ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange CouncilALEC is a powerful institution of corporations that manipulates corrupt legislators behind closed doors to promote legislation for corporate profit and against the people. There are 23 active ALEC members in the NM Legislature. The Koch Brothers, Exxon Mobil, Coors, Verizon, Coca Cola are known to fund ALEC.
The People's Protest
An Alternative Pizza Dinner
was held outside the Eldorado Hotel
while inside ALEC affiliates dined on $250/plates.
www.occupynewmexico.org
www.occupynewmexico.org
I support NON-VIOLENT protest only. Here is a report that claims violence from the protesters:
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While from the protesters side the same was expressed and a possible lawsuit will be considered for rough handling of by-standing press.
http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2012/01/eldorado-incident-occupy-vs-alec.html?spref=fb
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DeleteFight the good fight, you can do no more than try and change injustice and corruption.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
http://kochbrothersexposed.com/kochpipeline/
ReplyDeleteYes, Friko, this is about injustice and corruption and not about a violent fringe extremist group as some of the media would like to spin things.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.progressnownm.org/blog/2012/01/occupy-alec-progressnow-nm-was-there.html
ReplyDelete"Here's a brief ALEC attendance list of some of your public officials and the lobbyists they love: Rep. Bill Rehm, Rep. Nora Espinoza, former State Senator and current oil lobbyist Kent Cravens, Rep. Paul Bandy, Rep. James Smith, Rep. Dennis Kintigh, Democrat Sen. John Sapien, and 100% corporate funded Sen. Bill Payne."
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