Wonder and Guess No More!

Do you have that sinking feeling that your vote is taken for granted? Do you sense that our district's state legislators, Cliff Rosenberger and Bob Peterson listen to a different voice than yours and mine on legislative matters?

What is ALEC and do our reps belong to it?

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives that drafts and shares model state-level legislation for distribution among the United States. According to its website, ALEC "works to advance the fundamental principles of free-market enterprise, 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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council

In August The Nation’s Lisa Graves explained that “of all the Kochs’ investments in right-wing organizations, ALEC provides some of the best returns: it gives the Kochs a way to make their brand of free-market fundamentalism legally binding.

http://ourfuture.org/fact_sheet/koch-brothers-exposed-why-we-must-act-and-how

About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

1. Ohio Legislators with ALEC Ties Include

   1. Ohio House of Representatives

Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-91), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member

Ohio Senate

Sen. Bob Peterson (R-17), ALEC Member

Opinion of Paul Hunter paulhunter45177@gmail.com