I'm sorry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdcaBbVVUTs
On Oct 2, 1:18 am, EcoConnoisseur <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All Space Owners and Coworkers, > > This month will be an all out War against Prop 23 in California! > Although, our space is focused on supporting the green business/ > cleantech community and we are working together to defeat the > Proposition to suspend AB32, I still need your help: > > I am feeling troubled with the poll numbers and I need help energizing > young people and students. I am eager to learn more about more > approaches, but if I take a step back and think about the "medium" > that reaches me the fastest way possible... the "Good news" youtube > video that's gone viral does the job! 100k, 200k, 500k, 1million > views, and I get fired up! > > So please watch my latest youtube video at least once or twice > (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdcaBbVVUTs), click the "share" buttons for > Facebook, Twitter, etc. and ask people to "share" it with a message: > No on Prop 23! Our space was selected for a TV show called, Next 500, > which takes you inside the most innovative and captivating companies > set to one day emerge as Fortune 500 powerhouses. This was honor for > us and we want to share this with all of you! > > Just getting passionate at 1am! I need to know if coworking has a > voice in statewide politics and I think people listen to views, likes, > and shares... Thoughts anyone? > > Will you help me? > > This is an article that lays out some of our greatest fears (also see > attached): > > Proposition 23 poll shows a dead heat among California > voters:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/proposition-23-pol... > > A recent PPIC poll, similar to the LA Times one last week, shows us > that we have our work cut out for us. According to the Poll: > Likely voters are divided on Proposition 23 (43% yes, 42% no, 15% > don’t know), which would suspend California’s air pollution control > law (AB 32) until unemployment falls to at least 5.5 percent for a > full year. The divide is reflected across parties, regions, and > demographic groups. Half of Democrats (48%) would vote no, a plurality > of Republicans (45%) would vote yes, and independents are split (43% > no, 42% yes). > > Proponents of this measure—as well as the other propositions in the > PPIC survey—have linked the outcome to economic recovery. Proposition > 23’s advocates contend that AB 32 will cost the state large numbers of > jobs in tough economic times, while opponents say the law encourages > growth of green jobs. Asked what impact state actions to reduce global > warming will have on jobs, a plurality (41%) of likely voters in the > PPIC survey say the result will be more jobs, 24 percent say the > number of jobs will not be affected, and 26 percent see fewer jobs as > the result. > > An overwhelming majority (81%) of likely voters say the outcome of > Proposition 23 is very important (45%) or somewhat important (36%) to > them, with 53 percent of those who plan to vote yes and 45 percent of > those who plan to vote no viewing the outcome as very important. > > Second, scary scenario is in the works as KPBS reported: > > "The last number I saw there are more than 40,600 people working in > green and clean tech companies in San Diego and Imperial Counties," > said Jim Waring, chairman of CleanTECH San Diego. > > Waring said suspending AB 32 may send green tech investment money to > other states or countries. > > "We talk to companies that move here because they see potential to > grow their businesses here because we have this framework,” said > Waring. “So if Proposition 23 were to pass, the air would go out of > that balloon, if you will." > > One of those companies is Kai BioEnergy. The Hawaii company produces > bio crude oil from micro-algae and has an office in San Diego. > > "We are here because California has always been on the leading edge of > innovation and if California doesn't step up for the leadership, > companies will innovate somewhere else," said Mario Larach, CEO of Kai > BioEnergy. > > That's exactly what worries CleanTECH's Waring. > > "I was talking to someone from Massachusetts last week and that's > probably our biggest U.S. competitor for jobs,” said Waring. “And he > tongue-in-cheek laughed and said 'Well, if Proposition 23 passes let > everyone know we'll take the jobs in the clean and green technology > that California will lose.'" > > Most of the funding for the Yes campaign comes from two large Texas > oil companies, Valero and Tesoro. > > Let me know what you think about all of this and give us feed back on > our facebook page RE the Next 500 EcoHub clip (http://www.youtube.com/ > watch?v=RdcaBbVVUTs) > > Leave comments here:http://www.facebook.com/EcoHub -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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