ALEC believes it is not subject to disclosure under any state Freedom of Information

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or public record....

"Private individuals or organizations cannot simply label a document private and say it is private on their own. It is not their decision to make."

Legislators attend ALEC meetings in their official capacity, and ALEC has claimed that they do so "on behalf of and for the benefit of the state." Under almost every state's public records law, all documents related to official business are considered public unless there is a specific exemption, defined and passed by the legislature, and embodied in the statutes. "ALEC cannot create exemptions of [its] own imagination," Caramanica told the Center for Media and Democracy.

The disclaimer is "disturbing," says Christa Westerberg, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Vice President, particularly because it "suggests legislators will contact ALEC first when they get a request for records and may be advised by ALEC on what to do."

"Courts and other entities with authority to interpret state sunshine laws, and not ALEC, should determine whether ALEC documents are subject to disclosure under any state's public records law," she told CMD.

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12098/alecs-latest-transparency-move-asserting-immunity-freedom-information-laws

[PATRICK]

1. That's rich

They have been writing the entire right wing legislative agenda since their inception. They have bought their way into a shadow government that makes real law.

Disclosure is insanely mild compared to the accountability that the people and money behind ALEC should have. The Dark Heart of Corruption spewing evil every second of its existence..

[Scuba]

2. Kick

[ewagner]

3. Kick X 2

[HelenWheels]

4. We all know who they are anyway. nt

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5. "ALEC boasts that over 1,000 of its model bills are introduced each year and at least 1 in 5 become

law."

I would love to have everyone of this laws identified and removed from the law books...