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The people our governor wants to "crush"
Standing on a former mountaintop blasted away to build the new Suncrest Substation, Governor Jerry Brown yesterday praised completion of the 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink high voltage lines-and denigrated 79,000 citizens who have fought against destroying our communities and scenic vistas.
"You have to crush the opposition," the Governor said forcefully.
July 27, 2012
by Miriam Raftery
in East County Magazine
Standing on a former mountaintop blasted away to build the new Suncrest Substation, Governor Jerry Brown yesterday praised completion of the 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink high voltage lines-and denigrated 79,000 citizens who have fought against destroying our communities and scenic vistas.
"You have to crush the opposition," the Governor said forcefully, after joking that there were more dignitaries inside the celebration than protesting down the street.
His words are unbecoming of our state's highest official and an insult to the hard-working people of our region, most of whom couldn't afford to take off work and attend... [continue via Web link]
Web link: http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/10538
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