{"id":556,"date":"2012-08-21T13:47:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/alec-private-prisons-fossil-fuels-and-charter-schools.html"},"modified":"2012-08-21T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:47:21","slug":"alec-private-prisons-fossil-fuels-and-charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/alec-private-prisons-fossil-fuels-and-charter-schools.html","title":{"rendered":"ALEC, private prisons, fossil fuels, and charter schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/georgia-first-to-copy-arizona-anti-immigrant-bill.html\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"35%\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archival_images\/AZ_copycat_bill_leadrev_033011.gif\"><\/a>\nIt&#8217;s good to see someone trying a coordinated strategy for something good in multiple states, <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/both-water-and-air-are-public-trusts-requiring-the-state-to-protect-them.html\"> as Our Children&#8217;s Trust is doing for air as a public trust.<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/alecexposed.org\/wiki\/ALEC_Exposed\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4bc970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4bc970c-pi.jpg\"   width=\"25%\"  \/><\/a> We already knew going to multiple states at once works, because ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange, gets reactionary results that way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0168ebfc93d2970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0168ebfc93d2970c-pi.png\"    \/><\/a> for <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/alec-crafts-state-laws-including-for-private-prisons-and-big-oil.html\"> private prisons<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/04\/alec-bills-to-ditch-renewable-energy-and-the-southern-company.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c0970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c0970c-pi.jpg\"   width=\"20%\"  \/><\/a> against <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/04\/alec-bills-to-ditch-renewable-energy-and-the-southern-company.html\"> renewable energy<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/alec-behind-georgia-charter-school-referendum.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c1970c\" width=\"64\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c1970c-pi.jpg\"    \/> for <\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/alec-behind-georgia-charter-school-referendum.html\"> charter schools<\/a> imposed by the state that <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/georgia-would-send-much-more-money-per-student-to-charter-schools-than-to-public-schools.html\"> would send far more taxpayer dollars per pupil to privatized schools than to public schools,<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/alec-trayvon-martin-ccas-private-prisons-and-charter-schools.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0167690206ad970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0167690206ad970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> and for <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/alec-trayvon-martin-ccas-private-prisons-and-charter-schools.html\"> Stand Your Ground laws<\/a> like the one the killer of Trayvon Martin is hiding behind. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/04\/georgia-legislators-with-alec-ties-thomas-kirkpatrick.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/04\/georgia-legislators-with-alec-ties-thomas-kirkpatrick.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c3970c\" width=\"69\"  src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c3970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>How does ALEC do it? By<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>  shopping laws <\/li>\n<li> to <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/georgia-first-to-copy-arizona-anti-immigrant-bill.html\"> many states<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> through <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/alec-responds-to-sierra-club-report.html\"> &#8220;our state legislators&#8221;<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/both-water-and-air-are-public-trusts-requiring-the-state-to-protect-them.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c4970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0176175bd4c4970c-pi.png\"   width=\"25%\"  \/><\/a> So once again, it&#8217;s refreshing to see somebody successfully try multiple states <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/both-water-and-air-are-public-trusts-requiring-the-state-to-protect-them.html\"> for something worthwhile!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above ALEC projects are just some I&#8217;ve run across while researching local topics.\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/i-want-you-to-dump-alec.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01676863bacb970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01676863bacb970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nIt often seems as if every rock I turn over has the ALEC millipede scurrying around under it. Far more about ALEC is available through <a href=\"http:\/\/alecexposed.org\/wiki\/ALEC_Exposed\"> ALEC Exposed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/i-want-you-to-dump-alec.html\"> ALEC Exposed has <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Corporations_Who_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC\"> a list of companies that have dumped ALEC recently.<\/a>\nGeorgia Power&#8217;s parent The Southern Company and UPS are still not on that list. You can help. <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/i-want-you-to-dump-alec.html\"> Let them know you want them to dump ALEC!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s good to see someone trying a coordinated strategy for something good in multiple states, as Our Children&#8217;s Trust is doing for air as a public trust. 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