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I need someone who can break the current logjam with the unions like the AFL-CIO and IBEW and get them on board to organize and build the clean energy fossil free future that they will profit from and their children will get the chance to survive in. That’s why I am wholeheartedly endorsing her as my choice in this election.
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The Greenius says, the state should call this the Dunce Cap program since it makes fools out of anyone who thinks this is the way to get solar power on all the roofs in California that can generate clean, green renewable energy. It isn’t and it never will be. Judged on the results, the current programs sucks.
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