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Your speculation is ill-informed
Your speculation is ill-informed
Posted Sep 24, 2007 3:24 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)In reply to: Your speculation is ill-informed by drag
Parent article: LessWatts.org launches
It is absolutely a governance issue. The partial privatisation of California power was a disaster. For more-than-70-years that power was a public utility, these problems did not exist.
When politicized types start yakking up the "efficiency of the private market" as a justification for tinkering with a public utility that has been working fine for decades, ask yourself for whose benefit this change is being sold.
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Your speculation is ill-informed
Posted Sep 27, 2007 20:27 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]
It should be noted, too, that the privatization occurred with former governor Pete Wilson's personal assistance. They waited until his successor was in office to play their stunt, and then when that successor seemed likely not to pay the bill, they replaced him with a shill.