actively participate in the debate of important political issues, regardless of your position, and I recognize that a company’s involvement with ALEC does not necessarily mean that the company endorses all positions taken by the organization. Therefore I am seeking clarification whether companies that have funded ALEC’s operations in the past currently support ALEC and the model ‘stand your ground’ legislation.”

And it’s important to remember that most of those 300 companies were at the ALEC meeting in Chicago and most of them (including the NRA) paid ALEC money to be at the meeting – behind closed doors, influencing your state legislators.

And while ALEC were in Chicago, meeting behind closed doors with those very corporations – this happened.

Then Durbin turned up the pressure on ALEC corporations

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-durbin-20130809,0,626739.story

6:01 p.m. CDT, August 8, 2013

The editorial page of Thursday's Wall Street Journal reported that the senator has sent letters to corporate and nonprofit supporters of ALEC, asking them to disclose their positions on "stand-your-ground" legislation that ALEC supported in Florida in 2005.

ALEC, which is holding its annual meeting in Chicago this week, is a conservative association of state legislators, foundations and businesses that advocate limited government and free markets. Many but not all of its areas of focus are economic.

Durbin's communications director, Max Gleischman, told us Thursday afternoon that the senator's goal isn't to silence groups he opposes, but "to find out if groups that support (ALEC) financially agree with (ALEC's) position on 'stand your ground' laws. Simple as that."

And while ALEC were in Chicago, meeting behind closed doors – this happened.

The pushback from ALEC members.

By ANNA PALMER | 8/9/13 6:07 PM EDT

  ...  ALEC  ...is fighting back against Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin’s push to get companies associated with the group to hand over information over its support of “stand your ground laws.”

 “Members and donors to 501(c)3 organizations are specifically protected by the Internal Revenue Service and the Supreme Court to shield them from the type of political intimidation found in Sen. Durbin’s letter,” said ALEC first vice chair and Iowa Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, in a statement.

Oh – there is that 501c3 arugment – we are a nonprofit – for now anyhow.

ALEC is also encouraging members to take to Twitter in an effort to get “#Durbinletter” trending,

We need to start a twitter bomb on this with

Good Job Durbin #Durbinletter

Thank You Sen. Durbin #Durbinletter

Thanks for your focus on this issue #Durbinletter

We need more Senators like you.  #Durbinletter

“Although ALEC does not maintain a public list of corporate members or donors, other public documents indicate that your company funded ALEC at some point during the period between ALEC’s adoption of model ‘stand your ground’ legislation in 2005 and the present day,” Durbin wrote.

He added that he was seeking “clarification whether companies that have funded ALEC’s operations in the past currently support ALEC and the model ‘stand your ground’ legislation.”

Information we would all like to know.

Information we have the right to know!

Maybe this is the only way to get it.

The full rebuttal letter from ALEC can be found on the ALEC webpage – but I refuse to link to their site.

And today - the right wing histrionic responses are getting more extreme.  Extremism - what you will find when dealing with members of ALEC

“What is it he thinks he’s doing here?” asks Jason Stverak, president of the Franklin Center. “Does he think he has the authority to oversee state legislatures? Is it his job to tell citizens and groups what sort of policies they may advocate? What about tracking down all the members of that group?

“Why not just ask it: are we now or have we ever been members of the American Legislative Exchange Council?”

Some may cringe - but I think that's a righteous question - and an appropriate question for a gorup that is intentionally destroying the democratic representative government - of, for, and by the people.

The members of the extremist – secretive American Legislative Exchange council – don’t like people getting in their business – but it’s time EVERYONE did.