Part 3 - Sinister Backroom ALEC Deals: Where Laws Are Really Made - Secure Arkansas

Part 3 – Sinister Backroom ALEC Deals: Where Laws Are Really Made

September 29, 2015 ALEC, Featured

American Legislative Exchange Council is dangerously shaping local, state, and national policies written by corporations – for the sake of corporations – secretly, behind closed doors. The underlying motive is to protect the bottom line of the corporations, especially the larger ones. The small business owner seems to get overpowered and swallowed up by the dominant monied corporations. America needs those Mom and Pop businesses to remain intact if our country is to survive. It is no different than the small farmer who yielded to big corporations, resulting in the takeover of our food supply!

Now we are living with GMO (genetically modified organism) foods that our poor bodies are trying to process. GMO example: Corn + DNA from soil bacteria that is naturally immune to Monsanto’s RoundUp (which can cause CANCER!). Here are ten_reasons_to_avoid_GMOs. (Keep reading! We show how Monsanto and Koch Industries teamed up.)

It breaks our hearts as we stand by and watch smaller businesses and the middle class keep getting rooted out and either bought out or forced to close their businesses! The general public is basically unengaged and shut out, while we see our personal choices and rights being taken away with each and every national and state legislative session. Regardless who’s in office, the Right or the Left, the work keeps getting done, and U.N. Agenda 21/Sustainable Development keeps moving forward – to the detriment of our country and the world!

Private entities are running our government behind the scenes!

Some legislators who have joined the American Legislative Exchange Council and who carry their corporate-written legislation rely heavily on them to get through the legislative session! ALEC has staff standing by, readily available to answer any questions from lawmakers. The legislators are to notify ALEC of any FOIA directed to the legislator concerning ALEC.

Why are the legislators’ memberships so secret? Why aren’t they listed on the ALEC site?

The global elite seem to have the consumers and the markets cornered. The Koch billionaires and their globalist funding partners present themselves as one thing while doing another, manipulating the public, forcing and mandating laws. They throw out loads of money to get the results they want. Rest assured that any money given out comes with strings attached! The lawmakers who join ALEC soon realize this as they run their bills.

The following is ALEC’s Private Enterprise Advisory Council:

ALEC National Chair

Mr. Bill Carmichael, President & CEO at American Bail Coalition

ALEC Private Enterprise Council Members

Ms. Cynthia Bergman, U.S. Government Affairs manager at Exxon Mobil Corporation
Mr. Michael Blank, Peabody Energy
Ms. Sano Blocker, Energy Future Holdings
Mr. Jeff Bond, SVP at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA); PhRMA was the 2008 Democratic National Convention party host
Mr. Josh Brown, Director of Government Relations at Pfizer Inc., former executive assistant to Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist
Mr. Steve DelBianco, Executive Director NetChoice
Ms. Marianne Eterno, Assistant Vice President of Government Relations – Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company
Mr. Kenneth Lane, VP – Diageo North America, Inc.
Mr. Bill Leahy, VP of State Legislative Strategy at AT&T, Director at John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Former board member at New England Council
Mr. Don Lee, Vice President of Government Affairs at K12 Inc.
Mrs. Frayda Levin, Director at Americans For Prosperity (AFP), Director at Club for Growth, (Spouse Kenneth N. Levy who is the Director of Institute for Justice and the Co-Founder of Jacobs Levy Equity Management)
Mr. Kelly Mader, VP State Government Relations at Peabody Energy Corporation
Mr. Stephen Moore, Founder of Club for Growth, Senior Fellow of Cato Institute,
Director of Donors Capital Fund
Mr. Michael Morgan, Consultant Director of Public and Government Affairs at Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
Mr. Chip Rogers, President & CEO of Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Mr. Daniel Smith, Western Regional Director of Altria Client Services (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc. – Looks like they changed their name because they couldn’t stand the antagonistic reactions from their highly profitable but controversial product: tobacco!)
Mr. Roland Spies, General Counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies
Mr. Pat Thomas, Vice President of UPS Global Public Affairs at United Parcel Service
Mr. Bob Williams, President at State Budget Solutions
Mr. Steve Woods, Senior Vice President of State Operations at National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

