Maine blogger Gerald Weinand, an architect married to an elementary school teacher, posted last night about the
ALEC inspired "Parental Trigger" bill introduced by Amy Volk:
http://www.dirigoblue.com/diary/2924/aec-inspired-parental-trigger-bill-introduced-by-amy-volkWeinand also wrote:
Sen. Richard Rosen (R-Hancock) is the Maine state chair of ALEC. I have filed a FOAA request with him and the Maine Attorney General requesting information on which other legislators are members and for correspondence they have had with ALEC.
The FOAA is Maine's Freedom of Access Act:
http://www.maine.gov/foaa/faq/Weinand made the request after emailing Rosen about ALEC and not getting any response:
http://www.dirigoblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2841Link to the separate topic about how ALEC is behind the "Parent Trigger" bills being introduced across the country:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x867471You can find much more information about what this group is doing in the long compilation topic on the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has hundreds of replies and links.