"Corporate Lobby ALEC Aims at U.S. City Councils With New Group"

Good to talk to Tim Jones at Bloomberg News for this one.

“There’s a lot of money to be made in local government,” said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who specializes in campaign finance.

Levinson said that for the new group, “privatization makes perfect sense, working hand in glove with corporations makes perfect sense, moving the agenda or expanding the agenda to county and city makes perfect sense.”

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As for the American City County Exchange, its next goals are gathering more members and honing ideas to pitch to local officials, Russell said.

“People are realizing that a lot of work happens at the local level,” said Loyola’s Levinson.