Mayor (Santa Cruz, CA) Declares March 2008 to be a "Lou Dobbs Free Month"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/07/mayor-declares-lou-dobbs_n_90432.html



From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:

The mayor, in a quixotic move unrelated to city business, is asking Santa Cruz residents to turn off "Lou Dobbs Tonight."


The boycott, announced Wednesday in a proclamation written by Mayor Ryan Coonerty that declares March a "Lou Dobbs-free month," is retaliation for the CNN anchor's criticism of Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, after the congressman told an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official last week that his constituents view the agency as similar to the secret Nazi police, the Gestapo.


"This is a tongue-in-cheek effort at a real serious issue," said Coonerty, who acknowledged the proclamation is somewhat silly. "So, this is my little way of saying I wish our national journalists would engage in a little more thoughtful journalism ... and not pick out one word out of a two-hour hearing on a hard subject."

Neither Dobbs nor a CNN representative could be reached to comment Wednesday.

Dobbs has been at the center of several public feuds of late, including one with the CEO of Goldman Sachs and one with Geraldo Rivera.

[High Plains]

1. Let's make the US a Dobbs-free zone: Deport him to Mexico!