Investigating Power
Solar-energy supporters fighting proposed constitutional Amendment 1 on the November ballot expressed outrage Wednesday after a policy director for a Tallahassee-based think tank was caught on tape discussing utility-industry efforts to deceive voters.
Critics of Amendment 1 on next month’s ballot in Florida teed off on the sponsors of that measure on Wednesday, following an explosive report in the Miami Herald quoting a policy director with the James Madison Institute as saying the utility industry is trying to deceive voters into supporting restrictions on solar power by supporting the amendment.
Solar power will be on the ballot in November. Amendment 1 is being billed as pro-consumer, but it’s being backed by big money donors.
Florida’s utilities industry attempted to deceive voters into supporting restrictions on the expansion of solar by shrouding Amendment 1 as a pro-solar amendment.
Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina won’t stop suppressing the vote.
Oligarchs like Washington Post owner/Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lead the corporate push for privatization of public schools.
A conservative nonprofit with links to ExxonMobil Corp. could face excessive lobbying and private benefit charges from the IRS if the agency decided to launch an investigation.
The pernicious effects are taking deep root and fostering cultures of corruption at all levels of government.
Two watchdog groups are accusing the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) of abusing its nonprofit status, pointing to information about ExxonMobil Corp. as proof.
Exxon found itself in hot water not long ago when it was revealed that the company had known for nearly 40 years that they were destroying the climate with their emissions, and now state attorneys general want answers.