Nonetheless, each of the 18 state grassroots initiative campaigns lost to REALLY BIG MONEY.
Why was involving Critical Mass conference attendees in losing citizen law-making a success?
Yes, BIG MONEY beat citizen-initiated grassroots initiatives again, just as it had done in defeating two of People's Lobby's Clean Environment Initiatives prior to passing California's Political Reform Act, which established California's Fair Political Practices Commission.
But, from the fallout of waging Safe Energy campaigns in 18 states, America got educated. No longer did the fallacies or falsehoods of "nuclear power too cheap to meter" win the day without factual scrutiny. People became better informed. From the conclusion of those Safe Energy campaigns until late in the Bush II administration, not one new nuclear power plant license was issued. Pretty good work for a used car salesman and his band of "long haired People's Lobby hippies," wouldn't you say?
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