Prison Pork: ALEC IN ARIZONA

Monday, November 1, 2010

ALEC IN ARIZONA

From The Tucson Citizen
You might have heard some news about the NPR story connecting SB1070 and the private prison industry though ALEC. Here's the story in full. It's worth your time to listen and to read:

Here's the follow-up story about the American Legislative Exchange Council, which is a disturbing story of unregulated influence pedaling of it's own, even without the SB1070 connection:

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Worst of The Worst in Politics

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) boasts "During the 1999-2000 legislative cycle, ALEC legislators introduced more than 3100 pieces of legislation based on our models, and more than 450 of these were enacted. . . . In the legislative Sessions of 2000, there were more than 2150 introductions promoting ALEC Policy." So why haven't we ever heard of this group? Because corporate America doesn't want us to know. Close scrutiny reveals that ALEC is little more than a screen for hundreds of big corporations and trade associations to advance their legislative agendas in state capitals from coast to coast.

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Monday, November 1, 2010

ALEC IN ARIZONA

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