Conservative Legislative Group ALEC To Meet In Grapevine
By Vince Leibowitz
The ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council will meet in Grapevine next week for its annual meeting with several high-profile Republicans--including two Texans--slated to address the group.
In addition to former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texan Dick Armey (former House Majority Leader) and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings--also a Texan--are slated to address the group.
According to its website, ALEC was founded, "morethan a quarter century ago, a small group of state legislators and conservative policy advocates met in Chicago to implement a vision: A bipartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who shared a common belief in limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty..." eith the mission of "advancing the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty among America's state legislators..."
You can check out the agenda for the annual meeting here. Note that some of the topics include "Disorder in the Courts—Litigating Public Policy," and "Charter Schools and Beyond."
No wonder they decided to hold it in Texas.
No word on what legislators from Texas will be attending the convention. In spite of the special session, I suspect quite a few Texans will be making the trip up to Grapevine.
Vince Leibowitz is County Chairman of the Democratic Party of Van Zandt County. He may be reached at Vince_Leibowitz@bluebottle.com.
Posted by Vince Leibowitz at July 30, 2005 04:58 PM
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