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19th May 2010, 12:55 PM
A member of Arizona's top government utilities agency threw down the gauntlet in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, threatening to cut off the city's power supply as retribution for the city's boycott of Arizona.
If Los Angeles wants to boycott Arizona, it had better get used to reading by candlelight.
That's the message from a member of Arizona's top government utilities agency, who threw down the gauntlet Tuesday in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa by threatening to cut off the city's power supply as retribution.
Gary Pierce, a commissioner on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission, wrote the letter in response to the Los Angeles City Council's decision last week to boycott the Grand Canyon State -- in protest of its immigration law -- by suspending official travel there and ending future contracts with state businesses.
Noting that a quarter of Los Angeles' electricity comes from Arizona power plants, Pierce threatened to pull the plug if the City Council does not reconsider.
"Doggone it -- if you're going to boycott this candy store ... then don't come in for any of it," Pierce told FoxNews.com.
In the letter, he ridiculed Villaraigosa for saying that the point of the boycott was to "send a message" by severing the "resources and ties" they share.
"I received your message; please receive mine. As a statewide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona's electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the 'resources and ties' we share with the city of Los Angeles," Pierce wrote.
"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."
Appearing to tap into local frustration in Arizona over the raft of boycotts and threatened boycotts from cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Pierce warned that Arizona companies are willing and ready to fight boycott with boycott.
"I am confident that Arizona's utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands," Pierce wrote. "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."
Pierce told FoxNews.com that he was speaking for himself, not the entire commission, though he has the support of at least one other member. But Arizona has some serious leverage over Los Angeles, as well as the rest of California. The state and city get electricity from a nuclear power plant outside Phoenix, as well as from coal-fired power plants in northern Arizona and two giant hydroelectric power generators along the Colorado River.
Despite that, the Los Angeles City Council voted overwhelmingly last week to ban future business with Arizona -- a decision that could cost Arizona millions of dollars in lost contracts.
Los Angeles officials were furious with the Arizona immigration law passed last month and joined local officials in cities across the country in pushing boycotts to register their dismay. Critics say the law will lead to racial profiling and civil rights abuses.
Arizona officials have defended the law, saying the state needed to take its illegal immigration problem into its own hands. Pierce said he's "supportive" of the state's efforts to control the border.
The law requires local law enforcement to try to verify the immigration status of anyone they have contact with whom they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. It empowers them to turn over verified illegal immigrants to federal custody. The legislation explicitly prohibits screening people based solely on race or national origin.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...yback-boycott/
RELATED NEWS: http://www.buycottarizona.com/
FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
Arizona is besieged by illegal immigration--more people and drugs cross illegally into the United States through Arizona than any other state. And Arizonans suffer the massive levels of crime that go with it. Drug and human smuggling, extortion, kidnapping and murders. And the Federal government has done NOTHING to stop it.
Arizonans have had enough. They decided to stop waiting for the Feds to do what the Constitution mandates--to protect its citizens from external threats. So they passed legislation to help stop the robberies, shootings, rapes, kidnapping, murders, and madness.
This isn't about racism, or xenophobia, or "apartheid" or any of the other hysterical slanders the left has come up. This is about the safety and well-being of the citizens of the state. And its support was overwhelming: 70% of Arizonans supported it. And support is bi-partisan, with 84% of Republicans and 51% of Democrats in favor.
But some have now come out and called for a boycott of Arizona. Incredibly, even on of its own U.S. Representatives--Rep. Raul Grijalva has joined this call for a boycott--of his own state!
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Petition:
I STAND WITH ARIZONA!
I stand against illegal immigration.
I stand against the Federal government's refusal to secure the borders or enforce the law.
I support Arizona's lone, brave fight to enforce the rule of law with their new legislation that enjoyed broad, bi-partisan support.
I reject any slander or aspersions against the People of the state of Arizona, that this law is about racism, or xenophobia, or "apartheid", rather than the truth: Arizona is doing the job the Feds won’t do — taking the law and our borders seriously to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens first.
I reject and refuse to participate in any boycott of the great State of Arizona.
