Looney Left Report: L.A. Boycott of Arizona May Turn Off The Lights

Looney Left Report: L.A. Boycott of Arizona May Turn Off The Lights

An Arizona power commissioner sent a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday stating that if L.A. goes ahead with their boycott of Arizona after that state voted to enforce U.S. Immigration laws, they will pull the plug on providing power to Los Angeles.

NBC Los Angeles is reporting:

In a letter to the city of LA, a member of Arizona's power commission said he would ask Arizona utility companies to cut off the power supply to Los Angeles. LA gets about 25 percent of its power from Arizona.

"That is one commissioner who has that idea -- whether he can do that or not is another idea," said LA Councilman Dennis Zine. "They are the ones who have to make the move, not us."

The commissioner's power grid play is in response to the city's approval of a resolution directing city staff to consider which contracts with Arizona can be terminated.

Part of Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce's letter reads as follows:

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.

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.

Is the Los Angeles City Council willing to lose 25% of the city's power supply over politics? I doubt it. But you never know just how stupid the City Council can be.

I should also mention that the Los Angeles City Council is dominated by left-wing Democrats.