PLEASE CHECK THE DISCUSSION BOARDS FOR PAST GROUP UPDATES, IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT PROP 16, LINKS TO LIKE MINDED GROUPS, ETC....

Prop 16 will mandate that any local community who wants to expand or upgrade their public utilities, or implement green technologies such as solar or wind, has to hold a local election and must get a 2/3 majority before moving ahead with the project. Also, say you build a house just outside of the public utilities supply area, and you would like them to be your provider, under this loosely worded initiative, just to get hooked up would have go before a community vote and get a 2/3 majority.

Here's the rub. Many municipalities in California have been doing just fine running their own public utilities. Most publicly run utilities, though cheaper than PG&E, run more efficiently, actually run at a profit, and put more cash into the localities purse, keeping that money within a community. By putting any future projects to a vote will probably cost the community in terms of time put off on the project/s to hold the special election, money spent on it, and the possibility that the local measure, which the local area may need desperately, may not pass. A 2/3 majority is not an easy majority to obtain. Matter of fact, it is arguably one of the reasons our state is in the mess it is in. To be honest, if Prop 16 mandated a simple 51% majority vote, I would probably not be as opposed as I am. And since this measure is an amendment to our states constitution, it will take another proposition to annul it.

This measure, very deceptively named "Taxpayers Right to Vote", is financed entirely by PG&E, and I have come to the conclusion that it is actually a power grab, an effort by PG&E to further monopolize our state's power grid. Please vote NO on Prop 16. This measure is bad for California, and not needed.

Please, join my group and invite your fellow Californian friends. I will send out an email every week or two to let you know what's going on. One last favor, if you know of any other groups that have the same goals, please let me know so that I may make an effort to join forces with them. Because, as far as I know right now, this is the only group in opposition to Prop 16.

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PLEASE CHECK THE DISCUSSION BOARDS FOR PAST GROUP UPDATES, IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT PROP 16, LINKS TO LIKE MINDED GROUPS, ETC....

Prop 16 will mandate that any local community who wants to expand or upgrade their public utilities, or implement green technologies such as solar or wind, has to hold a local election and must get a 2/3 majority before moving ahead with the project. Also, say you build a house just outside of the public utilities supply area, and you would like them to be your... (read more)