New Petition to White House Requesting Direct Tesla Sales in All States

[Julian Cox]

Why not carpet bomb this:

Twitter / BarackObama: ...

With a reminder of this:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ell-directly-consumers-all-50-states/bFN7NHQR

 

[AlMc]

Why not carpet bomb this:

Twitter / BarackObama: ...

With a reminder of this:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ectly-consumers-all-50-states/bFN7NHQR[/QUOTE] Excellent idea: Done

 

[Jack6591]

Barack Obama at this point in his presidency must certainly be making legacy decisions. The response to the Tesla Motors petition will have tremendous ramifications. It will affect our country's policies on climate change, the government's role in incubating technologies and industries, and the reconciliation of the "Interstate Commerce Act" with states right.

It is a thorny legal issue,and a pre-packaged political football. I am expecting a thoughtful response from the White House. Timing will dictatated by political opportunity.

 

[gaswalla]

I'm hoping that Obama is spending every minute on strategy building in regards to dealing with folks that just used chemical weapons. I'll wait another month or so to hear about the Tesla petition

 

[AlMc]

I'm hoping that Obama is spending every minute on strategy building in regards to dealing with folks that just used chemical weapons. I'll wait another month or so to hear about the Tesla petition

I agree the President and the people who advise him on foreign diplomatic and military affairs should make this a priority. However, there are many other people within his administration that deal with interstate commerce/domestic affairs that should be fashioning some arguments/positions to discuss with him about the petition.
These things can, and should, go on simultaneously.

IMO...VP Biden should be putting in some time on this (I know his son has had recent medical issues) as he is from Delaware, has seen first hand the Fisker debacle and is positioning himself for a 2016 WH run. I have emailed him twice (no response on this).

 

[texex91]

This is a State level issue not Federal govt. They are messing things up enough at the Federal level as it.

 

[AlMc]

This is a State level issue not Federal govt. They are messing things up enough at the Federal level as it.

This is where the debate lies. The State auto franchising laws may violate federal interstate commerce laws as it pertains to Tesla.

 

[Jack6591]

This is where the debate lies. The State auto franchising laws may violate federal interstate commerce laws as it pertains to Tesla.

The question is "How much political capital will the Obama administration spend on this issue?"

 

[dsm363]

This is a State level issue not Federal govt. They are messing things up enough at the Federal level as it.

It absolutely is a federal issue. The state has no right to keep someone from buying a legal product across state lines when the process isn't applied to any other product. If Texas required everything from computers to couches to be sold through a state sanctioned dealership then maybe the cars are treated differently. What happened to free market principals and limited government in Texas?

 

[texex91]

The question is "How much political capital will the Obama administration spend on this issue?"

They are too busy trying to figure out that wonderful health care law they concocted and have no clue how to implement. Shocking.

Anyways, back to Tesla talk...

And no, I wouldn't count on anything from 'big govt' helping at all.

 

[yobigd20]

They haven't responded to this yet? I thought they were required to if they hit 100k votes. Is there a deadline for them to respond?

 

[AlMc]

They haven't responded to this yet? I thought they were required to if they hit 100k votes. Is there a deadline for them to respond?

No deadline I am aware of...Only that they will respond if the 100K signature threshold is met.

 

[Mayhemm]

Personally, I'd rather they take their time and actually put some thought into it, rather than just rushing out a canned response as soon as they can.

 

[brianman]

I thought they were required to if they hit 100k votes. Is there a deadline for them to respond?

Required by what exactly? "A web page says so"?

 

[JRP3]

Commanded by the internets!

 

[ppl]

New White House petition

As investors we need to start a new White House petition to ask the White House to stand up to their commitment to respond to our previous petition since we did garner the required number of signatures. They should be embarrassed at not even commenting on it but rather ignoring it

 

[Borris]

Considering the last petition apparently did nothing, is there any reason to believe a new one would?

 

[ppl]

Considering the last petition apparently did nothing, is there any reason to believe a new one would?

That was my point. What an embarrassment. Not even courtesy to say we are thinking about it

 

[uselesslogin]

There are still petitions older than the Tesla petition that haven't been answered yet. They are not fast about writing a response. The will write one but it will probably be a lot of words that mean nothing.

 

[rabar10]

The existing petition joins ~30 others that have met the criteria (at that time) for a response but has received none. WHPetitions.info gives stats and details on all of these petitions.

Here's an article that highlights the "purgatory" that these unanswered petitions enter, and it specifically mentions the Tesla petition:
Some White House Petitions Are Still Unanswered More Than a Year After Earning a Response [UPDATED] | TechPresident