Arnold Closes CA Businesses To Walk Red Carpet?

[realFedUp]

Feb. 15, 2005
Arnold Closes CA Businesses To Walk Red Carpet?
By Jamie Court

Arnold's CHP detail has visited businesses up and down the capital's K-Street pedestrian mall and asked them to close down their shops for tonight's "Be Cool" premiere and red carpet walk. Arnold's cops indicated they are restricting access to the mall for tonight's screening. But the Crest Cafe next door is open for business for real people...unless Arnold issues an edict closing down California businesses in order to take a walk down the red carpet without jeers. That's because nurses, teachers, students and firefighters rented the Crest Cafe for a "Be Real" party and will be there to let the Gov know how they feel.

Will the man of the people -- who proclaimed California is open for business -- use his police powers to shut down small businesses so he doesn't face criticism? Be there, be real and find out. C'mon Arnold, if you can't take the heat, get out of the spotlight.

Read more at: http://www.ArnoldWatch.org

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1. Man of the people my ass. He's a man of the businesspeople.

[realFedUp]

2. people say he's a bad actor....

but I'm sure he said he was good enough
to fool most of the voters.

RECALL.

[Semi_subversive]

3. I wonder if they'll shut down light rail

since it stops near the Crest. That'll piss off some people.

[realFedUp]

4. and what happened on the red carpet last night....

California's leading man was not allowed to walk the red carpet last night into the screening of "Be Cool" at Sacramento's Crest Theatre because hundreds of nurses, teachers, teamsters, iron workers, seniors, service employees, long shore workers and students blocked his way in protest of Arnold's cash register politics and wasteful special election plans. The Governor's SUV was forced to move into the alley where the Governor snuck in the back door (See an event photo at: .)

A nurse in scrubs had a ticket to the event but was removed from her seat, where she silently sat, then was quarantined and interrogated. Another nurse, in street clothes, confronted Arnold inside, but he offered a patronizing response ("I always give nurses an audience") and she was escorted out by the Highway patrol and questioned by them. But the California Nurses Association spoke to the Governor through a full page NY Times advertisement today ˆ download it at: http://www.calnurse.org/files.calnurse.org/assets/0205_CNA_AD_screen.pdf

The "Be Cool" screening should be a reminder for the Gov that he is wearing out his welcome with real Californians who are increasingly learning that he is abusing his power and their trust. (Read today's Arianna Huffington column on this point at: http://ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=759 .) California has a new back door man. If Arnold wants to be allowed in the front door again, a good step would be to call off his special interest special election.

[Garbo 2004]

5. Arianna's column on Ahnold/Eisner is excellent IMO. n/t