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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, @07:38PM
The good news is that it was just an appeal to their representatives to represent that.
The bad news was that the way it was actually written was incredibly destructive to freedom of speech. It sounds all warm fuzzies and happy puppies to declare that spending money does not equate to speech, but the consequence of that is that any expenditure of money can be regulated and/or taxed punitively to the point that it's a back door to suppressing speech.
Volunteer your time? That's monetary value, citizen. Did you report it? Within the mandatory 48-hour period? With your real name? Using our online form? Maybe you bought a soda to wet your whistle while yelling on the street corner? Same thing - you better have filled in Form 811733-A(version C) and submitted it with a receipt and a notarised statement of purpose. You didn't? Oh dear, here comes the treble cost + $1,000 fine...
I'll trust politicians with judgements about expenditures shortly after Satan invests in central heating and woolly socks.