{"id":883,"date":"2012-04-25T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T19:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/alec-covers-the-spectrum-in-terms-of-bad-policy-for-people-fl-news.html"},"modified":"2012-04-25T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T19:08:33","slug":"alec-covers-the-spectrum-in-terms-of-bad-policy-for-people-fl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/alec-covers-the-spectrum-in-terms-of-bad-policy-for-people-fl-news.html","title":{"rendered":"ALEC &#8220;covers the spectrum in terms of bad policy for people&#8221; &#8211;FL news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALEC will no doubt try to tar WCTV as &#8220;liberal media.&#8221; That will be amusing!<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kinsey wrote for WCTV Monday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/home\/headlines\/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council_Feeds_Lawmakers_Ideas_for_Laws_148621885.html?%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F American Legislative Exchange Council Changes State Laws: A national group in the spotlight for spreading the 'Stand Your Ground' law to Florida and nearly two dozen other states... Is facing a lawsuit.&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;\/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt; Increasingly, it's not constituents, but groups like the 'american legislative exchange council' feeding lawmakers the ideas behind their bills. &lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Around three dozen republicans in the florida house and senate count &lt;a href=\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0168eab692fc970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0168eab692fc970c-pi.png\"   width=\"130\" height=\"120\"  \/><\/a> themselves as members of ALEC. Damien filer with &#8216;progress florida&#8217; says its time for them to break their ties with a group that&#8217;s taking national heat over &#8216;Stand Your Ground&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not just about &#8216;shoot first&#8217; laws; this is about everything from the so-called &#8216;parent trigger&#8217; law that we saw during the last legislative session, the prison privatization schemes that we&#8217;ve seen crop up. It really covers the spectrum in terms of bad policy for people,  and policy that&#8217;s really aimed at padding the pockets of the corporations that fund this organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hm, I wonder who in the Georgia statehouse are ALEC members?<\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALEC will no doubt try to tar WCTV as &#8220;liberal media.&#8221; That will be amusing! Troy Kinsey wrote for WCTV Monday, themselves as members of ALEC. 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