Occupy ALEC -- Scottsdale AZ - ALEC's State & National Policy Summit 11/30-12/2

[highplainsdem]

http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2011/11/update-alec-states-nation-policy-summit-nov-30-dec-2-in-scottsdale.html

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) updated its web page for its upcoming States & Nation Policy Summit at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, 6902 E. Greenway Parkway, Scottsdale, Arizona from November 30 - December 2, 2011. Register online Registration. Deadline is November 7 (today). The Agenda is here. Hotel accommodations deadline is also November 7 (today).

Michael Bryan, editor & publisher of Blog for Arizona, requested media credentials, but has not received any response. You're shocked, I'm sure.

"AZ resists ALEC" is an Arizona grassroots organization with an informative web site and is planning an "Occupy ALEC" event.

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http://azresistsalec.wordpress.com/

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is planning on meeting in Scottsdale, AZ (just outside Phoenix) for their annual State and National Policy Summit from November 30-December 2 2011.

ALEC itself is a tool for hundreds of corporations to use for the sole purpose of obtaining access to thousands of legislators and then exploiting that access to pass profit-making legislation. ALEC works like a think tank, devising legislation that benefits the corporate elite at the cost of the masses and then putting that model legislation in the hands of legislators along with gifts and incentives to urge their passing and now more than 200 of ALEC’s model bills have become actual laws throughout the country over the past year. The links between corporate greed, state oppression, and you have never been clearer.

This website is dedicated to the rising resistance against ALEC, their planned summit, and all corporate greed that would serve to perpetuate state oppression in already impoverished communities on already occupied land. Here you will find a lot more information on the link between ALEC, the private prison industry, and recent legislation like Arizona’s own SB-1070; you will find news articles, reports, and websites exposing ALEC; you will find multimedia pieces explaining the growing and explicit connections between corporate power and community oppression; you will find links to other websites and organizations building resistance in Arizona; and lastly, you will find ways to plug in.

We’re calling on all people to take a stand.

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More information on the harm this group does in the long compilation topic on the http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x591230">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

[freshwest]

1. Shine more light on these Koch roach types.

[Zorra]

2. Thanks. I will make plans to be there. nt

[highplainsdem]

3. kick