{"id":871,"date":"2012-04-29T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/georgia-legislators-with-alec-ties-thomas-kirkpatrick.html"},"modified":"2012-04-29T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T23:19:00","slug":"georgia-legislators-with-alec-ties-thomas-kirkpatrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/georgia-legislators-with-alec-ties-thomas-kirkpatrick.html","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Legislators with ALEC Ties &mdash;Thomas Kirkpatrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Received 25 April 2012 on <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/04\/alec-covers-the-spectrum-in-terms-of-bad-policy-for-people-fl-news.html\"> ALEC covers the spectrum in terms of bad policy for people<\/a>. -jsq<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>To answer your closing question, which you most likely asked rhetorically, I offer the following list:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Georgia Legislators with ALEC Ties<\/h2>\n<h3>House of Representatives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/house\/bios\/hillCalvin\/hillCalvinBio.htm\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016304f2da3f970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016304f2da3f970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> Rep. Calvin Hill, Jr. (R-21), State Chairman,[19][21] Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force and International Relations Task Force member[28] and recipient of ALEC&#8217;s 2011 State Chair of the Year Award[1] <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Don L. Parsons (R-42); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. David S. Casas (R-103); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Doug Collins (R-27); Civil Justice Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Edward H. Lindsey, Jr. (R-54); Civil Justice Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Ed Setzler (R-35); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Larry E. O&#8217;Neal (R-146); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-41)[19]; Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Ben L. Harbin (R-118); International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Gerald E. Greene (R-149); International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Josh S. Clark (R-98); International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Jack Murphy (R-27); Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Mark D. Hamilton (R-23); Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Tom R. Rice (R-51)[19]; Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Donna Sheldon (R-105)[19]; Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Judy Manning (R-32); Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Lynn Smith (R-70); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Michael Harden (R-28); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-20)[19]; Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Howard R. Maxwell (R-17); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Jan Jones (R-46); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Charles E. Martin, Jr. (R-47); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Kip Smith (R-129); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. James W. Mills (R-25)[19]; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Mike Dudgeon (R-24); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Carl Rogers (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Terry England (R-108); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Paulette Rakestraw-Braddock (R-19); International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Billy S. Horne (R-71); Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Kevin Cooke (R-18); Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Lynne Riley (R-50); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-101); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Barry D. Loudermilk (R-14); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Rep. Amos Amerson (R-9)[19] <\/li>\n<li> Rep. John Meadows (R-5)[19] <\/li>\n<li> Rep. James Mills (R-25)[19] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Senate<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li> Sen. Chip Pearson (R-51)[22] <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/senate\/rogersbio.php\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016304f2da43970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016304f2da43970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> Sen. Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-21),[19][22] State Chairman,[21] and recipient of ALEC&#8217;s 2011 State Chair of the Year Award[1] <\/li>\n<li> Former Sen. John Wiles (R-37), former State Chairman[58] <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Don Balfour (R-9) [59] <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Jesse Stone (R-23); Civil Justice Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. William Hamrick (R-30); Civil Justice Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Renee Unterman (R-45)[19]; Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Judson Hill (R-32)[19]; Health and Human Services Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Ross Tolleson (R-20); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Fran R. Millar (R-79); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. John E. Albers (R-56); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Nan G. Orrock (D-36); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force &#8211; Sen. Orrock announced she was cutting ties with and denounced ALEC on April 17, 2012.[60] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more. <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Bill Heath (R-31); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Jack Hill (R-4); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Steve Gooch (R-51); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Greg Goggans (R-7); Education Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Cecil P. Staton (R-18)[19]; International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Ronnie W. Chance (R-16); International Relations Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Johnny Grant (R-25); Public Safety and Elections Task Force <\/li>\n<li> Sen. Lee Hawkins (R-49)[19] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Former Legislators<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Rep. Tom Graves (R-9)[19]; currently U.S. Rep. for Georgia[61] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps others would like to know, even if you already do.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully,  <br \/> Thomas Kirkpatrick<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The numbers in square brackets indicate links to sources, which you can find as live links in SourceWatch&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians#Georgia_Legislators_with_ALEC_Ties\">\nALEC Politicians.<\/a> That page includes lists for every other state, too.<\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received 25 April 2012 on ALEC covers the spectrum in terms of bad policy for people. -jsq To answer your closing question, which you most likely asked rhetorically, I offer the following list: Georgia Legislators with ALEC Ties House of Representatives Rep. 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