Posted on 05/19/2010 5:01:16 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
L.A. Mayor Dismisses Warning That Arizona Could Cut Off Power Over Boycott
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday defiantly rejected a warning by a top Arizona utilities official that the state could cut off power to Los Angeles should the city proceed with its boycott of all things Arizona.
Spokesman David Beltran told Fox News that the message didn't even warrant a response.
"We're not going to respond to threats from a state which has isolated itself from the America that values freedom, liberty and basic human rights," Beltran said.
That was after Gary Pierce, a commissioner on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission, wrote a letter to Villaraigosa slamming his City Council's decision to boycott the Grand Canyon State -- in protest of its immigration law -- by suspending official travel there and ending future contracts with state businesses.
Noting that a quarter of Los Angeles' electricity comes from Arizona power plants, Pierce threatened to pull the plug if the City Council does not reconsider.
"Doggone it -- if you're going to boycott this candy store ... then don't come in for any of it," Pierce told FoxNews.com.
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But you can start jacking up the price as the contracts expire.
Oh please....cut the power and litigate it in court...4 years latter there may be a settlement for breach of contract. But it will take 4 minuets for LA to apologies, capitulate, drop the boycott and beg for the power to be restored.
Pull the plug OR raise the rates until legal Californians get tired of being jerked around by LaRaza and the Progressives. I’ve lived through a bunch of hurricane-induced blackouts, and, after a few days, it’s not fun anymore. Just think: LA without lights, air-conditioning, traffic signals, etc. Go for it, Arizona!
He and his Cholo buddies know that the Evil Gringos in AZ have them by Los Cojones.
Now they gotta act cool and macho, pretend not to care.
Truth is, things could be set in motion to stop selling power to LA. The Salt River Project is a public-private entity and the legislature can direct things to be done there.
Also, APS can be directed by the Corporation Commission to do things in the interest of Arizona...like tell the LA Cartelistas to pound sand.
Arizona needs the power. It's going to grow again as Americans move there for safety and a resumption of the American way of life...not the Mexican Communist version in California.
Hope they do it. The gangbanger punks in L.A. deserve it.
Oh please, please...
Preceeded, of course, by an extensive advertising campaign showing how much better life is in LA for an illegal immigrant!
Emailed the AZ governor to cut the power to LA. That will give the liberals a taste of all the problems illegals bring when they can’t watch tv or find under the table employment with actual American’s stolen social security numbers.
Just a little bit of pushing and shoving to get rid of DWP...then turn out the lights on Olvera Street.
Just don't let the Greyhound (Or "Crucera" - the mexican version that runs out of here) make a pee stop at the halfway point in neighboring Indio.......we have enough here, and our local hospitals are overburdened delivering anchor babies by the dozen on a daily basis.
Arizona could implement an immediate 10 Cent per KW surcharge/usage on electrical generation for out of state transmission to support illegal immigrant services. Let LA argue with that...
It's time we started playing hard ball with them.
No guts, no glory. Lights out.
If the Mayor is boycotting, then he should be cutting the power off to himself, not Arizona. No harm in Arizona assisting though.
Take it easy on the LA Mayor, he is little better than a wetvack himself. What else do you expect from him, especially when he is surrounded by Mexicans in LA.
Let LA get a taste of living i the dark. Wait until this summer when the Air Conditioners are drawing juice for all they are worth and shut them down.
I’m with ya on that! I’d like to see Arizona do something to L.A./Kalifornia (arrogant bastards)!
NO -— don’t pull the plug. Far better to keep supplying them power and continually remind the world that LA is buying Arizona power and are NOT boycotting Arizona. Better for LA to be on the defensive rather than AZ. Plus Obama would just nationalize the AZ power company over what turns out to be really silly squabble.
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