Speaker Pelosi Voices Prop 16 Opposition, Fiorina and Whitman Break Away in Polling
By Dan AielloCalifornia Progress Report
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced her opposition to state ballot proposition 16 on Sunday, as many consumer rights advocates worried PG&E's last minute spending would be enough to pass the anti-consumer measure.
Prop 16 is the ballot initiative that would limit the ability of cities and counties to go into the public power business, while preventing existing public utility providers, like Sacramento Municipal Utility District from either expanding services or service area.
PG&E has used legitimate voter concern over the state's fiscal woes to offer its unrelated and self-serving prop 16 as the solution.
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