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rurallib

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1. Thanks for this - used to be impossible to find out

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 07:05 PM

Aug 2019

the name of any attendees.

Drew Klein should ring a bell - he was Branstad's "minder" when Branstad signed the union busting bill several years ago in a private ceremony in the governor's office behind closed doors on a Friday night. The private ceremony was for one person - Drew Klein.

Americans for Prosperity is of course a Koch operation.

This is a pic from iowastartingline.com - I always call it the most obscene picture I have ever seen - pure corruption:

Well for some reason I can't post the picture so here is a link with the pic:
https://iowastartingline.com/2017/02/22/branstad-celebrates-behind-closed-doors-koch-lobbyist/

BTW - Terry Branstad was one of the founders of ALEC.

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Here are the five Iowans that attended the ALEC Annual Meeting. [View all] progressoid Aug 2019 OP

Thanks for this - used to be impossible to find out rurallib Aug 2019 #1

And we'll have to keep an eye on legislation coming from Deyoe and Upmeyer. progressoid Aug 2019 #2

oh yeah - they walk out with an ALEC 'want list' rurallib Aug 2019 #3