Palin asks Schwarzenegger to veto fees aimed at cutting pollution at California ports

[sabra]

Source: LA Times

She says the new fees for Long Beach, L.A. and Oakland ports would harm the economies of Alaska and California.

SACRAMENTO -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president, has urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto a fee on cargo containers going through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, setting off a wave of criticism from California environmentalists.

Palin's letter to Schwarzenegger is dated Aug. 28 -- one day before presidential candidate and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced that he had picked her as his running mate. The letter argues that both consumers and the economy in California and Alaska would suffer as a result of the fee.

Though the issue might otherwise be viewed as a relatively parochial port matter, Palin's newfound status as a national political figure has raised the stakes in what state environmentalists consider to be their most important pollution reduction effort this year. They say Palin has no business getting involved in the California issue.

"Why should Gov. Schwarzenegger take into account what out-of-state interests are saying?" said Lisa Warshaw, a spokeswoman for the Coalition for Clean Air. "It's unfortunate that she is using her popularity to push her agenda on this state."

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports12-2008sep12,0,2115458.story

[OilemFirchen]

1. Huh?

"The letter argues that both consumers and the economy in California and Alaska would suffer as a result of the fee."

I thought Goody Palin just gave everybody in Alaska a new Lexus, thanks to their petrochemical rain of pennies. Now she's concerned about the state's economy?

[dabenpb]

4. "Goody Palin" -- That's great.

[formercia]

2. Just wait until she's sitting at Cheney's desk.

Mooselini will make Darth look like a boy scout.

[kestrel91316]

3. POLLUTION and greenhouse gases harm our economy, our heath,

and our very planet, you ignorant bimbo.

Fuck you and the snowmachine you rode in on! It's always about YOUR MONEY, isn't it? You don't give a goddam rat's ass about anything other than YOUR MONEY.

[Frisbee]

21. Of course she doesn't...

"You don't give a goddam rat's ass about anything other than YOUR MONEY." That's why she has an R after her name. I stands for Rotten to the core

[dipsydoodle]

5. My word she's got a big

nose.

[gordianot]

6. Will Arnold show some defference? Who does Palin think she is the decider?

[xxqqqzme]

7. Those fees are to clean up the ports. They have been

a hard fought victory for that purpose.

Keep your bony ass in Alaska, we REALLY do not need another publican governor here.

[DBoon]

8. Caibou Barbie thinks she can tell the Governator what to do?

She should know better than to tangle with an unstoppable cyborg from the future

[MisterP]

9. don't her marshmallow-brained defenders attack non-Alaskans

for any criticism because they're "outsiders" and so "don't understand" Alaska?
like living/hunting/farming in any one place gives you omniscience about it

[JerseygirlCT]

10. Just say no, Arnold. nt

[skypilot]

11. Yeah, Arnold...

...don't be an environmental girly man.

[MindPilot]

12. Umm, Ms Palin, the California economy is the sixth largest

in the WORLD. It really doesn't need your help.

Thank you.

[Imagevision]

13. Schwarzenegger whose term expires this tear tried to join Obama camp...

4 months ago

[kimmerspixelated]

15. No kidding?

Well, if he is on our side, I hope he takes this opp- to punch her back with feeling!

[katty]

14. Palin is on her mission--her personal mission from god

[still_one]

16. I live in California, California is my state. PALIN!!!! MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!

[dana_b]

18. yep... mine too!

if she wants to screw up AK, fine, they voted for her. Stay the hell away from our home!

[still_one]

19. I find it ironic for a campaign that believes in states rights, she wants to

tell other states what to do

another example of hypocrisy

[dana_b]

17. I don't think he'll take her "advice"

but if he does... wll, then there are some folks here who want to recall him. ;)

[billyoc]

20. Poor asshole must have bit his cigar in half!

I would have loved to see the look on his face. :rofl:

[Retrograde]

22. I say we need more fees

The San Francisco Bay crab season was almost wiped out last year after a cargo ship ran into a bridge support and spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the bay. We need more, not less, environmental protection.

[Plucketeer]

23. I can't recall what percentage of costal residents

having cancer they've calculated is a result of these giant vessel diesel powerplants, but it's not insignificant. Maybe if money-rich Alaska would ante up enough moola to cover the costs of these cancer-infected Californians! No - wait, they'd STILL have cancer. Sarah - tough shit.

[Selatius]

24. This picture right here sums up what folks in California are probably thinking:

[depakid]

25. The Feds can always preempt them

which they'll probably do if McCain is elected.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

26. "Pollution rocks!"

As played by Frances McDormand.

[taught_me_patience]

27. I live in Long Beach

Palin can fuck off. I wish she would STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY BUSINESS.