Posted on 02/10/2010 7:53:14 AM PST by SmithL
As mismatches go, "Columbo" vs. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may not rank with David vs. Goliath, but California's environmental and energy policy would be dramatically altered if the little guy wins this fight.
"Columbo" is the nickname of freshman Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, who is battling to suspend a landmark greenhouse gas emissions law pushed by Democrats and touted as part of Schwarzenegger's environmental legacy.
Never count Logue out, no matter the odds, warns Assemblyman Mike Villines, a Clovis Republican who pinned the "Columbo" nickname on his zealous but mild-mannered colleague.
"Like 'Columbo,' he'll always get you by the end of the show," Villines said.
"He's a pit bull," added Assemblyman Danny Gilmore, R-Hanford.
Thwarted this year at passing legislation to suspend the greenhouse gas restrictions, adopted four years ago as Assembly Bill 32, Logue is pushing to take his case directly to voters through an initiative proposed for the November ballot.
"I think it's going to be a war like you never dreamed," Logue said.
Others dismiss Logue as shortsighted, narrow-minded and a puppet of business interests that largely bankrolled his election to the Legislature in 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, left, confers Monday with colleague Tom Berryhill, R-Modesto. Logue is trying to get an initiative on the November ballot that would suspend a landmark greenhouse gas emissions law pushed by Democrats and touted as part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental legacy.
For a second, I thought that Peter Falk has seen the light (being a big lib).
Just one more question, sir. If greenhouse gases keep the heat in, don't we need more not less? I t seems a bit cold out there.
Thanks for the post — this story is worth following to its (hopefully) logical conclusion: suspension of the Kali-fornia greenhouse gas emission law.
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