Governator terminates toll road foes Eastwood, Shriver

As noted here last week, supporters of toll roads veer both right and left ideologically, from Greens in Sweden to arch-conservatives at Bush’s Department of Transportation (DOT). Minnesota officials of all political stripes favor toll lanes on Hwy. 394 and (soon) I-35W. Now comes news that opposition to tolls can swerve across party lines as well.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has removed his mentor in acting and politics, Clint Eastwood, and his brother-in-law, Bob Shriver, from the state’s parks commission. Eastwood, a Republican who served as mayor in his hometown of Carmel, Calif., and Shriver, son of 1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate Sargeant Shriver, saw the terminations from the Republican governator as payback for their opposition to a proposed six-lane toll road through San Onofre State Beach. A Sierra Club official lauded Eastman’s “reverence for open space and public property,” which you can see for yourself in a public service announcement Eastwood made against the toll road.

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