HP, Deere, CVS, MillerCoors, BestBuy Exit Controversial ALEC

[kpete]

Source: International Business Times

HP, Deere, CVS, MillerCoors, BestBuy Exit Controversial ALEC

Five more companies, including Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer maker, have left the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since the Feb. 26 killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, in Sanford, Fla.

ALEC is a Washington, D.C.-based group that lobbies for laws in state legislatures, including the "stand your ground" law. George Zimmerman, 28, who's been charged with second-degree murder in the case, has cited the law as part of his defense.

The others to resign are CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), private MillerCoors LLC and BestBuy (NYSE: BBY), respective giants in drugstores, tractors, beer and electronics retailing.

Last month, Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, quit ALEC after the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and other liberal groups launched anti-ALEC activities. Nearly 30 companies and nonprofits have quit by now.





Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/361480/20120710/alec-hp-trayvon-martin-quit-deere-cvs.htm

[cstanleytech]

1. I am willing to bet that the companies involved in ALEC will just form something with a new name or

names who perform the same service ALEC did before it became to well known and made it difficult for them to hide its fingerprints being on varies bills and laws.

[PatrynXX]

3. John Deere is about as right wing as they come

so I can't imagine John Deere fully left ALEC. that and they are corrupt , and are always guilty of ageism

[wordpix]

2. Meg Whitman is still CEO at HP? I don't think so but I love it she lost after spending $140 million

Way to go, Meg girl, that's the way to "invest" in America.

At least she spread the wealth around, but it was to her fellow R's.

[newthinking]

4. They are probably just forming a new one. "Charity" so they can hide from view

[cgnick]

5. Yup

[lionel]

6. Salt Lake City ALEC Welcoming Committee Call to Action! Visit ALECwc.org and join the FUN in SLC

ALEC Welcoming Committee Call to Action!

Posted by ALEC-WC

Visit [link: ALECwc.org| ALECwc.org] and join the FUN in SLC July 23-28. Take down ALEC!

We the people of Salt Lake City invite all those opposed to the tyranny of the 1% to join us from July 23-28th 2012 in providing a warm welcome for the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council. This annual meeting by ALEC is paid for and attended by corporate sponsors who sit behind closed doors with our elected state legislators. At these meetings laws are created without the voice of the people that will later benefit those same corporate sponsors at the expense of our communities.

ALEC functions as the most influential mechanism by which corporations maintain their dominance over people and policy by occupying our political institutions. ALEC is responsible for thirty nine years worth of oppressive legislation. Model legislation proposed by ALEC and enacted by our elected representatives have destroyed workers rights and strangled free speech. These model policies have driven the privatization of agriculture, education, health care, and the prison industry all at the expense of the ecosystems that sustain us.

We will not allow this systemic corruption to continue. We the people have developed direct democratic communities and processes to challenge the status quo. We call for a local and national convergence of these communities from July 23-28 in Salt Lake City. We remain committed to nonviolence as we provide an open and inclusive space for resistance, rebellion and a diversity of tactics. We the People demand our frustrations be known as we develop solutions together where the voice of the people is heard over the the voice of the corporations. It is by solidarity through struggle that we will find our greatest strength.

With Love,

ALEC Welcoming Committee of Occupy Salt Lake

[link: ALECwc.org|ALECwc.org]

P.S.
Bring a tent. Pitchforks Optional.