Click here to see a list of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Listed below are ALEC members in our very own Arkansas Capitol:

Arkansas Executive Branch: ALEC Members

Mark Martin, Secretary of State of Arkansas
Andrea Lea, State Auditor of Arkansas
Michael Lamoureux, Chief of Staff for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson

From Arkansas:

ALEC Board of Directors

Michael Lamoureux (R)

ALEC State chairs for Arkansas (Note: there are 2 state chairs from each state)

Eddie Joe Williams (R)
Nate Bell (R)

Legislative members

Many of the new legislators need to be investigated to see if they are ALEC members. There is no official location that lists ALL of the ALEC members; it is protected, but it needs to be updated. The Arkansas ALEC members list below has been verified.

House of Representatives

Rep. Jerry Nathan Bell (I-20); ALEC International Relations Task Force
Rep. Jim Dotson (R-93)
Rep. Justin T. Harris (R-81); ALEC International Relations Task Force
Rep. Mary P. Hickerson (R-1); ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force
Rep. Bill Sample (R-14); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force

Senate

Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R-3); ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force
Alan Clark (R-13)
Linda Collins-Smith (R-19)
Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-11)
Sen. Jeremy Young Hutchinson (R-33); ALEC Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Melissa Irvin (R-18); ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force
Sen. Bryan King (R-5); ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Sen. Jason Rapert (R-35)
Sen. Terry W. Rice (R-9); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Bill Sample (R-14); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-29); ALEC Education Task Force

Former Representatives

Rep. Denny Altes (R-63); ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force (Former Rep. Denny Altes carried Secure Arkansas’ Smart Meter bill back in 2012/2013 legislative session. Wonder why that bill didn’t get anywhere? Notice the ALEC Task Force he was sitting on!)
Rep. Duncan Baird (R-95); ALEC Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Jonathan D. Barnett (R-97); ALEC International Relations Task Force
Sen. Jake Carter Files (R-13); ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
Rep. Russell David Carter (R-48); ALEC Civil Justice Task Force, former Speaker of the House, currently Centennial Bank Regional President
Rep. Les Carnine (R-94)
Rep. Ann Clemmer (R-29); ALEC Civil Justice Task Force, currently Arkansas Dept. of Higher Education Senior Associate Director of Economic Affairs
Rep. Robert E. Dale (R-70); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Rep. Jon S. Eubanks (R-84); ALEC Civil Justice Task Force
Rep. Debra M. Hobbs (R-96); ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Rep. Allen W. Kerr (R-32); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate, currently the Arkansas Insurance Commissioner
Rep. Andrea Dean Lea (R-68), Co-Chair of ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Environmental Health and Regulation Subcommittee,] formerly ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, currently Arkansas State Auditor
Former Rep./Sen. Steve Faris (D-27), former ALEC National Board Chairman, member of ALEC’s ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force, and ALEC State Chair, currently Program Integration Committee, Policy Innovation Committee, Outreach & Marketing Committee of Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace (AHIM). AHIM Board are appointed by the Governor of Arkansas, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Rep. Ed Garner (R-41); ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Former Rep. Dan Greenberg (R-36), currently has Advance Arkansas Institute
Former Rep. Bobby Hogue (D-Craighead), Speaker of the House 1995-1998, former ALEC National Board Chairman
Rep. Barry Hyde (D-40); ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
Former Rep. Mark Martin (R-87); currently Arkansas Secretary of State
Rep. Robert Moore (D-12); ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
Former Rep. Roy Ragland (R-90), former State Chairman
Rep. Mary Lou Slinkard (R-100); ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force
Former Rep. Linda Collins-Smith (R-80), State Chairman
Rep. Tim Summers (R-99)
Rep. Randy Alexander (R-88)
Former Rep. Bruce Hawkins (D)
Former Arkansas Public Service Commission Chair Jim von Gremp, currently Vice Chair of the University of Arkansas System, Jim von Gremp of Rogers is a real estate investor, communications consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. Previously, he served as chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission and executive director of governmental relations for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. His term expires in 2025.
Manila Mayor Wayne Wagner (D)
Clinton Mayor Roger L. Rorie (D)
Former Rep. Ted E. Mullenix (R) …was also the Arkansas AT&T Corporate Chair for ALEC prior to the last session

Former Senators

Former Sen. Jim Argue (D-32)
Former Sen. Gilbert R. Baker (R-30); Civil Justice Task Force
Sen. Jane English (R-42); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
Sen. Johnny Key (R-1); currently the Arkansas Commissioner of Education (Are you expecting education to change for the better now that we have a so-called Koch conservative in this position?)
Former Sen. Barbara Horn (D-21, former State Chairman
Former Sen. Jimmy L. Jeffress (D-24); Education Task Force
Former Rep. and Sen. Jim Keet, 2010 Republican candidate for Governor
Sen. Michael Lamoureux (R-4), member of ALEC Board of Directors, State Chairman, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, and 2014 State Legislator of the Year; currently Arkansas Chief of Staff for Governor Hutchinson
Former Sen. Stanley Russ, Senate Majority Leader, listed in “1999 ALEC Leaders in the States”
Former Sen. Jerry Taylor (D-23)

Think tanks

A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy of public policy in areas such as political strategy, social policy, economy, science or technology issues, or industrial or business policies. In the U.S, there are more than 200 separate think tanks, many of which are connected together. Out of many of these think tanks come public policies over which you as a voter have no control. We will address think tanks more thoroughly in a future article.

Education

Public and private universities can’t help but to be affected by the flood of money aimed at them. It seems that the Charles Koch Foundation even has grant agreements with some universities to shape the development of the curriculum and possibly even influence the hiring of professors. Millions of dollars have been donated over the years to hundreds of campuses. (If a grant or memorandum of understanding is given to a private university foundation, instead of the university itself, then it can be hard to trace the source.)

Below is an example of how we are given no real transparency and no choice. ALEC is doling out forced or mandated legislation. Water with mandatory fluoridation, forced vaccination… We are not even allowed to know what is in the food we are consuming! Of course, ALEC claims they must have “tort reform”, but we know the real reason is to cap the damages caused by corporations and special interest groups, and this will be considered the cost of doing business.

Poison must be protected at all cost. Some of these special interest groups include Big Pharma and Tobacco Companies. You may even remember the day when doctors told us that tobacco was safe! That’s what we are being told about fluoride these days from the Arkansas Health Department. You know the line: “safe and effective.” It’s just the opposite, and we know better! This is unacceptable for the public to consume and ingest!!

One particular chemical released on the public from the chemical industries such as those that Koch supports is formaldehyde! See an example of the formaldehyde lawsuit below and some consequences. U.S. Senator James Inhofe wanted the EPA to wait on releasing their chemical risk assessment. Chemicals are dangerous, dear reader, NOT “safe”! For instance, fluoride that comes from the hazardous waste phosphate industry is shipped in a container with a skull & crossbones. It can eat a hole right through equipment or concrete, yet this is what is mandated to be in our drinking water. Again, are you aware that it would take a HazMat team to dispose of it?

GMOs in our diet are not a healthy choice for food, and you need to be informed that they’re in there. We need proper labeling, don’t we? Who wants to knowingly consume this unfit GMO junk? A proper diet and nourishing food is critical for our physical and mental well-being! Take a good look around you… Does the American public look healthy? All frail humans are afraid of the “c” word!

Koch Industries and Monsanto Team Up to End Your Right to Know

*Koch-Backed Congressman to Introduce GE Labeling Preemption Bill known as the Dark Act*

This bill is anti-consumer, anti-choice, anti-labeling, and PRO-GMO LAW. The bill number is H.R. 1599, and it denies the consumer the right to know what is in the food supply. This U.S. bill seeks to block mandatory GMO food labeling by states. This means that our U.S. Congress is attempting to block the right of the states to pass legislation that would require the labeling of GMO food products. But we, as consumers, should know exactly what is in our food!

In short, if H.R. 1599 is passed into law, it will prevent consumers at the point of sale from knowing whether a food has GMOs in it or not.

H.R. 1599 passed the House July 23, 2015 by a vote of 275 to 150. The Aye vote was 230 Republicans and 45 Democrats. The No vote was 12 Republicans and 138 Democrats. Click here to see the House vote. For the bill status, click here. The question is: why are the these congressmen going against the wishes of the people and voting Aye for H.R.1599?

GMOs are POISONING our food supply!

U.S. Rep. Crawford, Hill, Womack, and Westerman from Arkansas all voted Yes or Aye. It appears that all four of the Arkansas Congressmen are in the pocket of Monsanto or a Koch entity.

ACTION: Call U.S. Senator Boozman (202-224-4843) and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (202-224-2353) from Arkansas, and tell them NOT to support H.R. 1599. (Koch funded groups helped put Sen. Cotton in office. Currently, both senators are supporting this bill. )

“An Unholy Alliance between Monsanto and Koch Industries”

Koch Industries – major funders of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), State Policy Network (SPN), Americans for Prosperity (AFP), American Encore (composed of 20 groups), and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce. Most of this support can be tracked through their nonprofit entities.

Koch Industries is involved in a variety of industries such as refining and chemicals; pollution control equipment; minerals; fertilizers; fibers and polymers; commodity and financial trading; forest and consumer products; ranching; and business development. Significant divisions included Georgia-Pacific, which makes and sells tissue, packaging, paper, building products and pulp, Flint Hills Resources, which operates refineries in Alaska, Minnesota, and Texas, and Molex, an electronics components company. Koch employs 100,000 people worldwide.

Koch Brothers Net Worth Soars Past $100 Billion

The Kochs are heavily involved in politics and manipulating the political agenda. Just recently, the Kochs demanded that Governor Scott Walker return the $9,000,000 that they had allocated to Walker’s 2016 Presidential Campaign. “For the Koch brothers, who purchased Walker earlier this year, the demand for a full cash refund reflected how badly their relationship with the formerly promising candidate had deteriorated.” Walker is an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) member.

Koch Lobby firms:

Koch Industries Public Sector (In 2014, Koch Industries’ Public Sector spent $13,700,000 in lobbying)

Koch Businesses

Koch Agriculture Company
Koch Agronomic Services, LLC
Koch Business Holdings
Koch Business Solutions, LP
Koch Chemical Company
Koch Chemical Technology Group
Koch Engineering Company
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
Koch Fertilizer LLC
Koch Genesis
Koch-Glitsch, LP
Koch Heat Transfer Company, LP
Koch Industries
Koch Investment
Koch Knight, LLC
Koch Materials
Koch Membrane Systems, Inc.
Koch Mineral Services LLC
Koch Pipeline Company LP
Koch Producer Services
Koch Refining Company
Koch Supply & Trading

Koch Nonprofits

Charles Koch Foundation (assets $442,205,287 for 2013 IRS990-PF )
Charles Koch Institute (assets $271,482,857 for 2013 IRS990-PF )
David H. Koch Charitable Foundation (assets $50,571,101 for 2013 IRS990-PF)
Fred C. & Mary R. Koch Foundation (assets $32,341,668.00 IRS990-PF)
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation (assets $4,331,707 IRS990-PF)
Koch Cultural Trust (assets $175,519 IRS990-PF)

Koch Industries

People related to Koch Industries:

David H. Coburn – attorney
Bradley C. Faris – attorney
Steven J. Feilmeier – CFO & EVP
Richard H. Fink – EVP & director
Timothy P. FitzSimons – attorney
Mark D. Gerstein – attorney
Shaun D. Hartley – attorney
Mark V. Holden – SVP & general counsel
Mark Humphrey – SVP
Charles G. Koch – chairman & CEO
David H. Koch – EVP
Brad E. Kotler – attorney
Heather Love – finance director
Elaine Tettemer Marshall – shareholder
Preston Marshall – shareholder
Joseph W. Moeller – vice chairman
Theodore B. Olson – outside counsel
David L. Robertson – president & C0O
Robert A. Tappan – director, external relations
Aaron Van Oort – attorney

Other current Koch Industries relationships:

Angel Soft – consumer brand
Brawny – consumer brand
Dixie – consumer brand
Faegre Baker Daniels – law firm
Flint Hills Resources, LP – subsidiary
Fred C. & Mary R. Koch Foundation – donor
Georgia-Pacific – acquirer
Hunton & Williams – lobby firm
Intrepid Potash, Inc. – investor
Invista – subsidiary
Irving H. Picard v. Koch Industries – defendant
KCBX Terminals Company – subsidiary
KM Railways, LLC – subsidiary
Koch Agriculture Company – subsidiary
Koch Business Solutions, LP – subsidiary
Koch Chemical Technology Group – subsidiary
Koch Companies Public Sector – lobbying arm
Koch Fertilizer LLC – subsidiary
Koch Genesis – ventures group
Koch Industries annual conference – sponsor
Koch Materials – subsidiary
Koch Mineral Services LLC – subsidiary
Koch Pipeline Company LP – subsidiary
Koch Producer Services – subsidiary
Koch Supply & Trading – subsidiary
Latham & Watkins, LLP – law firm
major defense contractors – contractor
Mardi Gras – consumer brand
Molex Inc. – acquirer
oil & gas industry – major company
Quilted Northern – consumer brand
Reiss Viking – subsidiary
Soft ‘n Gentle – consumer brand
Sparkle – consumer brand
Spring Creek Capital – subsidiary
U.S. investors in Argentina – investor
U.S. investors in Australia – investor
U.S. investors in Belgium – investor
U.S. investors in Brazil – investor
U.S. investors in Canada – investor
U.S. investors in Chile – investor
U.S. investors in China – investor
U.S. investors in Colombia – investor
U.S. investors in Czech Republic – investor
U.S. investors in France – investor
U.S. investors in Germany – investor
U.S. investors in Hong Kong – investor
U.S. investors in India – investor
U.S. investors in Italy – investor
U.S. investors in Japan – investor
U.S. investors in Mexico – investor
U.S. investors in Netherlands – investor
U.S. investors in Poland – investor
U.S. investors in Russia – investor
U.S. investors in Singapore – investor
U.S. investors in South Korea – investor
U.S. investors in Spain – investor
U.S. investors in Switzerland – investor
U.S. investors in Taiwan – investor
U.S. investors in Thailand – investor
U.S. investors in Trinidad and Tobago – investor
U.S. investors in Turkey – investor
U.S. investors in United Arab Emirates – investor
U.S. investors in United Kingdom – investor
U.S. investors in Uruguay – investor
Vanity Fair Corp. – consumer brand

Koch Industries past relationships:

2008 James Inhofe Senate campaign – contributor

In 2004, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, persuaded the EPA to delay revising the formaldehyde risk assessment, even though preliminary findings from a National Cancer Institute study had already linked formaldehyde to leukemia. Inhofe insisted that the EPA wait for a more “robust set of findings” from the institute.

Formaldehyde – lobbied against regulation of
- The Koch Brothers’ 10-Year Campaign to Delay Action on Formaldehyde, which is known to Cause Cancer in Humans
- How Senator Vitter Battled the EPA Over Formaldehyde’s Link to Cancer
- Koch Industries Funds Attack on Science Linking Formaldehyde and Cancer
2010 Scott Walker (WI) gubernatorial campaign – major contributor
Alston & Bird – lobby firm
American Legislative Exchange Council – funder
Americans for Prosperity – funder
Alex A. Beehler – environmental and regulatory affairs director
Blank Rome LLP – lobby firm
Capitol Tax Partners LLP – lobby firm
Citizens for a Sound Economy – donor
Wayne Gable – director of international government affairs
D.J. Gribbin – director of government affairs
William W. Hanna – president
Michael W. Hofmann – VP & chief risk officer
Hogan & Hartson – lobby firm
Victoria Hughes – director of corporate philanthropy
Thomas L. Kivisto – VP
Koch Engineering Company – predecessor company
Fred C. Koch (deceased) – founder
Koch Investment – subsidiary
J. Howard Marshall II (deceased) – shareholder
George Pearson – director of public affairs
Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer – lobbyist
Republican Attorneys General Association – major donor
Republican Governors Association – major donor
Republican State Leadership Committee – contributor
Siff & Lake LLP – lobby firm
Tribune Media Co. – mulled newspaper acquisition (2013)

Fred C. & Mary R. Koch Foundation

Richard H. Fink – director
Charles G. Koch – director
David H. Koch – director
Elizabeth B. Koch – president

Other current Fred C. & Mary R. Koch Foundation relationships:

Koch Industries – donor

Fred C. & Mary R. Koch Foundation past relationships:

Bill of Rights Institute – funder
Ellis Foundation – funder
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – funder
Victoria Hughes – VP
Koch Cultural Trust – funder
Nature Conservancy – funder – Mission – Conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends … (United Nations Agenda 21 policies all the way, International in scope… Environmentalists, wake up!)

Assets $32,341,668 as of 2013

IRS 990PF Filing for 2013 – Return of Private Foundation

Citizens for Self-Governance

Mark Meckler, President of Citizens for Self-Governance, is working with ALEC to push for the adoption of a Convention of States resolution in every state. Not good! This is the same Balanced Budget Amendment model legislation of ALEC.

Mark Meckler current relationships

President and Co-Founder of Citizens for Self-Governance, [the group behind the Convention of States Project (COS)]
Co-Founder Tea Party Patriots
Advisory board member – “Why Tuesday?”

Why Tuesday? Officers and Board members

William B. Wachtel – Co-Founder, Chairman and Founder of Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (a think tank that promotes progressive public policies and is linked to many other think tanks) – the funder was Foundation to Promote Open Society; George Soros is the Chairman, and his son, Jonathan Soros, is the Vice Chairman (Click here for IRS 990-PF for 2013) (Assets $3.33 billion)…317 pages!
Andrew J. Young – Chairman, CFR member, Director of United Nations Foundation which Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation were the funders, Director of Better World Fund which Ted Turner is the Chairman, Senior Director of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Senior Advisory Committee member of National Democratic Institute, member of Bretton Woods Committee
Norman J. Ornstein – Director, CFR member, Board member of Center for U.S. Global Leadership, Advisory Board member of Future of American Democracy Foundation
William W. Bradley – Honorary Co-Chairman, CFR member, Senior Advisory Committee member of National Democratic Institute, Advisory Board member of Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Advisory Board Chairman of Sports Potential Inc, Director of Starbucks Corporation, Trustee Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, Trustee for American Assembly, Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC, member of Systemic Risk Council
Mark Meckler – Advisory Board member, Co-Founder for Tea Party Patriots, President and Co-Founder for Citizens for Self -Governance
Kenneth B. Mehlman – Advisory Board member, CFR member, Director Republican Jewish Coalition, Chairman Private Equity Growth Capital Council, Managing Director KKR & Co LP, Director American Foundation for Equal Rights
Lee Brenner – Advisory Board member, CFR member
Leo J. Hindery Jr. – Advisory Board member, CFR member, Inter Media Advisors, LLP – founder, InterMedia Partners LP – managing partner, James Madison Council of the Library of Congress – member, Paley Center for Media – trustee, Tibet House – trustee

Stay tuned for Part 4 because there is a lot more to unveil! Neither the government nor the private entities should see transparency as a threat! Why would they be afraid of disclosure? What are they hiding from the public?

— Click here to read Part 1 – Sinister Backroom ALEC Deals: Where Laws Are Really Made —

— Click here to read Part 2 – Sinister Backroom ALEC Deals: Where Laws Are Really Made —

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