I call on the United States government to start doing its job according to the Constitution: Secure the Borders, Enforce the immigrations laws, Protect its citizens.
Sign the petition
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Boycott the Boycotters:
ARIZONA CITY MAYORS & COUNCILS
Mayor Phil Gordon, Phoenix - Phone: (602) 262-7111 - Fax: (602) 495-5583 - Email: mayor.gordon@phoenix.gov
Tucson Mayor & City Council - Click Here
Flagstaff Mayor & City Council: Click Here
CITY BOYCOTTS
San Francisco, California - Site: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/index.asp
Mayor Gavin Newsom - Email: gavin.newsom@sfgov.org Telephone: (415) 554-6141 - Fax: (415) 554-6160
Los Angeles, California - Site: http://www.ci.la.ca.us
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - Email: http://mayor.lacity.org/MeettheMayor...ayor/index.htm
Called for Boycott: Congresswoman Janice Hahn - Email: janicehahnforlq@gmail.com Telephone: 310-498-8974 - Web Site: http://janicehahn.com/
Austin, Texas - Site: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/council/
Mayor Lee Leffingwell - Email: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/connect/e...effingwell.htm
Oakland, California - Site: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Governmen...ials/index.htm
Mayor Ronald Dellums - Email: officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com Phone: 510-238-3141 - Fax: 510-238-4731
Boston, MA - Site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/mayor/
Mayor Thomas M. Menino - Email: http://www.cityofboston.gov/contact/?id=55 - Phone: 617-635-4500 - Fax: 617-635-2851
St. Paul, MN - Site: http://www.stpaul.gov/Directory.aspx?did=68
Mayor Christopher Coleman - Email: (Form) https://www.stpaul.gov/forms.aspx?FID=69 - Phone: 651-266-8510 - Fax: 651-266-8521
West Hollywood, CA - Site: http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=112
Mayor John Heilman - Email: ccouncil@weho.org Phone: 323-848-6460
Seattle, WA - Site: http://www.seattle.gov/html/feedback.htm
Mayor Mike McGinn - Email: http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/citizen_response.htm Phone: 206-684-2489
El Paso, TX - Site: http://www.elpasotexas.gov/government.asp
Mayor John Cook - Email: mayor@elpasotexas.gov Phone: 915-541-4145 - Fax: 915-541-4501
Boulder, CO - Site: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index...59&Itemid=2009
Mayor Susan Osborne - Email: osbornes@bouldercolorado.gov Phone: 303-441-3002 - Fax: 303-441-4478
San Diego, CA - Site: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/
Mayor Jerry Sanders - Email: JerrySanders@sandiego.gov Phone: (619) 236-6330 - Fax: (619) 236-7228
GROUP TRAVEL BOYCOTTS
SEIU - Service Employees International Union
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
National Council of La Raza
Center for Community Change
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Puerto Rican Coalition
Leadership Conference on Civil & Hunan Rights
CANCELLED CONVENTIONS
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Web Site: http://www.aila.org/ Email: (Contact Page with names emails: http://www.aila.org/contactus )
Phone: Phone: 202-507-7600 - Fax: 202-783-7853
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Web Site: http://alpha-phi-alpha.com Email: admin@apa1906.net
Phone: Phone: 410.554.0040 - Fax: 410.554.0054
National Urban League
COMPANIES WHO DO NOT SUPPORT THE SB 1070
Buffalo Exchange - Source: http://www.buffaloexchange.com/bulle...lletin_ID=1184
Phoenix Suns - Source: Email: http://www.nba.com/suns/contact/contact_us.html - Phone: 602-379-7900 - Fax: 602-379-7990
Barrio Cafe, Phoenix - http://www.barriocafe.com/ - See Article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...cafe-chef.html
Lush Handmade Cosmetics - Store in Fashion Square - Doing protest against SB 1070 on 5/17 - Web: http://www.lushusa.com/shop/find/list/
Protest Link: http://www.lush.com/lushlife/new/sb1070spec.htm - Email: Roslyn Kagy at rally@lush.com
LAWSUIT PLANTIFFS AGAINST SB1070
• Friendly House: A Phoenix non-profit that offers social services such as workforce training. United Way http://www.vsuw.org/ gives to this group - Site: http://www.friendlyhouse.org/
• Service Employees International Union: A Washington, D.C.-based union with 2.2 million members.
