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Local Filmmakers Counter Proposition 16 Campaign With Entertaining and Informative Shorts

Filmmakers (KON Productions) in San Francisco have partnered with the Local Clean Energy Alliance to create a series of short films countering what they deem to be a deceptive ad campaign targeting voters in California's upcoming round of propositions. The films, which the filmmakers hope will better inform voters, can be seen on the group's website: www.NoProp16films.org.

Volunteer filmmakers, spending less than $2,000 of their own money, are hoping to have a greater impact on the voting public than that of PG&E's $46 million "Taxpayers Right to Vote" campaign. "When people consistently hear only one side of a story the facts often get lost," explains Dave Room of the Local Clean Energy Alliance. "These propositions will have a lasting effect on the way of life in California for years to come, and if a group of volunteer filmmakers can inform the voting public well enough to positively affect the outcome, we will have done our job."

"What PG&E is not including in their propaganda is that Prop 16 requires a two-thirds vote to choose a local, green alternative," notes Room. "Simply put, this makes it much easier for them to buy advertising space, deceive voters and block inexpensive, clean energy from entering their established markets. We're getting the truth out to the voting public on a shoestring budget by leveraging great local talent and the power of social media."

Filmmakers will learn on June 8th, Election Day, if their works of art were enough to help make an impact on voters.

Films can be viewed online here:
http://noprop16films.org/the-35000000-dollar-scheme/
http://noprop16films.org/once-upon-a-lie/

For more information on the origins of the initiative go here:
http://noprop16films.org/taxpayers-right-to-vote/
http://pgandeballotinitiativefactsheet.blogspot.com/2010/03/peter-darbees-weird-prop-16-soliloquy.html