Arizonans React to San Diego Boycott
It appears that Arizonans are turning the tables on San Diego. After San Diego imposed a ban on doing business with or official travel to Arizona, citizens of Arizona are canceling their San Diego travel plans. This, of course, is causing some concern in the San Diego tourism industry. A response from San Diego school board President Shelia Jackson, who is sorry people don’t want to come to her city, but still supports her vote to boycott Arizona:
“It’s sad that people would cancel their plans to come here in reaction to that, but I still think we did the right thing,” Jackson told the Union-Tribune. “Certainly, we know how important tourism is to San Diego, and it wasn’t my intent to impact the tourism trade.”
Of course it wasn't her intent to negatively impact her city. Her intent was to impact Arizona. Like most politicians, her problem is that she didn't bother to look past the end of her nose before taking this action. Politicians rarely spend any time or effort considering the possibility of unintended consequences.
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My favorite comeback from Arizona is the guy (don't remember his position) who said if California really wants to boycott Arizona they should certainly cease getting 25% of their electricity from their state. We'll see how committed they are now. :-)
He probably won't be able to follow through with his threat but he might succeed in getting their attention and reminding them once again that boycotts can work both ways.
Californians, and others, should remember the Whole Foods boycott. When those opposed to the founder's politics called for a boycott, people who agreed with him flocked to the store to show their support.