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To: Tom Daly who wrote (59964)	1/14/2010 10:03:20 PM
From: TobagoJack	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218584

funny, yes true, also funnily true is generally truly funny

To: Tom Daly who wrote (59964)	1/15/2010 8:32:11 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218584

more funnies signonsandiego.com Air board may be backing off Tire Nazi role By Chris Reed, Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 1:53 p.m. Yesterday I blogged about how the loons at the state air board had put out for 15 days of comment a proposed rule under which vehicle owners couldn't get their cars repaired unless they agreed to have their tires inflated to state-approved levels or provided independent outside documentation that their tires were properly inflated. This is because of AB 32 and the push to improve vehicle mileage. Vehicle owners or repair shops that broke the rule faced a potential penalty of $1,000 per violation and six months in jail. John and Ken on KFI 640 AM talked about this lunacy and rained mockery on the CARB Tire Nazis -- and they may already have backed down: RULEMAKING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES OPERATING WITH UNDER INFLATED TIRES HEARING ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL 15-DAY NOTICES Posted January 14, 2010 10:30 am PST Second 15-day has been rescinded and a revised version will be posted shortly This may be unrelated to my whining, but we should see soon. The fact that the state Department of Consumer Affairs ripped the rule might have prompted the gov's office to jump in and tell Mary Nichols that this was an embarrassment Arnold didn't need. UPDATE, 2:25 P.M.: Amanda Fulkerson in the gov's office says aides to the governor did not intervene. So maybe the air board spontaneously behaved with common sense. Or maybe the revision has nothing to do with the nutty rule. We'll see. I have this image of Susan Kennedy as a no-nonsense, blunt leader. I can see her setting Nichols straight without tellling her staff what she was up to, or at least her press office. That seems more plausible to me than an outbreak of common sense at CARB.