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Schwarzenegger May Not Be Back to Hometown
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 27, 2005 03:30pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 27, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | GRAZ, Austria - "I'll be back." That pledge from the Terminator traditionally has had special meaning in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown.
But now — after the California governor refused to spare two convicted murderers in a row from their death sentences and showed no signs of relenting in another case up next month — the romance is over between Schwarzenegger and Graz, Austria's second-largest city.
Acting on Schwarzenegger's orders two weeks after the Dec. 13 execution of former Crips gang leader Stanley Tookie Williams, city leaders Tuesday deleted all references to the bodybuilder-turned-governor on Web sites linked to Graz. Over the weekend, they also stripped his name from the city's soccer stadium.
And "Arnie," as he is known in the city of his youth, also sent back Graz' highest award — its ring of honor — as part of moves provoked by city council threats to rename the stadium because of his support for the death penalty.
He tried to soothe passions in a Dec. 19 letter, saying he still planned to visit. But that pledge is now more threat than promise for Austrians, who overwhelmingly consider the death penalty barbaric. |
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