{"article":{"id":7269,"heading":"Photo: State Budget Surplus Stolen!","author":"Brian Marsh","created":"2001-06-08 06:32:57","modified":"2013-11-10 23:37:38","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:37:38","article":"<p>6\/6\/01 <br>  <br> \"Stop Rolling Blackmail!\" protest... <br>  <br> Union activist with sign reading &ldquo;State Budget Surplus Stolen!&rdquo; outside of Duke Energy power plant near Jack London Square in Oakland, CA.  <br><br> Protesters are calling for: <br>  <br> &ldquo;*The FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose wholesale energy price controls!  <br>  <br> *The Energy Pirates (like Duke Energy) must pay an Excess profits tax! <br>  <br> *If all else fails, seize the power plants via eminent domain!&rdquo; <br><br> Many protesters feel that the time to seize the power plants and create Public Power (like Sacramento and Los Angeles) is now!   <br><br> Go to www.powertothepeople.org for information about and solutions to the California Energy Crisis.<\/p>\n","contact":"subbrian3@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Photo: Union Activist at \"Stop Rolling Blackmail!\" Protest with sign reading \"State Budget Surplus Stolen!\"","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/06\/surplusstolen.jpg","filesize":"294.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/06\/7269.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/06\/surplusstolen.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2001\/06\/surplusstolen.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2001\/06\/surplusstolen.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}