Posted on 07/12/2012 6:53:08 AM PDT by listenhillary
July 10, 2012 12:21 pm By Philip Marcelo
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Drugstore giant CVS Caremark is among the latest corporate sponsors dropping their support of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, a business-backed national conservative group.
CVS Caremark joined John Deere, MillerCoors, HP and Best Buy in deciding not to fund ALEC, according to ColorOfChange.org, an organization opposed to the stricter voter-identification laws ALEC advocates for.
ColorOfChange issued a news release Tuesday with this comment from Larry Burton, CVS Caremark senior vice-president for government affairs:
"Over the last few weeks, we have closely followed the issues surrounding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and have heard from numerous stakeholders expressing their views. As a result, after careful consideration of the available information, CVS Caremark has discontinued its membership in ALEC."
How shameful that the Obama Administration and the puppeteers who control it are intimidating the businesses who have sponsored those conservative efforts!
Every conservative organization should call out to their members to make their objections known to every business which has withdrawn support for ALEC.
This is America!!!!
If you can, find a locally-owned drug store near your home. My family did and we are sooooo glad. We get much more personal service. They know us and they know our doctor which makes communication between all much easier.
Kubota makes a very fine tractor, I wish I had one. I must say that I love my JD 318s. Great little garden tractors.
Wow - now at least two of our customers are on this list. :-( I knew of MC and their involvement with the yearly “Folsom St. Fair” - yuck.
We have several Ford tractors, an old Farmall and one old, nonworking John Deere.
We have a crappy JD Gator that has never worked properly- the plugs keep getting fouled. Won’t be an issue for us to discontinue using JD. And shame on them.
Great. Now I have to find another brand of beer too.
Ours is an old Ford 2000 3-cyl diesel. Late 60s or early 70s vintage.
Water pump ceased up on it, so now I have a big job to do. Gotta remove the radiator to get at it, since the fan and water pump are all one assembly using the same pulley.
I’m not looking forward to that job, but I’ve gotta do it before too long.
Makes me long for a new, or slightly used, Kubota.
I use a local Drug Store. There are advantages.
I'm not. I gotta get my prescriptions somewhere. If I boycott CVS, that would leave Walgreens. Is Walgreens on the list? If not, I'm sure they soon will be.
Try using a small local pharmacy. Many often take insurance plans. All it takes is a phone call or two to shop around.
You might just keep a small conservative business owner in business.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.