Site: (Arizona) http://seiu.org/
• Service Employees International Union Local 5: The Arizona branch of the union, which has 1,800 members.
Site: http://seiuaz.org/
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Washington, D.C.-based union with 1.3 million members.
Site: http://www.ufcw.org/
• Arizona South Asians for Safe Families: A Scottsdale-based group that offers support to victims of domestic violence in the South Asian community in Arizona. Site: http://asafsf.org/
• Southside Presbyterian Church: A Tucson church that also serves the homeless and day laborers.
Site: http://southsidepresbyterian.org/
• Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Association of Latino-owned businesses throughout the state.
Site: http://www.azhcc.com/
• Asian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona: A group of more than 90 Asian-owned businesses.
Site: http://asianchamber.org
• Border Action Network: A state group that advocates for protecting the human rights of immigrants and border communities.
Site: http://www.borderaction.org/web/index.php
• Tonatierra Community Development Institute: A Phoenix non-profit group that serves the indigenous community, including members of the American Indian tribes. Site: http://tonatierra.org/
• Muslim American Society: A charitable religious, social, cultural and educational organization that works to protect the civil rights of American Muslims. Site: http://masnet.org/
• Japanese American Citizens League: A San Francisco-based group that works to advance the civil rights of Japanese Americans.
Site: http://www.jacl.org/
• Valle del Sol: A Maricopa County non-profit group that offers behavioral-health and social services. United Way http://www.vsuw.org/ gives to this group - Site: http://www.valledelsol.com/
• CoalicÃ*on De Derechos Humanos: A Tucson community-service organization that promotes human rights in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
http://www.derechoshumanosaz.net/
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/electi...#ixzz0oGEntOfK
http://altoarizona.com
LIST OF CALIFORNIA COMPANIES
http://www.examiner.com/x-35976-Cons...-in-California
If Los Angeles wants to boycott Arizona, it had better get used to reading by candlelight.
That's the message from a member of Arizona's top government utilities agency, who threw down the gauntlet Tuesday in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa by threatening to cut off the city's power supply as retribution.
Gary Pierce, a commissioner on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission, wrote the letter in response to the Los Angeles City Council's decision last week to boycott the Grand Canyon State -- in protest of its immigration law -- by suspending official travel there and ending future contracts with state businesses.
Noting that a quarter of Los Angeles' electricity comes from Arizona power plants, Pierce threatened to pull the plug if the City Council does not reconsider.
"Doggone it -- if you're going to boycott this candy store ... then don't come in for any of it," Pierce told FoxNews.com.
In the letter, he ridiculed Villaraigosa for saying that the point of the boycott was to "send a message" by severing the "resources and ties" they share.
"I received your message; please receive mine. As a statewide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona's electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the 'resources and ties' we share with the city of Los Angeles," Pierce wrote.
"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."
Appearing to tap into local frustration in Arizona over the raft of boycotts and threatened boycotts from cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Pierce warned that Arizona companies are willing and ready to fight boycott with boycott.
"I am confident that Arizona's utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands," Pierce wrote. "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."
Pierce told FoxNews.com that he was speaking for himself, not the entire commission, though he has the support of at least one other member. But Arizona has some serious leverage over Los Angeles, as well as the rest of California. The state and city get electricity from a nuclear power plant outside Phoenix, as well as from coal-fired power plants in northern Arizona and two giant hydroelectric power generators along the Colorado River.
Despite that, the Los Angeles City Council voted overwhelmingly last week to ban future business with Arizona -- a decision that could cost Arizona millions of dollars in lost contracts.
Los Angeles officials were furious with the Arizona immigration law passed last month and joined local officials in cities across the country in pushing boycotts to register their dismay. Critics say the law will lead to racial profiling and civil rights abuses.
Arizona officials have defended the law, saying the state needed to take its illegal immigration problem into its own hands. Pierce said he's "supportive" of the state's efforts to control the border.
The law requires local law enforcement to try to verify the immigration status of anyone they have contact with whom they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. It empowers them to turn over verified illegal immigrants to federal custody. The legislation explicitly prohibits screening people based solely on race or national origin.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...yback-boycott/
RELATED NEWS: http://www.buycottarizona.com/
FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
Arizona is besieged by illegal immigration--more people and drugs cross illegally into the United States through Arizona than any other state. And Arizonans suffer the massive levels of crime that go with it. Drug and human smuggling, extortion, kidnapping and murders. And the Federal government has done NOTHING to stop it.
Arizonans have had enough. They decided to stop waiting for the Feds to do what the Constitution mandates--to protect its citizens from external threats. So they passed legislation to help stop the robberies, shootings, rapes, kidnapping, murders, and madness.
This isn't about racism, or xenophobia, or "apartheid" or any of the other hysterical slanders the left has come up. This is about the safety and well-being of the citizens of the state. And its support was overwhelming: 70% of Arizonans supported it. And support is bi-partisan, with 84% of Republicans and 51% of Democrats in favor.
But some have now come out and called for a boycott of Arizona. Incredibly, even on of its own U.S. Representatives--Rep. Raul Grijalva has joined this call for a boycott--of his own state!
************************************************** ****************************************
Petition:
I STAND WITH ARIZONA!
I stand against illegal immigration.
I stand against the Federal government's refusal to secure the borders or enforce the law.
I support Arizona's lone, brave fight to enforce the rule of law with their new legislation that enjoyed broad, bi-partisan support.
I reject any slander or aspersions against the People of the state of Arizona, that this law is about racism, or xenophobia, or "apartheid", rather than the truth: Arizona is doing the job the Feds won’t do — taking the law and our borders seriously to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens first.
I reject and refuse to participate in any boycott of the great State of Arizona.
I call on the United States government to start doing its job according to the Constitution: Secure the Borders, Enforce the immigrations laws, Protect its citizens.
Sign the petition
************************************************** ****************************************
Boycott the Boycotters:
ARIZONA CITY MAYORS & COUNCILS
Mayor Phil Gordon, Phoenix - Phone: (602) 262-7111 - Fax: (602) 495-5583 - Email: mayor.gordon@phoenix.gov
Tucson Mayor & City Council - Click Here
Flagstaff Mayor & City Council: Click Here
CITY BOYCOTTS
San Francisco, California - Site: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/index.asp
Mayor Gavin Newsom - Email: gavin.newsom@sfgov.org Telephone: (415) 554-6141 - Fax: (415) 554-6160
Los Angeles, California - Site: http://www.ci.la.ca.us
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - Email: http://mayor.lacity.org/MeettheMayor...ayor/index.htm
Called for Boycott: Congresswoman Janice Hahn - Email: janicehahnforlq@gmail.com Telephone: 310-498-8974 - Web Site: http://janicehahn.com/
Austin, Texas - Site: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/council/
Mayor Lee Leffingwell - Email: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/connect/e...effingwell.htm
Oakland, California - Site: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Governmen...ials/index.htm
Mayor Ronald Dellums - Email: officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com Phone: 510-238-3141 - Fax: 510-238-4731
Boston, MA - Site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/mayor/
Mayor Thomas M. Menino - Email: http://www.cityofboston.gov/contact/?id=55 - Phone: 617-635-4500 - Fax: 617-635-2851
St. Paul, MN - Site: http://www.stpaul.gov/Directory.aspx?did=68
Mayor Christopher Coleman - Email: (Form) https://www.stpaul.gov/forms.aspx?FID=69 - Phone: 651-266-8510 - Fax: 651-266-8521
West Hollywood, CA - Site: http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=112
