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Kentucky ALEC Politicians
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This is a partial list of Kentucky politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)
Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.
Kentucky Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Ron Crimm (R-33); Public Safety and Elections Task Force,[1] Civil Justice Task Force Alternate [2]
- Rep. Robert R. Damron (D-39); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[3]; quoted in an August 2011 Bloomberg interview as saying he no longer attends ALEC meetings because ALEC has “become, in the last few years, so partisan. . . The last meeting I went to, they spent all their time bashing Democrats. I don’t particularly care for an organization that’s so partisan.”[4]
- Rep. Jim DeCesare (R-21); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[5]
- Rep. Joseph M. Fischer (R-68); Public Safety and Elections Task Force [1]
- Rep. Mike Harmon (R-54)[6], State Chairman[7][8]
- Rep. Brad Montell (R-58); Education Task Force[9]
- Rep. David Osborne (R-59); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[10]
- Rep. Ruth Palumbo (D-76); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[11]
- Rep. Tom Riner (D-41) [12]
- Rep. Sal Santoro (R-60); Public Safety and Elections Task Force [1]
- Rep. Ben Waide (R-10), member of ALEC's Education Task Force[13]
- Rep. Addia K. Wuchner (R-66)[6]; Education Task Force[14] and International Relations Task Force[15]
- Rep. Jill York (R-96); Education Task Force[16]
Senate
- Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr (D-27).; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[17] and Communications and Technology Task Force[18]
- Sen. Tom Buford (R-22)[6], State Chairman[7]
- Sen. Julian M. Carroll (D-7); Public Safety and Elections Task Force [1]
- Sen. Carroll Gibson (R-5); Communications and Technology Task Force[19]
- Sen. Julie Denton (R-36)[6]; Health and Human Services Task Force[20]
- Sen. David P. Givens (R-9); Education Task Force[21]
- Sen. Denise Harper-Angel (D-35); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[22] - Sen. Harper-Angel told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that she had requested to leave ALEC.[23] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. Ernie Harris (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[24]
- Sen. Jimmy Higdon (R-14); Communications and Technology Task Force[25]
- Sen. Ray S. Jones, II (D-31); Civil Justice Task Force[26] - Sen. Jones told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that he had requested to leave ALEC.[23] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. Alice Kerr (R-12); Health and Human Services Task Force[27]
- Sen. Gerald A. Neal (D-33); Communications and Technology Task Force[28]
- Sen. Dorsey Ridley (D-4); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[29]
- Sen. John Schickel (R-11); International Relations Task Force[30]
- Sen. Daniel Seum (R-38); Public Safety and Elections Task Force[31]
- Sen. Brandon Smith (R-30); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[32]
- Sen. Kathy W. Stein (D-13); Communications and Technology Task Force[33] - Sen. Stein told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that she had requested to leave ALEC.[23] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. Robert Stivers (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force[34]
Former Legislators
- Rep. Brent Housman (R-3); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[35]
- Rep. John D. Westwood (R-23); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[36]
Former Senators
- Sen. David E. Boswell [12]
- Sen. Tom Jensen (R-21), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[37] , spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[38]
- Sen. Vernie D. McGaha (R-15); Education Task Force[39]
- Sen. Joey Pendleton (D-3); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[40] and Health and Human Services Task Force[41]
- Sen. Tom Philpot [12]
- Sen. Richard Roeding [42]
- Sen. Tim Shaughnessy (D-19); Health and Human Services Task Force[43] - Sen. Shaughnessy told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that he had requested to leave ALEC.[23] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. Jack Westwood (R-23)[6]
- Sen. Leader David Williams (R-16), ALEC Legislator of the Year (year unknown),[44] registered for ALEC conferences with taxpayer funds in 2007-2009 (partially refunded by ALEC's "scholarship fund" in 2009)[45]
- Sen. Kenneth W. Winters (R-1); Education Task Force[46]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
- ↑ ALEC Task Force Packet August 2010, Common Cause, August 2010
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ Alison Fitzgerald, Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States, Bloomberg, August 10, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Education Task Force Members, organizational document, July 1, 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause on April 26, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Kenny Colston, Several Senate Democrats Remain ALEC Members, KPR-Frankfort, local NPR affiliate news radio station, May 18, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Public Safety Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy," annual meeting speaker biographies and materials, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ Sen. David Williams, Kentucky Legislature: Senator David L. Williams (R), state governmental biography, accessed June 2012
- ↑ Curtis Morrison, ALEC legislator dues paid by Kentucky taxpayers, Louisville Courant blog, May 9, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
