A month or so ago, the Ohio State Legislature passed HB6 to bail out Ohio's two nuclear power plants as well as some coal plants by making consumers pay an extra amount on their electric bills. This is an awful piece of legislation for consumers and for the environment. Our Ohio House and Senate representatives, most of whom are being paid off by electric utilities, should be ashamed.
Now a group is trying to repeal this dirty bill. To do so, a referendum is required. To have a referendum placed on Ohio ballots, there must be a certain amount of signatures. Every Ohio consumer ought to sign the petition and then vote for the repeal. The repeal language is still being written, so there's nothing to sign yet.
Even though the petition isn't out yet, we're already seeing ads telling us not to sign it. The ads couldn't be more mendacious. They show alarming scenes of Chinese leaders and military and warn us that “The Chinese government is quietly invading our American electrical grid” and “coming for our energy jobs” via “a special interest group" about to start collecting signatures for the referendum -- a special interest group the ad warns is "boosting Chinese financial interests” and “risking our national security.” That is one heck of a bunch of lies. Ohioans for Energy Security is the group behind the ads. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Don't believe the Big Lies. Sign it... Whenever it's written.
You can find the spurious ad in this Cleveland.com article.
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