Yanquetino said:
You know, we are truly fortunate to have advocates of Chelsea's caliber so willing to go the extra mile for the EV movement. The least we can do is bolster her efforts with our own e-mails, letters, and phone calls.
Aww, shucks.
On the supporters- part of the issue is that we all generally supported the original version. So if folks didn't track all the amendments, they wouldn't have realized that it went so pear-shaped. Even PIA ended up listed both as supporting and opposing in the final version by mistake.
As for Butler, I'm not sure what she's thinking at this point, and not impressed with her at all. Her office has pointed a finger at GM. GM's pointed at Butler and PIA. As a constituent of Butler's, I've made repeated attempts to have a conversation with anyone in her office, to no avail, and another stakeholder reports being told by her Chief of Staff that the only opposition to the bill was "just one woman from our district." The consensus seems to be that she was more interested in the "win" of getting a bill passed given the encroaching end of session, more than she was worried about the details. And yes, clearly GM as a corporate constituent carries more weight than those affected by the bill.