I say if the City of Los Angeles really has a problem with the state of Arizona enforcing its borders, then, by all means, cancel the electrical grid service purchased from the state of Arizona. Let’s see how tempers flare in that stifling Los Angeles heat with no air conditioners or fans; air, road and boat travel disrupted, perhaps even stopped; food preparation compromised; storm water and sewage pump stations not operational; and other vital services are affected by your holier-than-thou denial of Arizona’s right to do what the damn federal government should be doing.
I’d also suggest that since the state of California is so accepting of people who decide to bypass immigration (and possibly other laws, as well), the state of California should GLADLY take any illegal alien caught in the state of Arizona. That would be the right thing to do, right??
Methinks those illegal aliens should have the choice of: 1) we ship, fly or walk your butt back from wherever you snuck in from; or 2) we put you on a train with well armed guards from local AZ law enforcement (or the local military base), drop you off five miles inside the border of CA, with the understanding that if you sneak back to AZ again, next time you won’t get option #2.
Talking about biting, maybe even taking off at the elbow, the hand that feeds you!! California’s boycott of Arizona would be it. It’s not like if you don’t like how HEB packages their apples, you can go to Kroger’s or the local farmer’s market and get what you want. Maybe this is more like the belligerent, not forward-thinking, pre-teen that shouts, “I hate you, Mom!! I never want to see or talk to you again! You’re ruining my life!!!!“, then slams the bedroom door shut. But then kiddo gets a call from a friend three minutes later, asks for a ride at 9:00 pm to the pizza parlor, and oh, by the way, “gimme $20, while you’re at it!!”
There are just not a ton of suppliers of surplus electricity grid producers that would be able to supply demand for a city the size of Los Angeles. Not without the costs skyrocketing to the end residential and business consumers.
My advice to the Arizona Corporation Commission, not that I think they’d really take it but at least they know they’ve got some support from people from all over, is, go ahead, let Los Angeles cancel their contract. They’ve probably eaten pizza too many times this month anyways!
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[From Media Research Center's Bias Alert for May 20, 2010, by Rich Noyes]
All three broadcast evening newscasts have repeatedly touted, as if it is a valid representation of national sentiment, the “boycott” of Arizona by liberal municipalities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. But when the Arizona Corporation Commission Commissioner on Tuesday made a tongue-in-cheek offer to help Los Angeles out in its boycott by shutting off the electricity flow, CBS and NBC were silent.
