{"id":514,"date":"2012-09-06T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/duke-dump-alec-dnc-2012-09-05.html"},"modified":"2012-09-06T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:50:15","slug":"duke-dump-alec-dnc-2012-09-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/duke-dump-alec-dnc-2012-09-05.html","title":{"rendered":"Duke Dump ALEC @ DNC 2012-09-05"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a title=\"150,000+ People Demand Duke Dump ALEC --Whit Jones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7943925450\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0177448d64ed970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0177448d64ed970d-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"150,000+ People Demand Duke Dump ALEC --Whit Jones\"  \/><\/a>\nLeaving another event, I saw this on the street in Charlotte.\nWhit Jones said they&#8217;d just had a demonstration demanding Duke Energy dump ALEC.\nAlso that he had encountered Duke CEO Jim Rogers and asked him when\nDuke would dump ALEC.\nRogers was uncommittal.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepowershift.org\/blogs\/i-spoke-duke-energys-jim-rogers-dnc-hes-hearing-us-and-150k-people-and-senators\">\nJones&#8217; blogged account of that encounter:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nIn short, I asked Duke&#8217;s CEO Jim Rogers if he would listen\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearepowershift.org\/blogs\/i-spoke-duke-energys-jim-rogers-dnc-hes-hearing-us-and-150k-people-and-senators\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0177448d6501970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0177448d6501970d-pi.jpg\"   width=\"300\" height=\"170\"  \/><\/a>\nto the\nover 100,000 people who are calling on him to have Duke Dump ALEC\nand stop funding voter repression. He responded that &#8220;he&#8217;d be\nlistening,&#8221; and when I pressed him for a commitment to drop ALEC he\nsaid &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to give you [a commitment right now] but you can\ntrust that I&#8217;m paying attention to what you&#8217;re saying, and you&#8217;ll\nknow in due time.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ypDZ2LmzyvQ\">\nvideo of the event.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypDZ2LmzyvQ\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRogers&#8217; face falls when he first recognizes Jones; then Rogers\nputs on the CEO face and acts all cheery.\nThat&#8217;s why he gets\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/charlotte\/blog\/power_city\/2012\/03\/duke-energys-rogers-paid-88-million.html\">\n$8.8 million a year.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI asked Jones how I could help.\nHis blog entry links to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.powervote.org\/duke-alec-storm\">\n2) Swarm Duke&#8217;s Facebook Page:<\/a>\nwhich includes some good suggestions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHey, the same thing could work with Southern Company!\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/i-want-you-to-dump-alec.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01676863bacb970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01676863bacb970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nSO has a little-known <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SOCompany?ref=ts\">\nfacebook page<\/a>,\nwith links to all its subsidiaries, including\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeorgiaPower\">\nGeorgia Power<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GPCgreenenergy\">\nGeorgia Power Green Energy<\/a>.\nFunny how Georgia Power Green Energy has three times the Likes of\nGeorgia Power.\nWe could ask them all to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/i-want-you-to-dump-alec.html\">\ndump ALEC.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaving another event, I saw this on the street in Charlotte. 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