I don't know about you, but I'm starting to doubt the Governor's green credentials. He was the first civilian to drive a Hummer, he flies between Santa Monica and Sacramento everyday, and now this.
Schwarzenegger replaces Eastwood, Shriver on parks commission
From the Associated Press
March 20, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has replaced his brother-in-law, Bobby Shriver, and actor Clint Eastwood on a state parks commission that voted to oppose a controversial toll road supported by the governor.
Shriver said the governor's decision was a surprise to both men. They had publicly disagreed with Schwarzenegger about the wisdom of building a toll road through a state park in Southern California.
They also supported a 2006 lawsuit to block the toll road by then-California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Earlier this year, Eastwood and Shriver urged the California Coastal Commission to reject the project.
In a rebuke to the governor, the California Coastal Commission also agreed with the parks commission and rejected the toll road in February. That decision is being appealed by local transportation agencies.
Schwarzenegger, who has visited the area, said in a Jan. 15 letter to the coastal commission that the toll road was "essential to protect our environment" by helping to relieve freeway gridlock in Orange and San Diego counties.
