Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: We have our signature packets and have started collecting signatures! Volunteer Bob Cieri has already collected over 200 signatures, so he's well on his way to being the first member of the 250 Club. Read more here about his experience and his advice, and stay tuned for more information about the prizes and [...]
Campaign co-founder Bob Cieri has already gathered over 200 signatures (in only 3 days!) and especially because he's done that without any prior experience we wanted to post some thoughts from him about his experience, his "opening line", his answers to common questions, etc. Here's what Bob had to say Signature gathering for Clean the [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Petition packets ready this week: Our signature petition packets are at the printers (!) and we are planning a gathering on Tuesday evening June 25 in SLC from 6-8pm or so to put materials together and discuss next steps for the campaign. Email us at info@CleanTheDarnAir.org if you're interested in joining the [...]
The final Fiscal Estimate was released on Thursday June 20. Because of changes in state law, it looks a bit different than the initial Fiscal Estimate---e.g., it was produced by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst instead of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and it contains somewhat different information---but the bottom line [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Lots of news this week, so please read on (here or on our blog) and please share widely! The bad news: We don't yet have the updated Fiscal Estimate and consequently we don't yet have petition packets for signature gatherers. The deadline for the state to release the updated Fiscal Estimate was yesterday [...]
Update March 2021: The material below is archived from our effort to make the Nov 2020 ballot. See the blog for updates as we regroup for Nov 2024! Archived from 2020 Update Aug 23: Signatures from voters outside of SLC will now be worth double! (Details: In addition to the original 50-cents-per signature deal for Emissionaries [...]
By Yoram Bauman and Drew Fagerlin The attached spreadsheet estimates the fiscal impacts of the Clean The Darn Air ballot measure on household income quintiles. (There are five income quintiles, so---for example---the lowest quintile is the 20% of households with the lowest incomes.) The analysis looks at the direct and indirect impacts of the carbon [...]
Hello friends: This is our fourth email blast (you can comment or see previous posts on our blog) so read on and please share widely! Status update: After we receive an updated Fiscal Estimate (no later than M June 17) we will get a sample petition packet from the Lt Governor's office (here's an example from [...]
Hello friends: This is our third email blast (you can comment or see previous posts on our blog) so read on and please share widely! Status update: We submitted our final legal language on F May 17 (here it is on the Lt Governor's website; see Our Policy for policy summaries and details) and we will receive [...]
Update March 2021: The material below is archived from our effort to make the Nov 2020 ballot. See the blog for updates as we regroup for Nov 2024! Archived from 2020 Here's a list of potential signature-gathering events. Here is a draft sign-up sheet, but feel free to go to any of these events even if [...]