First Ever Demonstation Against An ALEC Event In Cincinnati - DailyKos

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First ever demonstation against an ALEC event in Cincinnati
by Ohiodem1 for KasichWatch
FRI APR 29, 2011 AT 08:54 PM PDT

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As far as anyone there could tell, there has never been a demonstration intended to shine the light on this unelected shadow government which has nine legislative writing groups, organized by industry. Each group funds the organization, they, and their high-priced Washington D.C. lawyers write "Model Legislation" which is exchanged at events like the Cincinnati conference, where legislators from around the country meet with corporate honchos who fund ALEC, and many of their political campaigns, write the legislation which is in the interest of the industry group in question, and they get the best access money can buy.

ALEC hides behind its 501(c)3 tax exempt status, influences legislation (actually writes legislation) which is introduced in 50 state capitols, gets our state legislators to travel to its "educational" conferences on our taxpayer's nickel, and does this behind a shroud of secrecy.

In Cincinnati, we began to peel back that shroud, and some of the legislators began to squirm. It turns out, because of walks Bob Sloan and others took around the hotel where the conference was held, that legislators entered and exited the building through a back door, and the corporate CEO's, CFO and other executive types entered and exited through a side door. It is not known who came and went through the front door.

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What's next? New Orleans protesting is in planning now. We had a nice wrap-up session and in general, everyone is committed to researching the misdeeds of this Koch supported group, uncovering and debunking their lies, as in pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, seeking to find out who all the member legislators are (ALEC claims that their organization has 2400 legislative members, and it is estimated that better than 90 per cent are Republicans, with the remainder likely to be Blue Dog Democrats. Each and every American state legislator needs to be asked point blank if they are ALEC members, and I think that each time a piece of legislation is introduced by a Republican, the Democratic members of the state legislative bodies should get in entered into the legislative record, and in the legislative history wheter the bills were written or substantially written by ALEC.

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More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/29/971593/-Breaking!!-First-ever-demonstation-against-an-ALEC-event-in-Cincinnati

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1. Did ALEC write our Health Care Reform Legislation?

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2. K&R!!

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3. K & R

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