Gov. Brown appointee was brains behind PG&E's Prop. 16

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

... Nancy McFadden was appointed Executive Secretary for Legislation, Appointments and Policy in the Office of the Governor, a gig that pays $175,000 per year. McFadden, a Democrat, comes from Pacific Gas and Electric Co., where she was a senior vice president and the brains behind the PG&E-sponsored Prop. 16.

For those at home who don't have total recall of ballot propositions, Prop. 16 was the June 2010 measure that would have made it much more difficult for local governments to get into the electricity business and, thus, provide a challenge to PG&E.

The San Francisco-based energy giant spent $46 million on the proposition, which was defeated by 52.5 percent of voters and stirred up considerable ill will for the company among local and state officials.

... Previous to working at PG&E, McFadden was a senior adviser to Gov. Gray Davis and was deputy chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=80419

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I've no idea why you think this is thirty year old news.

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