Sacramento - Amador County’s self-proclaimed “Tea Party Patriots” conducted a march on Sacramento last Friday to protest what they feel is an increasing trend toward “big government eco-regulation.” According to a release issued by National Coordinator Mark Meckler last week, protesters gathered on the steps of California’s Capitol “to protest legislative decisions that they believe have adversely affected their lives and businesses.” The group was expected to include “farmers, ranchers, miners, loggers, truckers and builders.” The specific focus of the rally will be Assembly Bill 32, which requires the California Air Resources Board to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and further reduce emissions by 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. In signing the bill, Governor Schwarzenegger called it “something we owe our children and our grandchildren.” Last December, more than 200 business executives took out a full-page ad in the Sacramento Bee urging the Air Resources Board to move ahead with the bill, haling it as a great investment that will create jobs and make California firms more competitive. Among the speakers expected Friday was first-term Assemblyman Dan Logue, who represents many rural counties in northeastern California’s 3rd District. He called the bill an “experiment in feel good environmentalism” that will have “devastating effects on the already crippled California economy.” His first action was to propose AB 118, which seeks to suspend AB 32. For more information on the bill, visit www.sac828.org. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.