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Schwarzenegger's daily commute

From the LATimes:

Like many of the Californians he represents, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now spends more than three hours commuting because he lives so far from the office.

But his ride is a private jet.

After flirting briefly with buying a Sacramento abode for his family, then living alone for a while in a 2,000-square-foot hotel penthouse across from the Capitol, the governor has decided to stay nearly every night at his Brentwood mansion.

The commute costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, which aides say the governor pays for himself. Some environmentalists say the trips expand his carbon footprint enough to undermine his image as a crusader against global warming, despite the pollution credits he buys to offset the damage.

Solution? Move the state capital to SoCal. Who wants to visit Sacramento anyways?


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Good grief, the irony of the Governator.

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Biscuits with Honey
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Csaba's Flickr
Dude, Where's the Beach?
EJ Takes Life
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Kim's work blog
The Lonely Eater
Monsoon
News to Hughes
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Will’s Title is Too Long
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The Accidental Russophile
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Chernobyl Children's Project International
Copydude
English Russia
Goodbye Baby Lenin
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Notes from Україна
The Oil and The Glory
Registan
Robert Amsterdam
Scraps of Moscow
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White Sun of the Desert

Energy:

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An American in London
Evening Standard Headlines
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Londonist

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