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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:03 PM

We still don't know why the American Legislative Exchange Council's former chief Alan Smith was canned, but there's some interesting back-scratching and grassroots history at the outfit.

Turns out the ties to the telecom industry in ALEC's leadership go further than we already reported. The largest campaign contributor to the elected official who serves as ALEC's board  chairman, Tom Craddick, during the 2008 election cycle turns out to be .....AT&T. According to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, AT&T contributed $101,500 -- more than double the amount from the next largest contributor, and almost 4 per cent of his total take.

At the time, Craddick was still Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, having survived an attempt by fellow Republicans to oust him in 2007. He eventually lost the post to a more moderate Republican in early 2009 but retained his seat in the House. AT&T is described in the Texas press as a longtime supporter of Craddick, and was also a major sponsor of an annual charity golf tournament held annually since 2003, bearing Craddick's name. The AT&T Foundation also contributed $250,000 towards a $1 million 2007 renovation of Craddicks state-provided apartment (the renovation included a $1,066 brass-trimmed toilet, among other decorator touches) according to the Ft. Worth Star Telegram.

Prior to being named ALEC acting Executive Director, Ronald Scheberle was a senior consultant for Bingham Consulting, a firm that "helps national and global companies create and execute effective multi-state legal political strategies that are particularly essential in state-regulated industries" according to its website, and whose clients include "financial services, pharmaceuticals, multimedia, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, and homeland and national security areas, to name a few."

Scheberle's own bio on the Bingham site says that while he worked for Verizon and GTE, he was "instrumental in developing and directing: 50-state legislative/governmental key contact program; Issue management and advocacy programs on dozens of corporate jugular issues; Coalition management program; PAC and corporate political contributions planning; strategy and implementation program; Multicultural marketing program utilizing the Advocacy Team." It also notes that he has "extensive experience developing and implementing grass roots advocacy plans."

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