i wish Gov. Arnie was MY governor!!

[SueNC]

Gov. Arnie gets it right.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday told officials in his hometown in Austria to remove his name from a sports stadium and stop using his identity to promote the city.

The governor's request came after politicians in Graz began a petition drive to rename the stadium, reacting to Schwarzenegger's decision last week to deny clemency to condemned inmate Stanley Tookie Williams. Opposition to the death penalty is strong in Austria.

In a letter that began "Dear Mister Mayor," Schwarzenegger said he decided to spare the Graz city council "further concern" should he be forced to make other clemency decisions while he's governor. Another inmate is scheduled to be executed in California Jan. 17.

"In all likelihood, during my term as governor, I will have to make similar and equally difficult decisions," Schwarzenegger said in the letter. "To spare the responsible politicians of the city of Graz further concern, I withdraw from them as of this day the right to use my name in association with the Liebenauer Stadium."

The stadium was renamed for the former Hollywood star in 1997. He asked that the lettering be removed by year's end.

Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson said the letter was faxed Monday to the Graz city hall. The city council was expected to take up the matter next month.

In the letter, Schwarzenegger also said he would no longer permit the use of his name "to advertise or promote the city of Graz in any way" and would return the city's "ring of honor."

The ring was given to him in a ceremony in Graz in 1999. At the time, Schwarzenegger said he considered it "a token of sincere friendship between my hometown and me."

"Since, however, the official Graz appears to no longer accept me as one of their own, this ring has lost its meaning and value to me. It is already in the mail," the governor wrote.

Williams, co-founder of the Crips gang, was convicted of four 1979 murders. He was executed shortly after midnight Dec. 13.

he basically told them to go screw themselves and their so-called 'honor.'

way to go, govinator!!

 

[Karina_666]

I always loved Arnold.

 

[schenkadere]

I always loved Arnold.

They're terminated.

 

[gaschamber]

hahaha twins is a good movie.

 

[schenkadere]

hahaha twins is a good movie.

It's not a tumor.

 

[prime666]

Good for him. Showin a little balls.

 

[SueNC]

i would have no problem with granting clemency to a condemned murderer on one condition...

that he/she could bring their victim back to life.

 

[fabian_from_hell]

i am from austria too, and i think what arnie did is extremely cool and takes a lot of guts and balls.... respect to him for that

fuck austria and all the shit talkers... re-naming the stadion is just childish and extremely rediculous. they just came up with the idea because all the politics have the same opinion about it and they don´t want to fuck with ém....

honor is a piece of shit. it´s for idiots that have no confidence and integrity

 

[MyHatred]

My girlfriend and I are going to Austria this summer. I can't wait

 

[fabian_from_hell]

not joking?????
why?????

where are you from??

is there anything special about it?
i guess not.

 

[MyHatred]

Not joking.

Well, you do live there so that is why you don't care for it, so the same can be said about where I live. I have done quite a bit of research and that is where we have agreed to go. When you live in a state or country for a long time, you have a hard time understanding why anyone would go there for leisure.

 

[fabian_from_hell]

yeah, maybe. where you wanna go? any place yet?
i´d prefer tyrol, y´know the mountains and stuff.

i met joe nunez from soulfly before a show this summer
and he was stoked about the mountains. he couldn´t believe it.
was kinda funny to me.