Corporations fleeing ALEC but AT&T reluctant to.
When ALEC’s connection to Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law was exposed, it swept the secretive group into the Martin media tornado. When reports surfaced connecting the dots between ALEC and some of America’s largest corporations, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Intuit, and Pepsi fled ALEC’s membership roster. No soft drink company wants to be connected to a controversial Florida gun law.
First Coca-Cola and Kraft Foods, Now AT&T
Today, Color of Change, a group dedicated to amplifying the voice of African-Americans to make government more responsive to minorities set its sights on AT&T, one of ALEC’s most prominent members.
They have a major fight on their hands. Few corporations have used ALEC as effectively as the descendant of Ma Bell. AT&T’s enormous lobbying machine has frequently used ALEC to help introduce deregulation measures in states across the country.
“Even after we wrote AT&T to let them know that more than 85,000 ColorOfChange members have asked that they disassociate themselves from ALEC, the company has remained silent,” says Color of Change. “It’s clear that they think we will just go away.”
http://stopthecap.com/2012/04/10/corporations-flee-alec-when-the-lights-cut-on-but-att-stands-its-ground/
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