Issue Position: Clean and Open Government

Issue Position

"So multifarious have become corporate affairs, so many concessions and privileges have been accorded them by legislation, -- so many more are sought by further legislation, -- that their specially retained representatives are either elected to office, directly in their interests, or maintained in a perpetual lobby to serve them." --Robert M. La Follette

Legislators are meant to sit at the table with their constituents, not with representatives of corporate interests. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) facilitates legislators outsourcing their jobs to a corporate funded and driven institution that functions as a shadow government. This is unacceptable in a democracy.

"In a government where the people are sovereign why are these things tolerated? Why are there no remedies promptly applied and the evils eradicated?" -- Robert M. La Follette

Legislation should be conceived in the open air and in the light of day.

Legislation should be passed by deliberate proceedings, not in a last minute rush past opponents and the public.

Legislators should be accountable to the people, and should serve the people.

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