Either our understanding of this is wrong, or their understanding is wrong- from what I've read, I suspect it is their understanding.
They don't seem to understand that Arnold is the one 'doing', not the city.
The article of this thread said he sent his letter today. Apparently the city already decided last week. The following is was posted here at FR last Thursday:
Stadium Renamed after Tookie's ExecutionThe Arnold Schwarzenegger Football Stadium in Austria's second-largest city Graz is to be renamed as a sign of displeasure with the city's most famous son,. A majority of members on Graz City Council voted to rename the stadium after the Austrian-born governor of California approved the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, according to newspaper Kleine Zeitung.
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