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ALEC is Cloning Model Laws for Alaska -- from Shannyn Moore at the Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/2012/04/13/2423529/alec-is-cloning-model-laws-for.html#storylink=rssHave you ever rooted for an underdog -- a team, a cause or an idea -- and then had it, against all odds, start to score, take root or catch fire? That happened to me this week.
I know, being an Alaska liberal, I don't get that special feeling often enough.
Few people understood my excitement upon hearing me exclaim, "Wow! Can you believe ALEC is losing funders left and right?! Coke, Pepsi, McDonald's, Wendy's, Intuit, Kraft Foods, Mars Candy and the Gates Foundation have all broken up with ALEC!"
Blank stares. Who's Alec, Shannyn?
ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange Council. It's basically a system for mainlining lobbyists. If you can imagine voluntarily injecting a lobbyist, or many, directly into the veins of your state politics, you have the concept. Almost one in three lawmakers across the country is a member of ALEC, along with several hundred corporations.
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Lots of good comments at the link.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/04/13/2423529/alec-is-cloning-model-laws-for.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy
