One day before being catapulted into the running for GOP vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), urging him to veto a significant pollution-reduction effort. Specifically, she asked the Governator to not sign a bill that would impose container fees on ships entering the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland. If OK'd, the fees would bring in an estimated $400 million per year, which would go toward installation of cleaner truck and train engines and projects aimed to reduce congestion and idling. Palin said the fee will harm Alaska's economy by burdening shippers already dealing with high fuel prices, and "may harm California by driving port business away from its ports." The three ports together handle more than 40 percent of U.S. goods. Says state Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D), who sponsored the bill, "We are losing about 3,400 Californians each year because of pollution. ... I don't think Gov. Palin truly understands the impacts going on here."
source: Los Angeles Times
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cavecanem Posted 4:02 am
12 Sep 2008
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mreinbold Posted 6:37 am
12 Sep 2008
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guade00 Posted 6:48 am
12 Sep 2008
"Schwarzenegger has not yet responded to Palin's letter, nor has he made a decision about whether to sign or veto the legislation, said spokeswoman Rachel Cameron.
"The governor will take it into consideration," she said of Palin's letter.
But she said Schwarzenegger has warned that he will not sign any bills until the state's overdue budget is approved by the Legislature." LA Times.
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Wolverine Posted 3:35 am
13 Sep 2008
Things like this are baby steps, but they're at least moving in the right direction.
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mreinbold Posted 6:48 am
13 Sep 2008
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LEForbes Posted 3:43 am
15 Sep 2008
How this nasty, secretive little pit bull came to be considered a candidate for Vice President of these United States is that which should terrify us all.
This travesty of democratic life is the real weakness of our democracy, not her silly and frivolous comments about a business with no relation to chauffeuring her children to and from the hockey rink.
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sycamore Posted 1:49 pm
15 Sep 2008
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