This Post-Dispatch editorial lays out the reasons for corporations to finally leave ALEC. We are looking forward to getting that Missouri Ethics Report to see which Missouri companies are sponsoring ALEC's "Missouri Night." We also want to know which legislators take the free junket.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-express-scripts-right-to-end-its-participation-in-alec/article_f48b9352-3b71-5700-b882-f644950ec6ac.html
Missouri corporations know when they're lobbying.
The companies sponsoring ALEC's Missouri Night will report their expenses to the Missouri Ethics Commission under lobbying laws, just as they did after last year's ALEC convention, where they wined and dined Missouri lawmakers in New Orleans.
Because Missouri has no limits on lobbyists' gifts (unlike most other states), lawmakers can take any amount of money they desire from lobbyists and corporations seeking to "educate" them about various legislative proposals.
That corporations want to influence legislation is not unusual or inappropriate. But corporations should be honest about it and not use layer upon layer of obfuscation to hide their support for the sort of legislation that might embarrass their shareholders or their customers.
Good for Express Scripts for ending its part in the charade.
Who's next?
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-express-scripts-right-to-end-its-participation-in-alec/article_f48b9352-3b71-5700-b882-f644950ec6ac.html#ixzz21CVB3PCd
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