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| Another one who takes his marching orders from ALEC is our own state Rep. Blake "Flip" Filippi. From his most recent Ethics disclosure statement |
Mike
Pence, candidate for vice-president, was the main attraction
at the annual convention of ALEC, the extremist
far-right legislative organization.
PR
Watch reports:
The
American Legislative Exchange Council will push bills to protect failing
charter schools, silence political speech, and obstruct environmental
protections in the ALEC 2016 agenda introduced at its annual meeting in
Indianapolis this week.
ALEC
faces renewed public attention as it gears up for the annual meeting, where
corporate lobbyists sit side-by-side with state legislators in luxury hotels to
vote as equals on “model bills” that then get pushed to become law in states
across the country.
Pence
Pushed ALEC Agenda in the Hoosier State
As
Governor, Pence appointed an ALEC staffer to his cabinet, and pushed parts of
the ALEC agenda into law, such as anti-worker bills like repealing the
prevailing wage and privatizing public schools in various ways.
He even sent a
letter to state legislators urging them to join ALEC, which is widely described
as a corporate bill mill. ALEC is funded by Koch Industries, Peabody Energy,
huge global tobacco and drug companies, and other corporations that pay a
premium to access ALEC lawmakers.
The
article appeared before the convention opened. But its predictions were on
target.
To
learn more about ALEC, read this website, ALEC Exposed.
One
of ALEC’s primary goals is the privatization of public education. Pence has
faithfully followed the ALEC script in pushing for charters and vouchers in
Indiana.