Mark just blogged about this and linked to the PDF file -- he's scanned the article, which can't be found online otherwise.
From his blog:
http://markpocanwi.blogspot.com/2011/04/who-is-alec.htmlTuesday, April 12, 2011
Who is ALEC?
The recent blowup over UW-Madison history professor William Cronon involved a shadowy right-wing group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Professor Cronon rightly pointed out that ALEC supplies conservative legislators with cookie-cutter legislation that promotes far-right corporate views, legislation that is often written by the corporation for the corporations. And then the legislation is introduced by “independently-minded” GOP legislators.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin took offense and made a storm of open record requests from Cronon.
Well, back in December of 2007, I crashed…er, attended….one of ALEC's meetings and wrote an article for the Progressive Magazine.
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Link to the PDF file with the article:
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/asm78/news/pdf/BLOG/The%20Progressive%20-%20ALEC%200308.pdfNavy blue. The day called for deep, dark, traditional navy blue. I picked out my most staid conservatively patterned gold tie to match the gold buttons on my navy suit.
I was going undercover. I'm a progressive state legislator from Wisconsin, and I was about to meet my enemy, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This organization promotes conservative policies at the state level. Made up of state legislators ($100 membership) and rightwing foundations and corporations ($5,000 to $50,000 membership), ALEC provides research and drafts model bills for state legislators that promote the agenda of its sponsors.
The occasion was ALEC's policy summit in Washington, D.C., held at the elegant Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in early December. I felt like I was in a corporate "Alice in Wonderland" as I watched and listened as private power and public policy intertwined in the most strange and unnatural ways.
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Two page article (about four magazine columns), well worth the read.
I'll be adding a link to this topic to the long compilation topic about the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has hundreds of replies and links to much more information on the organization.
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