PG&E has bankrolled Prop 16 with $35 million of rate payers' money to benefit themselves, not the people.

By now you have probably received the glossy mailers with solar panels and sunflowers, seen the very convincing ads on television, or heard the slick radio spot about the "Taxpayer's Right to Vote" Act, Proposition 16, which will be on the primary election ballot on June 8.
Funny thing is you will not see that title anywhere on your ballot. The reason? The state's Attorney General, Jerry Brown, correctly deemed that title so deceptive and misleading that he changed the legal title. What you will see on your ballot is: "New Two-Thirds Voter Approval Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers."
Written, placed on the ballot, and bankrolled to the tune of $35 million in ratepayer's money by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), Prop 16 imposes a California constitutional amendment for the sole purpose of benefiting a corporate monopoly - PG&E, which has a monopoly in its service territory.
Prop 16 requires a two-thirds supermajority voter approval before any city or group of cities spends any money to explore establishing its own local clean electricity system. Yes, illogical and unfair as it is, voters across the state may be shackled with a two-thirds vote requirement for clean energy by a simple majority on June 8th.
By the way, yes, PG&E is the same giant central and northernCalifornia private electric utility ($1.22 billion in profits in 2009) that poisoned the groundwater of Hinkley, California as depicted in the film "Erin Brockovich." So the deal is, we are being asked to believe that that corporation cares about our right to vote.

By Woody Hastings

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