{"id":926,"date":"2012-04-12T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/wendys-and-reed-elsevier-flee-alec-8-and-counting.html"},"modified":"2012-04-12T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T21:22:49","slug":"wendys-and-reed-elsevier-flee-alec-8-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/wendys-and-reed-elsevier-flee-alec-8-and-counting.html","title":{"rendered":"Wendy’s and Reed-Elsevier flee ALEC: 8 and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Companies with customers care about “the broad range of criticism being leveled at ALEC”. Two more just left, making it eight and counting.<\/p>\n

Reuters reported an hour ago: Reed Elsevier, Wendy’s drop conservative group<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Reed Elsevier is the latest company to drop out of a conservative national advocacy group in the United States that has been a lightning rod for gun laws.\n <\/a>\n

The Anglo-Dutch professional information service provider said on Thursday it resigned its board seat and dropped its membership of the American Legislative Council (ALEC).<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Hamburger chain Wendy’s Co said late on Wednesday that it decided in late 2011 not to renew its ALEC membership for 2012.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s Pepsi and Coca-Cola,<\/a> followed by Kraft and Intuit,<\/a> plus the Bill and Melinda Gates<\/a> Foundation, McDonald’s,<\/a> and now Wendy’s and Reed-Elsevier. Eight and counting. Pretty close to one a work day.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

“We made the decision after considering the broad range of criticism being leveled at ALEC,” said a Reed Elsevier spokesman.\n

The council has faced a push-back in recent weeks because of its involvement in voting laws and in “stand your ground” gun laws such as one under scrutiny in the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let’s not forget private prisons, such as the one CCA wanted to build in Lowndes County.<\/a> Even though that one is “shelved” due to lack of customers, others are still sucking up tax dollars that could go to education.<\/p>\n

I’m still rooting for next to leave ALEC to be UPS, based in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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