Out of respect to voters, we - @BenZolno and @noonprop16 - wanted to wait until 100% of the results came in. Now we can officially say that WE WON.
The winners are not just the people who fought PG&E's $50 million traditional one-way mainstream media disinformation campaign by using one millionth the budget -- $50 -- to create an unconventional multi-way social media conversation campaign, which began with the video below.
The winners are not just the official No on Prop 16 campaign who fought this before it even got on the ballot, using one 500th the budget of PG&E.
The winners are not just all the activists on Twitter and Facebook and email and phone and their friends' ears, who saw through the scam that tried to change the constitution, so that taxpayers never get a right to vote, tried to kill any hopes of communities to create competition for private-utility monopolies, tried to revoke communities' right to decide what fuel source gives them their power.
The winners are not only the Californians who can switch to 100% cleaner, cheaper renewable energy, create local jobs and regain a new sense of pride.
The winners are not only the rest of the United States, which looks to California to be a leader in energy policy, and thus can also gain the benefits of investing in local, renewable energy.
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Because Prop 16's failure assures communities will now be able to greatly reduce mercury, carbon and other toxins into the environment -- where we live -- we can now add a few more winners to the list.
The winners also include the species who rely on air for their breathing supply.
The winners include the species who rely on water for their drinking supply.
The winners include the species who rely on the ocean for food, habitat and fun.
The winners also include our children, who can now see their parents are not only interested in short-term, careless, callous convenience, but also invested in their childrens' future.
And considering that Marin county's Marin Clean Energy CCA alone is going to be able to reduce its carbon footprint by five times all their other initiatives combined, in their first completed phase alone, communities can finally see the light of how to best transition to a world with less fresh water, less fossil fuel, and less corporate control over our government.