Is "No On Prop 23" Backer In California Conveniently Green?

Stephen Kruiser ^ | 08/31/10 | Stephen Kruiser

[sdkruiser]

It is almost fitting that the state which is home to the entertainment industry be governed by people who seem to be content with creating illusion rather than dealing with reality. California is on the verge of a monumental financial collapse and Sacramento is filled with blissfully unaware legislators whose only coherent response seems to be crossing their fingers and hoping the bailout fairy comes swooping in for a magical Hollywood ending.

One of the many progressive policies signed into law by faux Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was AB 32, a law known better by the story book name "The Global Warming Solutions Act" ("See that? If we just say it's solved, it'll be solved-magic!"). The law is designed to reduce California's carbon emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. It was foisted upon the public with the worn out "stimulate green jobs" sales pitch that, so far, has proven to be more of a dream than a reality.

The bill is supposed to have created an economic green tech boom in California through the research and development of solar and wind power (the latter of which is becoming increasingly problematic).

As everyone knows, the only "boom" being heard in California's economy at the moment is the sound of its implosion. Proposition 23 seeks to suspend AB 32 and its literal tilting at windmills until the state's 12.2% unemployment rate drops to 5.5% for four consecutive quarters.

[twistedwrench]

The only positive of the passage of prop23 is that a majority of
Californians are waking up to the scam and suspending one
stepping stone in the path to the Socialist Utopia.

SB375 is alive and well and gives CARB authority to regulate
every aspect of life in California.

http://gov.ca.gov/fact-sheet/10707/