Clay uses posterous, too.

Clay uses posterous, too.

Clay Newton  //  Clay is a User Experience Designer interested in emerging technologies and platforms. With a background in interaction design and front end development, Clay has a full spectrum of competencies including ethnographic research, user requirements, IA, accessibility, internationalization, usability, prototyping & development.

Clay was the co-founder and president of Remarkd.com, a run-anywhere ecommerce & auction service. Clay has also designed web applications and user experiences for Bank of America, Navis, eve.com, and other companies. In a previous life, Clay worked as a gardener and cook at The French Laundry, both before and during the Thomas Keller era. Ask him about the time he spilled paint on the new carpet just before the grand opening. He has a lot of tattoos.

 
Jun 7 / 9:21am

Prop 16: Just say No

A message from my very connected, very intelligent friend Bruce Chamberlain. This is a huge issue that we have to defeat!

From: Bruce Chamberlain
Date: Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Subject: Prop 16: Just say No

Before you get all amped up about the World Cup in South Africa....remember to vote on Tuesday. 

I usually don't mass email on ballot measures (or much of anything else).....Except that the PG&E sponsored ballot initiative (Prop 16) represents all that can go bad in the initiative process. With enough money ($35 million and counting) to blast misinformation all over the airwaves and multi-media outlets, this paranoid, very powerful corporation could actually pull this brazen monopoly-grab off. 

The reason there are very few voices against the measure is because those affected (cities and counties and current municipal utilities) are legally restricted from making any statements against measures on a ballot. With their hands tied, the sole provider and beneficiary (PG&E) can run the election table. 

For more persuading evidence/opinion to vote no on this ballot, link to the Op Ed against Prop 16 and the wiki at Ballotpedia below. 

The California Public Utilities Commission was created nearly 100 years ago as a constitutional agency to protect consumers from the abuses of monopoly power. View Full Story

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_16_(June_2010)

If anyone feels they have a convincing reason to change the CA Constitution (and are leaning towards a Yes Vote) over this issue, I'd appreciate any feedback.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and practice democracy. 

Cheers,

Bruce C.