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Floridians for Solar Choice reports
[November 8,] Florida voters rejected Amendment 1--the utility-backed proposal that sought to limit the growth of customer-owned solar power in the Sunshine State.
In a true David and Goliath battle, a diverse grassroots coalition of more than 200 organizations, solar companies, elected officials, and thousands of concerned citizens worked to defeat the deceptive utility-backed amendment. Amendment 1 opponents feel that a significant percentage of the "yes" voters felt they were tricked once they understood the true nature of the ballot measure. Constitutional amendments in Florida require 60 percent support to pass.
The millions of dollars in slick ad buys and glossy mailers did not win the day as opponents of Amendment 1 successfully harnessed social and earned media to educate Floridians about the true intent of this deceptive proposal while tapping a vast network of organizations, solar businesses and supporters who remain committed to growing--not restricting--Florida's solar industry.
[...] "In all my years of public service, I had never seen such a thinly-veiled attempt to intentionally mislead Florida voters" [...] said Mike Fasano (R), a former state Senator and current tax collector of Pasco County Tax.
Previously, PhilSalkie pointed out how easy it was to be confused by the competing proposals and other Soylentils weighed in on the disgusting state of electric infrastructure in Florida.
Florida Voters [Overwhelmingly] Approve Solar Energy Tax Break Constitutional Amendment
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @06:46PM
If non-corrupt legislators can earn more money running corporations, all the non-corrupt ones will leave. The only ones remaining will be the ones who earn a living by being corrupt.
To reduce corruption, we ought to pay each state legislator millions of dollars per year. (8 or even 9 figures for California, 7 for the smaller states)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @09:14PM
Better idea: Put the crooks in jail.
To do that, appoint special prosecutors.
N.B. Kamala Harris is now Senator-elect for California (to replace the retiring Barbara Boxer).
Harris has been California's Attorney General for 6 years.
In that time, she has been opposed to appointing special prosecutors (to e.g. go after cops who shoot unarmed people in the back).
If for no other reason, I find that to be a reason to not vote for her.
(Harris' opponent for Senate was also a pretty typical (bad) politician, so I ended up putting a mark beside each of their names, thereby voting against both.)
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday November 19 2016, @01:09AM
Running a corporation requires more skills than being a state legislator, even if you do it badly.
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