ALEC - The American Legislative Exchange Council - Explained in 5 Minutes
DISCLAIMER: As far as I know, the
ALEC scholarship fund has not paid for any legislator to tan - that said, the fund has been used for sporting events, gun shows, cigar tours, and other "junket" type activities. My apologies for the mixup.
ALEC is a
501 c3 non-profit organization. According to the group: "It is the nation's largest nonpartisan (sic) individual membership association of state legislators (sic), with nearly 2,
000 members across the nation and more than
100 alumni members in
Congress."
What ALEC does is criminal, and it needs to be stopped.
Please click on the links below for more information on how you can help:
Visit AlecExposed to view the model legislation and learn more about ALEC:
http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
Sign a petition to get corporations out of ALEC:
http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ditchalec&autologin;=true
Read here why ALEC should have its 501 c3 tax status revoked:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp
.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b;=8060297
Go here for regular ALEC-related updates:
http://www.prwatch.org/
Sources:
Ritz Carlton meeting -
http://prwatch.org/news/
2012/02/11272/alec-education-academy-launches-island-resort
Stand Your Ground law-
http://www.pfaw.org/content/alec-hidden-player-behind-stand-your-ground-laws
The ALEC scholarhip fund (an example):
http://www.prwatch.org/node/11238
ALEC corporate
PAC spending:
http://projects.propublica.org/alec-contributions/
CCA,
Russell Pearce,
SB 1070 and ALEC:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6085/ties_that_bind_arizona_politicians_and_the_private_prison_industry/
Fracking fluids,
XTO, disclosure requirements and ALEC:
http://inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry/13107/alec_and_exxonmobil_push_loopholes_in_fracking_chemical_disclosure_rules/
Voter ID laws, other methods of disenfranchisement, the 5 million
Americans and ALEC:
http://brennan.3cdn.net/92635ddafbc09e8d88_i3m6bjdeh
.pdf
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