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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/ | <h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/05/alec-pay-to-play-display-washington-dc/ ALEC Pay to Play on Display in Washington, DC]</h3> | ||
''By Steve Arnold, Mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin'' | |||
I first attended an [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) winter policy meeting in 2014. There I learned that many so-called "model bills" in the ALEC library had become law in my state of Wisconsin. These include the "[http://alecexposed.org/w/images/2/22/9A7-Cable_and_Video_Competition_Act_exposed.pdf cable competition]" (deregulation) bill, the "[http://alecexposed.org/w/images/7/7e/7J2-Castle_Doctrine_Act_Exposed.PDF castle doctrine]" allowing home owners to shoot intruders, and parts of a bill to make it harder for young, old, and poor people to vote. | |||
Upon my return home, I found that corporate ideas flogged by luncheon sponsors while we ate and promoted at lobbyist tables between sessions at the 2014 meeting had subsequently followed the same well-worn path to "model bills," then state law. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/05/alec-pay-to-play-display-washington-dc/ here]. | |||
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/12/ | <h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/12/23/election-losses-dont-stop-corporate-efforts-block-voter-approved-minimum-wage-hikes/ Election Losses Don’t Stop Corporate Efforts to Block Voter-Approved Minimum Wage Hikes ]</h3> | ||
Voters spoke very clearly on November 8 when they elected to raise the minimum wage in Arizona and Maine, along with Colorado and Washington State. | |||
But those wins, the democratic process, and the express will of the people are being defied and denied in Arizona and Maine, where corporate lobbyists and their legislative allies are working to block, delay, even rewrite the laws approved on Election Day. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/12/23/election-losses-dont-stop-corporate-efforts-block-voter-approved-minimum-wage-hikes/ here]. | |||
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ALEC Pay to Play on Display in Washington, DCBy Steve Arnold, Mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin I first attended an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) winter policy meeting in 2014. There I learned that many so-called "model bills" in the ALEC library had become law in my state of Wisconsin. These include the "cable competition" (deregulation) bill, the "castle doctrine" allowing home owners to shoot intruders, and parts of a bill to make it harder for young, old, and poor people to vote. Upon my return home, I found that corporate ideas flogged by luncheon sponsors while we ate and promoted at lobbyist tables between sessions at the 2014 meeting had subsequently followed the same well-worn path to "model bills," then state law. Read the rest of this item here. Election Losses Don’t Stop Corporate Efforts to Block Voter-Approved Minimum Wage HikesVoters spoke very clearly on November 8 when they elected to raise the minimum wage in Arizona and Maine, along with Colorado and Washington State. But those wins, the democratic process, and the express will of the people are being defied and denied in Arizona and Maine, where corporate lobbyists and their legislative allies are working to block, delay, even rewrite the laws approved on Election Day. Read the rest of this item here. |