





CMD ROCKS!...5 down and 295+ to go. At this rate by Christmas the only corporate member that will be left supporting ALEC is key funder, Koch Industries.

I am glad to see all the companies dropping membership in something that should be illegal anyway. This is why the American people can't be heard, when you have big corporations joining together to influence the laws and tax rates of this country, how can those that write the laws hear just the family man or working woman. I hope this ALEC goes under and fast.

I love your comment. I quit eating fast food years ago and now I feel like I never need to see a doctor ever again. I wish everyone would boycott anything that is not pure. It is hard to do since there is crap everywhere but that is evenmore the reason to start cleaning up the mess America has made.

That's what I keep wondering. It's not as if those corps will suddenly be cured of the essential murderous greed and extractive, plundering exploitation that drive their every move. It seems nothing would even mildly affect that except the end of the durable corporation, which should never have been allowed to evolve. Corporations were supposed to be ephemeral and completely ad hoc, a necessary evil to be closely watched and ruthlessly regulated.

Sh-h-h-h-h! I see the moderators don't like dissenting opinions here. Figures.

Last I checked, National Restaurant Association is a member of ALEC. I'm glad Wendy's, McDonald's, Coke, & Pepsi all "dropped" but if they are still a part of NRA, they still have a foot in the door. Real change would be legislators dropping ALEC.

Above you post "Wendy's International sent an email to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) this morning stating that the fast food chain had decided not to renew their membership at the end of 2011." How can it say this yesterday and 2011 was a few months ago. Is this a typo or does it mean 2012 which means it will be after the Election and rather late I would say. Or does it mean the list of ALEC sponsors is not up to date. That is unsettling though so much is behind closed doors, it is any wonder we can figure out what goes on.

When we launched ALECexposed, we documented the list of corporations who were then a funder or member of ALEC along with companies that were previously identified as having funded ALEC. Wendy's gave ALEC money in 2011, but did not give money to ALEC in the past 13 weeks for membership this year. Their statement did not indicate precisely when they made that decision or when they previously paid dues to ALEC (that is, when their renewal was due or expected). Companies that are not members of ALEC can still attend ALEC events at the non-member rate, but companies that are not members of ALEC task forces cannot vote on "model" bills. Lisa