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How Deep is ALEC’s Reach into Driving Florida Legislation? | Scathing Purple Musings

How Deep is ALEC’s Reach into Driving Florida Legislation? | Scathing Purple Musings:

How Deep is ALEC’s Reach into Driving Florida Legislation?

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When Orlando Sentinel reporter Leslie Postal used a release from the Democrat Progressive Caucus to report that ALEC was sponsoring another education privatization indoctrination session for state legislators this weekend, a firestorm of coverage erupted. The Koch brothers-funded group doesn’t operate in the open as evidenced by this from Postal:

ALEC has been criticized for proposing “model” legislation — on lots of topics — and then pushing state lawmakers to file bills that closely follow the association’s blueprint.

And that’s what the Democratic caucus doesn’t like, calling ”this interference by outside interests” a “threat to our democracy” i