Right-wing ‘bill mill’ ALEC sics cops on reporter who discovers hotel meeting with Georgia lawmakers

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A spokesperson for the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) can be seen dispatching sheriff’s deputies in Savannah, Georgia to eject WXIA-TV reporter Brendan Keefe as he tried to cover a meeting the organization set up with state legislators.

The station posted footage of the encounter on Friday morning, showing the ALEC spokesperson, Bill Meierling, get frustrated after Keefe debunks his argument that lobbyists are not involved with the organization.

WXIA also posted a partial transcript of their discussion:

Keefe: Why can’t the people who elected them see the process?
Meierling: This is a private meeting.
Keefe: A private meeting paid for by whom?
Meierling: By our members and donors.
Keefe: [Who] are lobbyists, correct?
Meierling: No.
Keefe: They’re not lobbyists, the ones that we recorded in the bar last night aren’t lobbyists that are here as members?

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/right-wing-bill-mill-alec-sics-cops-on-reporter-who-discovers-hotel-meeting-with-georgia-lawmakers/comments/#disqus

You're busted, ALEC. Question is, when will PBO sic the IRS on ALEC?

[DJ13]

1. Question is, when will PBO sic the IRS on ALEC?

On potential future employers?

Never.

[Katashi_itto]

2. ALEC is for TPP. Wonder how many of these Meetings the President went too?