Ohioans
or the Koch Brothers and friends.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/165077/koch-brothers-alec-and-savage-assault-democracy
Billionaire
brothers Charles and David Koch finally got their way in 2011. After
their decades of funding the American
Legislative Exchange Council, the
collaboration between multinational corporations and conservative
state legislators, the project began finally to yield the intended
result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council
The
American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
is a 501(c)(3)
American
organization, whose membership primarily consists of conservative
state
legislators and
private
sector representatives.
According to its website, ALEC "works to advance the
fundamental principles of free-market
enterprise,and
limited
government,
and federalism
at
the state level through a nonpartisan
public-private
partnership of
America's state legislators, members of the private sector and the
general public."[
One
example: Until
now, the biggest target in Alec's sights were state Renewable
Portfolio Standards, which require electricity companies to source a
share of their power from wind, solar, biomass, or other clean
energy. Such measures are seen as critical to reducing America's use
of coal and oil, and to the fight against climate
change. RPS are now in force in 30 states.
In 2012, Alec drafted a
model bill pushing for the outright repeal of RPS.
In the confidential
materials, prepared for the August board meeting, Alec claimed to
have made significant inroads against such clean energy policies in
2013.
"Approximately
15 states across the country introduced legislation to reform, freeze
or repeal their state's renewable mandate," the task force
reported.
Republican
Senator Bill Seitz is the committee chairman and sponsor of the
legislation.
http://site.pfaw.org/pdf/ALEC-in-Ohio.pdf
As of January, 57 [2011] members, or roughly 43% of the Ohio legislature were members of ALEC:
Of Note: Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-86) Rep. Peter Beck (R-67) Sen. Bill Seitz (R-8)
Decide
for yourself
Paul
Hunter
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