GOP racists in Arizona are at it again.
City after city is taking LA’s lead on boycotting Arizona because of their draconian immigration law, so it was time for the xenophobes to respond.
An Arizona utility commissioner said he’s willing to pull the plug on Los Angeles if the city goes through with a boycott of his state. In a letter to the city of LA, a member of Arizona’s power commission said he would ask Arizona utility companies to cut off the power supply to Los Angeles. LA gets about 25 percent of its power from Arizona. "That is one commissioner who has that idea — whether he can do that or not is another idea," said LA Councilman Dennis Zine. "They are the ones who have to make the move, not us." The commissioner’s power grid play is in response to the city’s approval of a resolution directing city staff to consider which contracts with Arizona can be terminated.
Here’s part Arizona Corporation Commission member Gary Pierce’s [Racist delinked] letter to the mayor:
If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation. I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Washington D.C., meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, but his deputy chief of staff issued the following statement: "The mayor stands strongly behind the city council and he will not respond to threats from the state that has isolated itself from an America that values freedom, liberty and basic civil rights."
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Inserted from <Crooks and Liars>
It is doubtful that Pierce can follow through on this Republican blackmail, because California has an ownership stake in those utilities, showing that the GOP is as ignorant in theri threats as they are in their racism.
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Arizona’s power commission said he would ask Arizona utility companies to cut off the power supply to Los Angeles. LA gets about 25 percent of its power from Arizona.
Warm up the lawyers because that can’t be legal. In fact I would like to see them try and cut power to a major city for those reasons, I double dog dare them.
Beach, I can’t comment on the legalities, but the repurcussions from a PR perspective would be their worst nightmare.
I’m with you Beach Bum – that can’t be legal. It’ll take them 2 years in court to get this decided – probably against AZ. Or CA could put a big ass wind/solar farm out in the desert to make up the 25% – I like that idea even better.
I’ll choose door #2.
AZ and the Texas State Board of Education should walk off together in the sunset. The photo is too perfect.
The GOP would institute the fourth Reich if they could.
I know you and your readers won’t agree with me, but I think trying to harm Arizona’s economy is as uncivil as those who are in favor of the immigration bill.
I accept a state’s rights to enforce its laws, and to ’cause harm’ should not be the goal of any law or action. LA has no right to try to force AZ to endorse their way of thinking, and vice versa.
Diane, never let it be said that agreement with me is a requirement here.
Here’s how I see it. There are three reasons to boycott Arizona.
First, I refuse to shop at Wal-Mart, because I disapprove of the way they treat their employees and the way they force US manufacturing jobs offshore. I refuse. I refuse to patronize firms that advertise on Glen Beck. If I drove, I would refuse to patronize BP. When a company does somnething that deeply offends me, I do not do business with that firm. My support to the Arizona boycott is merely an extention of that principle.
Second, Arizona has no right to pass a law that is unconstitutional.
Third, as an employer, I would not send an employee into a situation where they are likely to be humiliated by ethnic discrimination. When the city of LA, for example, has a conference for employees of whatever department, there is a strong likelihood that there will be latinos among them. LA should not send them to Arizona, because they would be more likely to suffer harassment there.