Walt Klein Associates

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<p><b>Walt Klein</b> (Owned PR company Walt Klein Associates): Walt

Klein was from Denver and owned a PR firm specializing in grassroots

work. Klein moved to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Winston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Winston (page does not exist)">Winston</a>-<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Salem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salem (page does not exist)">Salem</a> NC area and started working for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/R.J._Reynolds" title="R.J. Reynolds" class="mw-redirect">R.J. Reynolds</a>, apparently as a contractor. His contact person at R.J. Reynolds was Tom Griscom. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/sne01d00">http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/sne01d00</a>

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    <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Tobaccowiki" title="Category:Tobaccowiki">Tobaccowiki</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">Stubs</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Tobacco_documents_biographies" title="Category:Tobacco documents biographies">Tobacco documents biographies</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Grassroots" title="Category:Grassroots">Grassroots</a></li></ul></div></div><p><b>Walt Klein & Associates</b> (WKA) is a Denver-based

marketing/PR company that boasts on its website that "by controlling

more of the communications process, we keep the brand message consistent

and relevant. That's the power of integration".<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.wka.com/framePortfolio.html">[1]</a>.</p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></h2>

<p>Walt Klein & Associates has been a corporate funder of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC).<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Walt_Klein_%26_Associates#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup> See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations" title="ALEC Corporations">ALEC Corporations</a> for more.</p>

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is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it

is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state

legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations

fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task

forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with

elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for

Media and Democracy's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alecexposed.org/">ALECexposed.org</a>, and check out breaking news on our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.PRWatch.org">PRWatch.org site</a>.</div>

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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>

<p>On August 31, 2004 Ken Bergquist registered the www.voteno37.com domain name for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_Sensible_Energy_Choices" title="Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices">Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Front_group" title="Front group" class="mw-redirect">front group</a>

largely funded by power utilities opposing a Colorado initiative to

pass a Renewable Energy Standard requiring 10% of the state's

electricity to be sourced from wind and solar. The initiative will be on

the ballot in November 2004.</p>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Walt_Klein" title="Walt Klein">Walt Klein</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cheryl_Klein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cheryl Klein (page does not exist)">Cheryl Klein</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ken_Bergquist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ken Bergquist (page does not exist)">Ken Bergquist</a></li></ul>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Other_SourceWatch_resources">Other SourceWatch resources</span></h2>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_Sensible_Energy_Choices" title="Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices">Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices</a></li></ul>

<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_details">Contact details</span></h2>

<p>Walt Klein and Associates,

600 17th Street, Suite 2710 South

Denver, Colorado, 80202

Phone 303 298 8015

Fax: 303 298 8194

Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.wka.com">http://www.wka.com</a></p>