Another Florida icon is joining Key West troubadour Jimmy Buffett in the anti-Amendment 1 camp.
![Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, a Democratic icon, is coming out against Amendment 1. Graham says supporters are running a deceptive campaign.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c6ae1e2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/280x185+0+0/resize/880x581!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fwfsu%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fcard_280%2Fpublic%2F201611%2Fsolademise.jpg)
Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham is accusing supporters of the utility-backed solar ballot initiative of deception.
The Miami Lakes Democrat was one of Florida’s most popular governors and earned a bi-partisan reputation in Washington as a straight shooter.
Graham says utility companies are selling Amendment 1 as pro-solar when its “subsidy” provision would actually sock solar users with higher fees. Graham says utility companies drafted Amendment 1 to torpedo a pro-solar measure that never made it to the ballot.
“None of the things that are being used as false arguments for Amendment 1 are in fact credible.”
The Graham attack comes as the latest St. Leo University poll shows 59 percent support for Amendment 1, a double-digit plunge from last month. It needs 60 percent to pass.
Pollsters blame recent headlines about a conservative think tank strategist who was caught describing the Amendment 1 campaign as political “jiu-jitsu.”
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