ALEC SETS THE TABLE FOR GERRYMANDERING, UNION BUSTING, PROTECTING FOSSIL FUELS, AND PRIVATIZING SCHO

[Omaha Steve]

By Mary Bottari | August 7th, 2018 at 10:18 AM (CDT)

When the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) convenes its 45th annual meeting of legislators and corporate lobbyists at the swank Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel on August 8, it will serve up a veritable banquet of union-busting, gerrymandering, pro-fossil fuel, and school privatization proposals for lawmakers to take back home.

Welcoming the ALEC crowd will be Jason Saine, a North Carolina Representative and ALEC’s National Chairman. Earlier this year, CMD reported that Saine used $19,000 from his campaign kitty to order custom-tailored suits.

Other keynote speakers will include Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, and White House Special Assistant in the Office of American Innovation Brooke Rollins. Rollins was an aide to former governor Rick Perry, who is now Secretary of Energy.

ALEC’s menu of policy proposals at the New Orleans conference includes:

RIGHT TO GERRYMANDER RESOLUTION

FULL story: https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/08/07/alec-sets-table-gerrymandering-union-busting-protecting-fossil-fuels-privatizing-schools/

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Didn't think you could get so many A**holes in one room w/o setting off the fire alarms, but ...

I guess you can. Nothing like someone dictating to our legislators what bills to pass and so forth, eh? Where are the voters in this whole equation? Why are these legislators going to this type of event when in reality, they should be sitting down w/ their voters and seeing what their voters want...

I think anyone that's part of ALEC should suffer, as it shows that they have little initiative and little motive other than being a button pusher for someone else who wasn't elected by the voters...

[Cosmocat]

2. Your view, in theory should be the view of ALL voters

unfortunately, this America 2018, and voters at the best are 50% dumb asses voting for the cultural bullshit that these scumbags use to dangle them ...

[maxrandb]

3. If there are enough protesters

These fucktwits shouldn't be able to get within 1,000 yards of the Hilton, New Orleans hotel.

It's time to start fighting the fuck back on these ass-pickles that are destroying our country.

[Omaha Steve]

4. I agree