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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumALEC has a new chief, and she's bullish on Scott Walker
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/alec-has-a-new-chief-and-she-s-bullish-on/article_22890cbb-134a-54f7-9d89-fe3deb020a8e.htmlThe American Legislative Exchange Council's new leader sees Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as a model for conservative reform.
"I think a lot of states should be looking at Gov. Walker and the Assembly in Madison in terms of looking at how you can make that change and how you can curtail the growth of whether its the unions or any other faction that is stemming growth and competition, incoming ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson told Watchdog.org, the conservative news group that includes the Wisconsin Reporter.
Nelson was an aide to Newt Gingrich, serving for three years as his public liaison when Gingrich was speaker of the House in the 1990s. She also has worked on ALEC model legislation on behalf of AOL and Time-Warner and Visa, she said in this interview with Washington Post blogger Niraj Chokshi. She's also a former executive director of GOPAC, a group dedicated to recruiting and promoting new Republican leaders.
ALEC has gotten a lot of ink in recent years as left-leaning groups sought to expose the extent of its influence on legislation proposed by conservative state legislators.
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ALEC has a new chief, and she's bullish on Scott Walker (Original Post)
hue
Jul 2014
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Wounded Bear
(58,654 posts)1. I think you misspelled...
"bullshit."
hue
(4,949 posts)2. True that!! Thanks!
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)3. ALEC = Third Way, but without the "bi-partisan" facade
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. Scott Wanker is a model, all right. A non-working replica of the real thing.
littlemissmartypants
(22,656 posts)5. Wonder what she is getting paid. eom