Whistleblower findings document how ALEC is used by corporations to hurt families, communities ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is the organization that Representative Tom McMillin belongs to that has been the source of several pieces of legislation Representative McMillin has introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives. On Wednesday, August 3, a teacher, a small [...]
Americans Hurt by ALEC “Model Bills” Speak Out at ALEC Annual Meeting as Corporate Members & Politicians Vote on More State Legislation
August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bruce Fealk Talks ALEC Exposed With Tony Trupiano
July 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1i7nMmEv0[/youtube] I got a chance to talk with WDTW host Tony Trupiano about the recent revelations about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Over 800 pieces of model legislation were recently put up on ALECExposedcourtesy of a whistle blower. Now the tool exists to be able to compare right wing legislation to ALEC model legislation.
ALEC Exposed – Government of the Corporations, By the Corporations and For the Corporations – Part 3
July 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Center for Media and Democracy recently put on line over 800 pieces of “model legislation” from an organization known as ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. The Rochester Citizen was in Madison when the story broke and the ALEC Exposed web site live. The Center for Media and Democracy is located in Madison, Wisconsin [...]
ALEC Exposed – Government of the Corporations, By the Corporations and For the Corporations – Part 2
July 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Center for Media and Democracy recently put on line over 800 pieces of “model legislation” from an organization known as ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. The Rochester Citizen was in Madison when the story broke and the ALEC Exposed web site live. The Center for Media and Democracy is located in Madison, Wisconsin [...]
ALEC Exposed – Government of the Corporations, By the Corporations and For the Corporations – Part 1
July 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Center for Media and Democracy recently put on line over 800 pieces of “model legislation” from an organization known as ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. The Rochester Citizen was in Madison when the story broke and the ALEC Exposed web site live. The Center for Media and Democracy is located in Madison, Wisconsin [...]
Whistleblower Exposes ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) Model Legislation – Proves Beyond All Doubt Representative Tom McMillin On The Side Of Corporations, Not Constituents
July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On Wednesday the Center for Media in Democracy put up a web site, http://www.AlecExposed.org that contains over 800 pieces of so-called model legislation that has been influenced by ALEC’s 300 corporate members. The content of the 800 pieces of model legislation was provided by a whistleblower from inside ALEC. Many of the bills benefit ALEC’s [...]
Citizens Sue Governor Snyder and Treasurer Dillon On Constitutional Grounds Over Emergency Managers
June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two of the twenty eight named plaintiffs, Edith Lee Payne and Evelyn Foreman spoke to the media on Wednesday in Detroit to announce the filing of a lawsuit against Governor Rick Snyder and Treasurer Andy Dillon on the grounds that the so-called Emergency Manager legislation passed recently by the Michigan legislature is unconstitutional. The citizens’ [...]
Governor Snyder Explains “Shared Sacrifice”
May 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I really don’t understand his answer and what he means by “shared sacrifice.” It seems to me the Governor doesn’t really understand the concept of shared sacrifice, unless he means sharing between old people and poor people. Certainly wealthy people in Michigan are not sharing in the sacrifice. They are benefiting from the sacrifice of [...]
