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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Arizona Threatens to Pull Plug on LA Over Immigration Law Boycott
Arizona is threatening to unplug the lights of Los Angeles -- and its air conditioners, if the city doesn't rescind its order to boycott the state over the state's new immigration law.
"I feel like if you're going to boycott the candy store, you've got to leave all the candy alone," said Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce. Arizona provides 25 percent of Los Angeles' power."I feel like Arizona is the candy store," he added.
The Los Angeles City Council's 13-1 vote earlier this month to boycott Arizona and Arizona-based businesses fueled Pierce's challenge.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation SB 1070 last month, making the bill law, and giving to AZ police the power stop people they suspect may be illegal immigrants and demand identification.
Los Angeles was among several California municipalities that have voted to boycott Arizona, including Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and others.
Fighting back
Now the state of Arizona has begun its counter-attack. Pierce sent a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week explaining his stance on the issue.
In a veiled warning, he asked the Mayor to "reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona's economy."
"If they're really serious about this, then be true to your conviction," Pierce told ABCNews.com. "I would be happy to help them to renegotiate the power agreements so they no longer receive power from Arizona.""When temperatures rise over 100 degrees we're going to love to have the extra power," he said.
Los Angeles reportedly receives about 25 per cent of its power from Arizona, meaning that fully one fourth of America's second largest city could be plunged into darkness.
Politicians in the city voted last week to impose a boycott on Arizona which will affect about $8 million worth of contracts with the state. City officials will also stop all travel to the state, and will not hold conferences in Arizona.
In response an Arizona utility commissioner raised the idea of the state's utility companies pulling the plug on the City of Angels.
In a letter addressing the Arizona Corporation Commission, Gary Pierce stated that if an economic boycott was what LA wanted, then he would " 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." Mr Pierce said if Los Angeles was "serious" about its boycott and not just "posturing" then it would have to consider supplying its own power.
The electricity comes from coal-fired power plants in northern Arizona, a nuclear power plant outside Phoenix, and two hydroelectric plants on the Colorado River.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Anti-Immigration reform rally in downtown LA sparks clashes, arrests
Image via WikipediaWhite Supremacist Group rallying against illegal immigration clashes with counter-protesters in downtown Los Angeles
In downtown Los Angeles Saturday hundreds of counter-protesters gathered to shout down a white supremacist group which was rallying against illegal immigration, and resulted in a chaos which led to police in riot gear making several arrests. It was reported that rocks were also thrown in the clashes.
On the south lawn of Los Angeles' City Hall, where some 50 members of the National Socialist Movement waved American flags and swastika banners for about an hour, police had to stand between the group and the counter-group which shouted protests.
The white supremacists, many of them wearing flack helmets and black military fatigue uniforms, shouted "Sieg Heil" before each of their speakers took the podium to taunt counter-protesters with racial, anti-Semitic and misogynistic epithets.
"We will meet you head on," one of the white supremacists, whose name could not be made out over the fuzzy public address system, warned the crowd from behind several phalanxes of police in riot gear.
Fearing Obama and Amnesty
This sort of incident may be viewed by some as in keeping with the reports - by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Department of Homeland Security - of the rise of right wing extremist groups and protests which may spark acts of domestic terrorism. Indeed, the FBI has been on heightened alert for such incidents or catalysts for them in recent months.
Some right wing groups have a considerable fear of Obama's alleged plans for immigration reform.
The Supremacist group is reported to be Detroit-based, and picked downtown LA for their rally because of its notorious and expansive immigrant population. Accusations of jobs theft and illegal activities were aimed at the immigrants. The National Socialist movement also said they are alarmed at the call for amnesty for illegal immigrants, which they see as increasing under the Obama administration.
Regional director Jeffrey Russell Hall announced that the group plans to back only those political candidates who agree with their anti-immigrant ideology.
But much of the white supremacists' words were drowned out by such chants as "Hey hey, ho ho, Nazi scum have got to go" from the larger crowd of about 500 counter-protesters who held signs that read "Nazis: Get Out of Los Angeles" and "Racists Are Ignorant."
National Lawyers Guild executive director James Lafferty attended both as a legal observer and counter-protester, and reported to the Associated Press that he witnessed members of the throng begin to fight a man when they saw his Nazi tattoos. Some NSP members attempted to jump-start a stalled vehicle, and had to shield themselves as counter-demonstrators hurled rocks and debris toward them. One shirtless man was reported to be bleeding as he was led away.
Police say it items were hurled at the NSP members by the counter-protesters.
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