Critics expose 'bill factory for corporate wish lists'
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 8:07 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 12, 2012 10:30 PM PDT
PHOENIX (CBS 5) -
It's been called a "bill factory for corporate wish lists," one a report claimed has more than 50 Arizona lawmakers in its back pocket.
It's powerful people who should be looking out for you, but are they?
"What happens inside ALEC is very secret. They don't want the public to know," said former Sen. John Loredo.
It sounds like something out of a movie, a secret society lawmakers know about but you don't - until now.
"Arizonans know what is best for Arizona. We don't need someone else's template and we don't want someone else's control," said teacher Janie Hydrick.
Hydrick was talking about a group called ALEC.
It's like a super lobbyist that attracts your Republican lawmakers and big corporations to fancy retreats where they