Only a foolish politician would make a crucial decision based on seeking revenge instead of enacting good policy. For proof, look no further than the Sacramento City Council and its mayor who voted last night to boycott any Arizona-based business in contract with the City.
It’s too early to tell if the act will have an injurious affect on Arizona, but I am willing to bet that Sacramento will suffer more than our neighboring Cactus state. A Sac Bee story reports about one AZ-based construction company (Sundt) that will lose contracts with the City of Sacramento, but at the cost of nearly 70 local jobs. (Insert Homer Simpson’s famous "Doh!" here).
Some people might ask why I care about the goings-on of the Sacramento City Council since I am a resident of Lancaster. But the fact of the matter is I spend time in the Sacramento city limits where I live part-time and purchase goods and services from local business people. I have reason to care and a right to be angry about local leaders choosing to engage in a political stunt over performing their civil servant duties entrusted in them by voters.
Furthermore, the Bee article states “City staffers are going over hundreds of contracts to determine if the city does business with other Arizona companies. It’s a time-intensive practice.” At a time when Sacramento is laying off police officers and shuttering schools, it’s outrageous that leaders have voted for a useless resolution that will consume the valuable time of city workers who should be working for the benefit of residents, not for revenge against another state.
June 16th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Childish….California liberals are an embarassment…if Californians were reasonably literate they would find their masters are slowly killing them with symbolic kindness!!!!