Mayor John Heilman - Email: ccouncil@weho.org Phone: 323-848-6460
Seattle, WA - Site: http://www.seattle.gov/html/feedback.htm
Mayor Mike McGinn - Email: http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/citizen_response.htm Phone: 206-684-2489
El Paso, TX - Site: http://www.elpasotexas.gov/government.asp
Mayor John Cook - Email: mayor@elpasotexas.gov Phone: 915-541-4145 - Fax: 915-541-4501
Boulder, CO - Site: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index...59&Itemid=2009
Mayor Susan Osborne - Email: osbornes@bouldercolorado.gov Phone: 303-441-3002 - Fax: 303-441-4478
San Diego, CA - Site: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/
Mayor Jerry Sanders - Email: JerrySanders@sandiego.gov Phone: (619) 236-6330 - Fax: (619) 236-7228
GROUP TRAVEL BOYCOTTS
SEIU - Service Employees International Union
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
National Council of La Raza
Center for Community Change
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Puerto Rican Coalition
Leadership Conference on Civil & Hunan Rights
CANCELLED CONVENTIONS
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Web Site: http://www.aila.org/ Email: (Contact Page with names emails: http://www.aila.org/contactus )
Phone: Phone: 202-507-7600 - Fax: 202-783-7853
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Web Site: http://alpha-phi-alpha.com Email: admin@apa1906.net
Phone: Phone: 410.554.0040 - Fax: 410.554.0054
National Urban League
COMPANIES WHO DO NOT SUPPORT THE SB 1070
Buffalo Exchange - Source: http://www.buffaloexchange.com/bulle...lletin_ID=1184
Phoenix Suns - Source: Email: http://www.nba.com/suns/contact/contact_us.html - Phone: 602-379-7900 - Fax: 602-379-7990
Barrio Cafe, Phoenix - http://www.barriocafe.com/ - See Article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...cafe-chef.html
Lush Handmade Cosmetics - Store in Fashion Square - Doing protest against SB 1070 on 5/17 - Web: http://www.lushusa.com/shop/find/list/
Protest Link: http://www.lush.com/lushlife/new/sb1070spec.htm - Email: Roslyn Kagy at rally@lush.com
LAWSUIT PLANTIFFS AGAINST SB1070
• Friendly House: A Phoenix non-profit that offers social services such as workforce training. United Way http://www.vsuw.org/ gives to this group - Site: http://www.friendlyhouse.org/
• Service Employees International Union: A Washington, D.C.-based union with 2.2 million members.
Site: (Arizona) http://seiu.org/
• Service Employees International Union Local 5: The Arizona branch of the union, which has 1,800 members.
Site: http://seiuaz.org/
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Washington, D.C.-based union with 1.3 million members.
Site: http://www.ufcw.org/
• Arizona South Asians for Safe Families: A Scottsdale-based group that offers support to victims of domestic violence in the South Asian community in Arizona. Site: http://asafsf.org/
• Southside Presbyterian Church: A Tucson church that also serves the homeless and day laborers.
Site: http://southsidepresbyterian.org/
• Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Association of Latino-owned businesses throughout the state.
Site: http://www.azhcc.com/
• Asian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona: A group of more than 90 Asian-owned businesses.
Site: http://asianchamber.org
• Border Action Network: A state group that advocates for protecting the human rights of immigrants and border communities.
Site: http://www.borderaction.org/web/index.php
• Tonatierra Community Development Institute: A Phoenix non-profit group that serves the indigenous community, including members of the American Indian tribes. Site: http://tonatierra.org/
• Muslim American Society: A charitable religious, social, cultural and educational organization that works to protect the civil rights of American Muslims. Site: http://masnet.org/
• Japanese American Citizens League: A San Francisco-based group that works to advance the civil rights of Japanese Americans.
Site: http://www.jacl.org/
• Valle del Sol: A Maricopa County non-profit group that offers behavioral-health and social services. United Way http://www.vsuw.org/ gives to this group - Site: http://www.valledelsol.com/
• CoalicÃ*on De Derechos Humanos: A Tucson community-service organization that promotes human rights in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
http://www.derechoshumanosaz.net/
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/electi...#ixzz0oGEntOfK
http://altoarizona.com
LIST OF CALIFORNIA COMPANIES
http://www.examiner.com/x-35976-Cons...-in-California