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Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet | Scathing Purple Musings

Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet | Scathing Purple Musings

Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet

Conservative legislative planning non-profit, the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC has operated under the radar for some time. Not any more. And no longer so in Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reported in July of the Koch brothers-funded group’s involvement in the republican sponsored “paycheck protection” bill and state GOP legislator’s subsequent evasions. This morning the newspaper went a step further and called for the state’s republicans to come clean with what legislation ALEC has been writing for them, and also which legislators are closely aligned with the group.

Everyone knows what the legislators who run Tallahassee generally want: lower taxes, fewer