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Schwarzenegger severs ties with Austrian hometown

 
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MIKE BURN
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:19 pm    Post subject: Schwarzenegger severs ties with Austrian hometown Reply with quote

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut his honorary ties to his hometown in Austria on Monday after officials in Graz criticized him for denying clemency to a death row inmate.



Schwarzenegger demanded that Graz stop using his name on a sports stadium and in promotions and returned a "ring of honor" he had been awarded by city officials in 1999, saying politicians in his hometown appeared to have rejected him.



A petition drive had been launched in Graz to have the town rename a stadium that has been named after Schwarzenegger because the Austrian-born governor allowed the execution of death-row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams this month.



The city council of Graz had been due to rename the local stadium on January 19, according to Schwarzenegger's letter to Graz Mayor Siegfried Nagl.



"The reason for this action is apparently a decision I reached as governor of California," Schwarzenegger said. "I rejected the clemency of a rightfully convicted four-time murderer after thorough review, and as a result, he was executed according to the laws of this state."



"In all likelihood, during my term as governor I will have to make similar and equally difficult decisions," Schwarzenegger wrote. "In order 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."



Schwarzenegger, a former body building champion and Hollywood star, trained at the stadium as a young man. It was renamed in his honor in 1997.



He said he was returning the "ring of honor."



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


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:58 pm    Post subject: re Reply with quote

While there are other alternatives to the death penalty, I'm glad to see him stand by his convictions and uphold the law as it stands...and not cave in to political posturing by Nagl. +1 for Ahnold. ;)

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:28 pm    Post subject: Re: re Reply with quote





Proof positive that taking steroids destroys brain cells.











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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Schwarzenegger severs ties with Austrian hometown Reply with quote





I mean... just THINK about it for a second.....





This guy is the GOVERNOR of one of the most Influential states in America......















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Galmin
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Schwarzenegger severs ties with Austrian hometown Reply with quote

I guess he won't "be back" then...





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1katecassidy
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Schwarzenegger severs ties with Austrian hometown Reply with quote

it sure dont look like it

yes i believe in justice, but taking someone elses life does that not make us just the same

and if he had any loyalty at all should'nt it be towards his own country

well said drooly

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