| on Mar 7, 2008, 01:14 PM E.S.T.
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Schwarzenegger
has eschewed living in Sacramento, preferring his Brentwood mansion and
traveling back and forth in his private jet. Some question his concern
for the environment.
SACRAMENTO -- -- Like many of the Californians he represents, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger now spends more than three hours commuting
because he lives so far from the office.
But his ride is a private jet.
After flirting briefly with buying a Sacramento abode for his family,
then living alone for a while in a 2,000-square-foot hotel penthouse
across from the Capitol, the governor has decided to stay nearly every
night at his Brentwood mansion.
The commute costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, which aides
say the governor pays for himself. Some environmentalists say the trips
expand his carbon footprint enough to undermine his image as a crusader
against global warming, despite the pollution credits he buys to offset
the damage.
Abandoning more glamorous parts to settle in
Sacramento has long been a trade-off governors made for the privilege
of running the state. But Casa de los Gobernadores, the
12,000-square-foot suburban ranch home that Ronald Reagan and his
family had built when they ruled the town, did not lure Schwarzenegger
and kin, despite five visits to the home by California first lady Maria
Shriver and a Realtor. Read rest...
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