Posted on 05/19/2010 9:31:04 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
If Los Angeles wants to boycott Arizona, it had better get used to reading by candlelight.
That's the message from a member of Arizona's top government utilities agency, who threw down the gauntlet Tuesday in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa by threatening to cut off the city's power supply as retribution.
Gary Pierce, a commissioner on the Arizona Corporation Commission, wrote the letter in response to the Los Angeles City Council's decision last week to boycott the Grand Canyon State -- in protest of its immigration law -- by suspending official travel there and ending future contracts with state businesses.
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We've been here before. There were even fewer states last time.
Nope, they would probably be out doing the looting that Americans don't want to do.
bttt
LOL, it just dawned on me that somewhere, someone is going to claim that is a "racist" term...Just wait.
Just now on FOX, the Mayor struck back ... nobody can argue that we are not in a civil war.
This boycott is like a Jesse Jackson hunger strike, where he doesn't eat during the day and pigs out as soon as the sun goes down.
LA is trying to hurt a few Arizona businesses, but still bellies up to the electrical power trough for all their neon lights and air conditioning.
GO PIERCE!
Haven’t read entire thread but wanted to post this (sorry if someone else already pointed it out).
Pres. of Mexico Calderon is on the WH lawn today bitching about the Arizona law. The Obamas are kissing up to him and allowing him to trash a U.S. state on the White House lawn in front of reporters and the world. At the same time, I see a headline that the flood of illegals crossing into the Arizona is increasing. Why would it be increasing when we are hearing that illegals are leaving Arizona because the free ride is over? It should be decreasing. New Mexico, Texas and California offer easier alternatives.
Is something going on here that Arizona should be worried about? Something more than just rhetoric?
Did Obozito bow to Cabron... er, I mean, Calderon??
Jan Brewer should call the Arizona legislature back into a special session to deal with these boycotts. The legislature needs to retaliate against these actions. The legislature should consider legal challenges to the boycotts, reverse boycotts, illegal alien transportation to the boycott cities, and taxes/fees for services that these cities must purchase such as electricity. Perhaps there is an interstate commerce issue that can be raised. A state court case could require representatives of these cities to defend their practices in Arizona court.
I’d add the caveat that they need to pay the premium up front at the beginning of the month and shut down the power if payment is late.
This is to inform you of the event leading up to the power outage the city of Los Angeles experienced yesterday afternoon.
It seems there was a security breach at a power station. There was an environmentally protected field mouse that slipped under the security fence 5 miles north of the power station.
Not wishing to have an endangered specie incident occur it was determined the most prudent action would be to take the power station offline. This was done until the safety of the field mouse was ascertained. I am sure you understand our actions as your state is known to be very familiar with environmental laws.
Once the field mouse was located and determined to be OK it was returned to its natural environment outside of the security fence. The power station was then placed back online.
Please be aware that this could occur again and at unpredictable times should the endangered specie wander on to the power station property.
This condition did not occur in the past as we had security people regularly patrolling the perimeter. We no longer have this luxury as the security people are no longer here; they now must patrol the southern border of the state.
Arizona Corporation Commission
Good for Gary!!!
Did any reporter have the pair to ask the punk from Mexico about Mexico's own draconian immigration laws? Didn't think so.
Could you post the letter here?
Whoa. Pierce specifically suggests cutting off power to L.A. only (far south of Fresno and FR), and that would be only 25% of power to the city. See this article: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Power-Play-Over-Immigration-Law-94251079.html
No, this time he curtsied :~).
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