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ALEC Dumped By GM, Walgreen
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ALEC Dumped By GM, Walgreen
Posted: 07/26/2012 6:17 pm
Updated: 07/26/2012 6:20 pm
Trymaine Lee
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/
alec-gm-walgreen-dumped_n_1707685.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/c3t8ker
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The list of major corporations severing ties with right-wing public policy
group American Legislative Exchange Council continues to grow with
Thursday's announcement that General Motors and Walgreen Co. have dropped
their memberships, according to reports.
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ALEC, which engineered or supported controversial stand your ground" gun
laws and sweeping voter ID requirements that threaten to disenfranchise
minority voters, has come under increasing scrutiny by civil rights
organizations since the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in
February highlighted how the group strayed from its original pro-business
agenda.
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We routinely evaluate our support for a variety of organizations, said
Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, according to Bloomberg. As such, we have
decided to discontinue our support and funding of ALEC.
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We recently informed ALEC that, effective immediately, Walgreen Co. will
not be renewing its membership in their organization, said James Graham, a
spokesman for the drug store chain.
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In recent weeks, Best Buy and CVS Caremark also cut ties with ALEC. A CVS
spokeswoman said on July 10 that the company had closely been following
issues surrounding ALEC and "have heard from numerous stakeholders
expressing their views."
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As a result, after careful consideration of the available information, CVS
Caremark has discontinued its membership in ALEC, a spokeswoman told
Bloomberg Businessweek.
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News of GM's and Walgreen's departures comes as ALEC holds its annual
meeting in Salt Lake City, where on Wednesday a group of activist
organizations including Alliance for a Better Utah, Center for Media and
Democracy, Common Cause and People for the American Way released a 45-page
report detailing "the recent history of ALEC's corruptive influence in the
Utah legislature."
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"The ALEC agenda, focused on privatization, often puts corporate profit
ahead of the public interest and sees states general funds as an economic
resource to enrich corporate bottom lines, the report reads. It is a
corporate sponsored agenda that does not serve the public interest or the
taxpayers.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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