Friends,
A wave of events, like a red tide washing trash and medical waste onto the beach, has come to pass that has, in my humble opinion, presented the opportunity to kill a loathsome beast. That monster, one that has not a single name but two, not one head but eleven, has taken the task of destroying the great state of California to its scaly bosom. That we will prosper and succeed as a state is antithetical to its unrepentant joy over its own lust for power over and control of the citizenry. When the sun shines and this scabrous vermin scurries behind the baseboards, who calls its name? What demonic appelation does this bilious stain answer to in the halls of Sacramento?
The California Air Resources Board.
This state is broke. That’s well known. Certainly cuts can be made to save the jobs of your average and pleasant DMV worker. In lieu of issuing IOUs to tax refund recipients, wasteful programs can be eliminated. I suggest killing CARB. Not only that, but I have suggested this path to the California EPA. Yes, infanticide. I’ve started my campaign with a friendly letter:
As a fourth generation Californian, I am angered greatly by the actions taken by the California Air Resources Board. In their latest turn to punish electric car conversion companies in the state then reverse that decision, I feel that this board is ill-suited to take on the air quality issues that affect us all. Rather, they have truly become a self important fiefdom, legislating the destruction of the California economy with a deft hand along with a tin ear. They do not represent us, they are not accountable to us and they must be dissolved.
Particularly callous has been their regulations against wood-burning heat during this particularly cold winter. A great many people, myself and my neighbors included, rely on wood as an economical alternative to electricity and propane to stay warm. The Air Resources Board has become the enemy of average citizens of this state, of anybody working towards a green economy in the future, and energy independence in general.
I am asking your advice during these trying economic times on how we, the citizens of this once and surely future great state, can disband the California Air Resources Board. Will this require a ballot initiative? What legislation enables this board? Is there separate enabling legislation that must also be overturned?
Thank you for your assistance in this urgent matter.
The best part is that the CARB Ombudsman responded—kinda.
In 1967, California’s Legislature passed the Mulford-Carrell Act, which combined two Department of Health bureaus–the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board–to establish the Air Resources Board (ARB). On February 8, 1968, the first meeting of the ARB was held in Sacramento. Legislation must be initiated to eliminate the ARB. Please contact your local state representative to discuss this matter. If you have any questions or need additional information regarding air quality issues please contact me. Thank you for contacting the Office of the Ombudsman.
Philip A. Loder
Deputy Ombudsman
Air Resources Board
Office of the Ombudsman
(916) 322-2467
All we need to do is put an initiative on the next ballot! How hard could that be? All I need to do is collect enough signatures, based on the turnout from the last general election…
Oh, right.
– bob