Big effin' deal
Sen. Curt Bramble is the American Legislative Exchange Council's Legislator of the Year.ALEC is an industry controlled and funded organization that gives utilities, the pharmaceutical, petroleum and tobacco industries and other special interests direct control over legislation being introduced in state houses across the nation.
ALEC's Legislator of the Year award is the equivalent of receiving the "Atomic Wedgie Award" for being the biggest chump in your high school.
Considering, the hand-in-glove relationship between lobbyists and the Utah lawmakers, it was fitting that Bramble, Majority Leader of the Senate, received the award in the Senate Chamber. Jay Maguire, ALEC Co-Chair with Bramble for the State of Utah, presented the award. Maguire is also the head lobbyist for 1-800 Contacts.
Bramble said:
I'm honored by the recognition, but legislative service is a team sport. This is a credit to my colleagues . . .Then he sent out for pizza.
3 Comments:
All advocacy groups get their money from somewhere. You either get your money from the Left or you get it from the Right. To Warchol, it's only an issue if the money comes from the right.
He receives an award from a lobbyist..whoopee! The organization giving him the award, is funded by corporations, particularly tobacco companies. They give these awards to the person who gives them what they want the most. I'm not surprised, he did help make it easier for our kids to use moist snuff while taking thousands in tobacco money and playing golf with tobacco lobbyists at an elite course. What a guy!
This isn't a "left vs. right" issue. ALEC is a nasty, secretive, corrupting organization that uses corporate money to buy state legislators. For the full scoop on this group, see http://www.alecwatch.org/. Bramble supported lowering the tax on "chew" because he gets perks -- subsidized vacations, free meals, and more -- from ALEC. Never mind that it's known to cause horrific cancers of the mouth and esophagus (sometimes only two or three years after the first use) and is frequently used by kids. If he is subject to the corruption of ALEC, Bramble should be voted out of office ASAP.
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