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ALEC has announced that it is
disbanding its "Public Safety and Elections Task Force," the working
group responsible for advancing model legislation like the controversial
Voter ID and "Shoot First" gun laws that have proliferated around the
country.
Of course the move is a transparent attempt to stem the hemorrhaging of support ALEC's facing, thanks in large part to our efforts, but it's big symbolic victory and shows we have them on the defensive.
ALEC's trying to whitewash their role pushing extreme legislation that endangers the safety and lives of Americans -- but we won't let them.
ALEC now claims they will only focus on legislation that will 'put the economy back to work,' but will they work to undo the immense harm that have already caused?
And it begs the question of how they will use a so called 'jobs agenda' to justify laws -- which they presumably will still be pushing -- that undermine workers' rights, privatize public education, and make it harder to hold corporations accountable for poisoning our air and water or selling us dangerous and defective products.
We will continue to work with our friends to shine a light on ALEC's agenda and hold members accountable for supporting that agenda.
Of course the move is a transparent attempt to stem the hemorrhaging of support ALEC's facing, thanks in large part to our efforts, but it's big symbolic victory and shows we have them on the defensive.
ALEC's trying to whitewash their role pushing extreme legislation that endangers the safety and lives of Americans -- but we won't let them.
ALEC now claims they will only focus on legislation that will 'put the economy back to work,' but will they work to undo the immense harm that have already caused?
And it begs the question of how they will use a so called 'jobs agenda' to justify laws -- which they presumably will still be pushing -- that undermine workers' rights, privatize public education, and make it harder to hold corporations accountable for poisoning our air and water or selling us dangerous and defective products.
We will continue to work with our friends to shine a light on ALEC's agenda and hold members accountable for supporting that agenda.
In another major victory, Blue Cross Blue Shield became the latest
company to pull out of ALEC. We are going to keep up the momentum by
turning the focus of our next round of grassroots pressure on State
Farm.
Please
use the link below to find the State Farm agents near you -- contact
one or more of the agents directly and tell them you want the company to
stop supporting ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
You can use the same call report form you've been using for calls to State Farm and Johnson & Johnson executives to let us know how your calls go.
Hopefully
this local, bottom-up grassroots pressure will be what it takes to make
State Farm join Blue Cross, McDonald's, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Intuit, Mars and the
other companies who have so far said "enough" to ALEC's destructive
right-wing agenda.
Thank you for your activism!
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