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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Electric RACISM!/s
Slamming? That was one of the most polite letters I have seen.
In LA? Try to open a business there and you'll get a real lesson in freedom, liberty and human rights.
Are there any charities that operate out of Arizona? We can support them, and deduct it from our taxes.
It wasn’t a threat, it was an invitation to prove that LA is truly morally offended and isn’t just posturing. There was no response because there can be no response.
One-way bus tickets to LA, plus a guide on how to get welfare, free housing, free legal aid, etc.
This IS within your power, Arizona. Do it!
Go a little ‘Atlas Shrugged’ on them....
Let el mayor La Razagosa get his juice from Calderon. F ustedes, cabrones.
Arizona might not be able to pull the plug, but they can raise the price like crazy!
sounds like a dare to me
Kudos to Gary Pierce....sounds like a real American
Mayor Villagrosa is just another Hispano-Racist liberal....and I hope he likes living in the dark
Tony Villa, AKA Villaraigosa, the racist little S**t from UCLA who was a member of La Raza. You know Tony, cheated on his wife and kids with a TV staffer. Real nice guy. Former union organizer. Yeah Tony, maybe you should just go in a corner and shut your face. It would be ever so pleasing to see the AZ power suppliers pull the plug on LA.
What a GREAT idea.....pass out to all the illegals...voila!
just
a little
HARDER....
and you MAY not like the results.
“isolated itself from the America...”
Not from this NH person.
Shut LA down!
Just talk to the taco truck vendors in LA. Reason TV did an expose a while back.
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