California's Anti-Global Warming Laws as Smokescreen to Blockade the Growth of Red Counties The Pasadena Pundit - Arpil 5, 2007 Preface: California's inland counties, mostly comprised of Republican strongholds, are growing rapidly and now are siphoning even immigrants from their landing zones in central Los Angeles. What can Democratic blue counties do to impede the gradual Republicanization of the state? Well, they could come up with a scheme that says that high-density housing, infill housing development shorter commutes, and mandating that people walk or bike to work is necessary to "save the planet" from global warming. Just think about it....