Comments on: PG&E antes up to oppose local energy choice

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:25:17 +0000

What’s “Huxley style double speak”?

By: Ann Sakamoto

Ann Sakamoto — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:25:52 +0000

PG&E should be ashamed of themselves for using such a title to further their own agenda.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:45:02 +0000

“Like Huffington said today in her blog, the corruption we are seeing now stems directly from Enron et al,”

Adriana is always a reliable source. Here is the rallying cry of her and her fellow travelers:

IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!

By: Cynthia Koval

Cynthia Koval — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:36:09 +0000

Don’t you just love the Huxley style double speak they use to confuse the public? “Taxpayers Right to Vote Act”…what a crock! The problem: Even though the internet allows the truth to peek through, as in this discussion, does this information get out to a larger audience? Our newscasts are polluted with story after story about Michael Jackson (no disrespect intended) and crime, the more sensational the better. Like Huffington said today in her blog, the corruption we are seeing now stems directly from Enron et al, only these schemes have become ever more sophisticated. And now, instead of just shareholders being swindled it’s spread to the U.S. Treasury and every tax payer. Where’s the surprise in that, when leaders of our government are interchangable with corporate honchos. This is called fascism, no? To right these wrongs in energy and all else, we need to get our democracy back.

By: Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:41:30 +0000

PG&E should mind their own business!

This misnamed “Taxpayers Right to Vote Act” does just the opposite and makes it more difficult for voters to get their electricity elsewhere at lower costs.

Nice try, PG&E!

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:30:16 +0000

“They purposely bankrupted the power company, sent all liquid assets to the parent company, then the officers were given huge bonuses for doing it.”

Aided, abetted and encouraged by the geniuses in our CA leg.

So proud of the leg. Everything they touch turns to excrement. We need a part time leg. which meets only on the first Tuesday in August during leap years.

By: Mike Bullock

Mike Bullock — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:54:32 +0000

I don’t understand this “right to vote”. Didn’t the city elect the councilmembers? Don’t the elected city council members then have the right and responsibility to conduct business? What makes this issue different? This looks like a PG&E self-serving power grab. And where did they get all the money that they are going to use to try to get this to pass? I would prefer that they spend their extra money on going to renewables.

By: Chip Ashley

Chip Ashley — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:50:42 +0000

Right on, Cynthia! Also, one of the best reasons to go smaller is to get rid of ugly long transmission lines. The smaller you go, the more lines you get rid of. The whole country could go off-grid right now and do away with most of the ugly spider web.

By: Troutbum

Troutbum — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:58:37 +0000

PG&E is a morally corrupt corporation. They purposely bankrupted the power company, sent all liquid assets to the parent company, then the officers were given huge bonuses for doing it. Then they raised rates (approved by their puppets, the PUC) to make us pay for them to reorganize. They try to counter cities and irrigation districts who want to take over their service by telling people that using eminent domain to take over their service is wrong, when they use it all the time themselves.

By: Cynthia Koval

Cynthia Koval — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:04:23 +0000

In answer to RR, Uninvited, and to put it simply, there is absolutely nothing wrong with large, except when it morphs to brawn. Decentralization is a smarter move, economically (for consumers) and environmentally.