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Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E by SamReidHughes on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:13PM (#21457853)
Maybe the state could provide and control brush-clearing services that do what PG&E was supposed to be doing, and mandate their purchase. If some convicts can do fire-fighting, they could do this as well. Just spitballing here.
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Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E by nerfhammer on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:02PM (#21458321)
vetoed!

https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AB-1516-Ve...

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Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E by denkmoon on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:21PM (#21458466)
What a cop out! "Every situation is different". Yet in every situation, money is the lubricant needed to make changes and meet those fire protection needs.
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Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E by nerfhammer on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:47PM (#21459577)
It's essentially saying that local communities should decide how flammable they want to be
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Re:California Mayors Join Campaign to Buy Out PG&E by snovv_crash on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:51AM (#21461615)
As a counterpoint, it is much easier to corrupt a few politicians than a majority of the population.
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