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Who is Behind Proposition 26? Who Is Backing Proposition 23?
Report from Stanford University campus: On October 22, Sustainable Stanford members highlighted for the voting public who the bad actors are behind Proposition 26: Big Oil, Big Tobacco, and Anheuser-Busch. The university group, working together with environmentalists in the larger Stanford community, has been making sure that campus voters knows who is behind the two initiatives that endanger California's climate. On Stanford campus the word is: No on 26, No on 23.
In photos and two short videos Stanford activists tell Big Oil to get lost. Video length: 28 seconds/20 seconds.
In photos and two short videos Stanford activists tell Big Oil to get lost. Video length: 28 seconds/20 seconds.
Proposition 23, backed by big Texas oil companies Valero and Tesoro is bad enough, but now proponents of another initiative, Proposition 26, are airing deceptive commercials after a last minute influx of money from companies including Chevron. Their tagline? "Protect our right to vote on local taxes". The ads are nothing less than an outright lie; proposition 26 is NOT about relieving the tax burden of individual citizens, it is about helping big corporations keep their profits high at the EXPENSE of citizens.
On the Stanford University campus the word is out: No on 26, No on 23. To dramatize their message, Stanford activists told Big Oil to get lost and voters to beware of corporate greed with a demonstration in front of the campus Valero gas station. They loudly broadcast their message to passing joggers, bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. Street theater in two very short videos show activists telling the "Crotch Brothers" (Koch Brothers) and Valero Oil to mosey on back to Texas and stay OUT of California's business.
Companies like Chevron and Phillip Morris don’t want to be held responsible for the harm they cause. Prop 26 would cost the state $11 billion over the next 10 years, leading to even deeper cuts to education, public safety, health care, environmental protection, and other essential services. Prop 26 would also weaken environmental, consumer, and health safeguards and starve local government services of badly needed revenue.
In addition, big business money is being laundered in order to hide the real intent of Prop 26 from voters. The percentage of Prop 26 funding from Big Oil, Tobacco, and Alcohol is grossly underestimated because it doesn’t take into account how much of their money is being laundered through the Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Action Committee.
On the Stanford University campus the word is out: No on 26, No on 23. To dramatize their message, Stanford activists told Big Oil to get lost and voters to beware of corporate greed with a demonstration in front of the campus Valero gas station. They loudly broadcast their message to passing joggers, bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. Street theater in two very short videos show activists telling the "Crotch Brothers" (Koch Brothers) and Valero Oil to mosey on back to Texas and stay OUT of California's business.
Companies like Chevron and Phillip Morris don’t want to be held responsible for the harm they cause. Prop 26 would cost the state $11 billion over the next 10 years, leading to even deeper cuts to education, public safety, health care, environmental protection, and other essential services. Prop 26 would also weaken environmental, consumer, and health safeguards and starve local government services of badly needed revenue.
In addition, big business money is being laundered in order to hide the real intent of Prop 26 from voters. The percentage of Prop 26 funding from Big Oil, Tobacco, and Alcohol is grossly underestimated because it doesn’t take into account how much of their money is being laundered through the Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Action Committee.
For more information:
http://www.stopprop26.com/
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Chevron is Greenwashing and the timing is curious
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