Thursday, December 12, 2013

ALEC Transparency? Up to a Point.

State's top ALEC officials say group is becoming more transparent. (Wisconsin State Journal, 12/12/2013)


Do you want real transparency?  Do you want a list of names of Wisconsin legislators with ALEC ties?  Well, you won't get it from Nygren.  You'll need to go to....

SourceWatch.

Assembly
  • Rep. Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva)
    • ALEC International Relations Task Force
    • Federal Relations Working Group Member
    • Education Task Force Member
  • Rep. Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan)
    • ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate 
    • Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. Kathy Bernier (R-Chippewa Falls) 
    • ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member 
  • Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend), 
    • Received a $750 ALEC "scholarship" in 2012
  • Rep. Mike Endsley (R-Sheboygan)
    • ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member 
  • Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), 
    • ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member'
    • International Relations Task Force Member
  • Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield)
    • ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. John Klenke (R-Green Bay)
    • ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
    • Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
  • Rep. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown)
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Alternate
    • Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. Dean Knudson (R-Hudson)
    • ALEC Education Task Force Alternate'
  • Rep. Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha)
    • ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Alternate
    • Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
  • Rep. Scott Krug (R-Wisconsin Rapids)
    • ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate 
  • Rep. Mike Kuglitsch (R-New Berlin)
    • ALEC International Relations Task Force'
    • Civil Justice Task Force Member 
  • Rep. Tom Larson (R-Colfax)
    • ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member
  • Rep. Daniel LeMahieu (R-Cascade)
    • ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-CLinton)
    • ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater)
    • Education Task Force Member
    • International Relations Task Force Member
  • Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette)
    • State Chairman
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
    • Education Task Force Member
  • Rep. Warren Petryk (R-Eleva)
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
  • Rep. Keith Ripp (R-Lodi) 
  • Rep. Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh)
    • disclosed $1,200 in expenses related to ALEC in 2012 that had not yet been reimbursed
  • Rep. Erik Severson (R-Star Prairie)
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
  • Rep. Jim Steineke (R-Maple Grove)
    • ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
  • Rep. Patricia Strachota (R-West Bend)
    • ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member [23] \
  • Rep Rob Swearingen (R-Rhinelander)
  • Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac)
    • ALEC Education Task Force Alternate
  • Rep. Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City)
    • ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate 
  • Rep. Robin Vos (R-Burlington)
    • State Chairman
    • Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
    • Attended 2011 ALEC annual meeting
  • Rep. Chad Weininger (R-Green Bay) 
    • ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate

Senate
  • Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills)
    • ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate
    • Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
  • Sen. Michael Ellis (R-Neenah) 
  • Sen. Paul Farrow (R-Pewaukee)
    • ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member
    • Education Task Force Member
  • Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Junean)
  • Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend)
    • ALEC Education Task Force Member'
    • International Relations Task Force Member
  • Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) 
  • Sen. Neal Kedzie (R-Elkhorn) 
  • Sen. Frank Lasee (R-1\De Pere)
    • ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate 
  • Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin)
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
    • Sen. Lazich told a constituent by email in March 2013 that she is no longer an ALEC member.[48] Lazich confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in September 2013 that she had not rejoined ALEC
    • See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC 
  • Sen. Terry Moulton (R-Chippewa Falls)
    • ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
  • Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa)
    • ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Co-chair 

Other ALEC posts:
From ALEC to Andre to us: Rep. Jacque (R-DePere) whittles model bill down to the basics.  (9/1/2013)
NRA/ALEC "Docs and Glocks" law finally makes its way to Wisconsin.  (6/18/2013)
Robin Vos, "an ALEC Wisconsin Foot Soldier" (SourceWatch).  (6/13/2013)
Pat McCrory Cain't Say "No" to ALEC.. (6/10/2013)
ALEC'd to Death: Wisconsin Republicans Continues to Depend on the Koch Brothers' Playbook. (6/7/2013)
ALEC's State Budget Reform Toolkit: "Asset Sale and Lease Opportunities".  (6/6/2013)
Selling State Properties? It's in the ALEC Playbook.  (5/22/2013)More cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC.  (4/7/2013)
The New York Times Provides an overview of school choice without mentioning ALEC's orchestration.  (3/28/2013)
Selling state properties:  It's in the ALEC toolkit.  (2/17/2013)
Performance funding: They love this stuff at the Lumina Foundation and ALEC. (11/19/2012)
Splashy full-page ad for a movie few want to see.  (9/30/2012)
AT&;T, ALEC have their way with South Carolina legislature.  (7/2/2012)
What the Koch Brothers left under Scott Walker's 2010 Christmas tree.  (6/19/2012)“
….really, what ALEC is, is a bipartisan association of state legislators….” (Wisconsin State Senate version, 4/10/2012)“
….really, what ALEC is, is a bipartisan association of state legislators….” (Wisconsin State Assembly version, 4/9/2012))

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