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| The Nation |
If ALEC thought they could slink in and out of this city under cover of darkness, they don't know Chicago very well. We don't play here.
According to ALEC, up to 2,000 state legislators and lobbyists are expected to be meeting behind closed doors inside the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago. Although ALEC’s leaders have told the press its meetings are open to the public, reporters have been blocked from meetings where corporations and politicians vote as equals, bounced from other meetings, denied credentials, and even threatened with arrest. -- Capitol Fax
Stand up! Sit down!
“This is a union town,” Sharkey says. “ALEC’s vision for the future of austerity is
