Ever wonder why the average Texan’s electric bill has gone up nearly 80% under Governor Perry? Or why the state’s largest power company is also the state’s second-largest lobbyist? Texas has some of the highest energy costs\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot to mention the dirtiest air\u00e2\u20ac\u201din the country because we have some of the dirtiest government in the country. Simple as that. https:\/\/www.kinkyfriedman.com\/contribute\/index.html?ref=1001<\/A><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Kinky’s campaign: Ever wonder why the average Texan’s electric bill has gone up nearly 80% under Governor Perry? Or why the state’s largest power company is also the state’s second-largest lobbyist? Texas has some of the highest energy costs\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot to mention the dirtiest air\u00e2\u20ac\u201din the country because we have some of the dirtiest government … Continue reading Dirty or Clean – its up to you<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-fN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>For over a year now, Kinky Friedman has been offering a different way. Last month, just as his historic ballot access petition really got rolling, he solidified his feelings into one phrase: “Clean Energy\/Clean Government.” Willie Nelson liked it so much he made Kinky a radio commercial. Now that the ballot drive is nearing completion, it’s more important than ever to keep that commercial on the air and remind Texans what we’re fighting for.
\nAs the summer goes on, you’ll be hearing more and more about energy. Americans’ wallets are hurting and the career politicians have run out of good ideas. In D.C., all they can propose are paper solutions like a $100 check to make up for $3\/gallon gas. Here at home the only solution they have to rolling blackouts in April (April!) is fast-tracking seven new pollution-belching power plants\u00e2\u20ac\u201dinstead of taking advantage of God-given, non-polluting energy sources like wind and solar and biomass.
\nAs long as our elected officials ignore the chance to innovate, Texans will never be truly independent. As soon as we elect someone with the courage to lead Texas into the future, we will. Click on the link below to donate to Kinky and help bring Clean Energy\/Clean Government back to the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n