Yes on Prop 16:
The biggest supporter for the "Yes" vote is the electric company PG&E, which is Pacific Gas and Electric. They have given $34.5 million to the campaign for the “Yes” vote and are the only contributors to the “yes” campaign. Recently PG&E have announced that they expect to spend around $35 million on the campaign.
In fact, the reason why PG&E is very interested in supporting the “Yes” votes on Prop 16 is because this will help them gain more profits since they will be the main company that the state will rely on in getting their electric service from. They realize that it will bring less competition and the two-thirds vote doesn’t affect them because since the state government is not given the option of starting new electric service in different areas without majority accepting and that will allow them to raise prices or do any changes because they are the dependent company.
In fact, the reason why PG&E is very interested in supporting the “Yes” votes on Prop 16 is because this will help them gain more profits since they will be the main company that the state will rely on in getting their electric service from. They realize that it will bring less competition and the two-thirds vote doesn’t affect them because since the state government is not given the option of starting new electric service in different areas without majority accepting and that will allow them to raise prices or do any changes because they are the dependent company.
No on Prop 16:
There is not a major interest group that supports or donates money towards voting "No" on prop 16 campaign. Most of the support comes from small groups in the community and have low budgets compared to what PG&E has invested on the campaign for the "Yes" vote. How ever the points brought up in this video shows how even with a low budget to work with, community members are able to inform citizens on why to vote "No" for prop 16 and shows them why PG&E manipulates people by rewording words so it sounds better and gains support because it seems like its giving more power to the people, or the tax payers to be more exact.
In this video it shows how a citizen who supports "No" on prop 16 interviews a random individual and shows him how the word choice used by PG& E to describe the proposition as the "Taxpayer's Right to Vote" Act is only used so that it seems it is for the people, when really its for PG&E's interest. In this video its a success because they are able to show the citizen why to vote by making him realize the actual facts.
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