An Arizona official has threatened to no longer supply the city of Los Angeles with electricity following his decision to economically boycott Arizona after the passage in that state of a controversial immigration law.
Gary Pierce, a member of the Arizona Energy Commission, said in a letter that the state was prepared to cut off the electricity it supplies to Los Angeles in response to the boycott campaign. According to him, Arizona supplies 25% of the electricity of the Californian city.
The elected officials of San Francisco and Los Angeles voted last week for the economic boycott of Arizona after the adoption in this state of a law which, according to them, introduces facies controls.
“If you are serious about embarking on an economic boycott, I would be happy to encourage Arizona power utilities to renegotiate your power contracts so that Los Angeles no longer receives electricity produced in Arizona.”Gary Pierce wrote in a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
“I’m sure Arizona power utilities would be happy not to send you any more watt.”, he adds.
The threat did not convince the authorities of the city of cinema. A press release indicates that the mayor is “Strongly favorable” to the economic boycott of Arizona and that he will not respond “To the threats of a State which has put itself out of America and its values of freedom and civil rights”.
A law passed on April 23 by Arizona, a state bordering Mexico, allows police to arrest any foreigner suspected of being an illegal immigrant. Until then, he had to have committed an offense.
(Source AFP)
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