Arizona counter-threat to L.A. boycott

Incensed that the City Council approved an economic boycott of his state, an Arizona official has threatened to have utilities there withhold power sales to Los Angeles. Daily News

There's only one problem with his plan: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power co-owns the Arizona plants that supply up to 25 percent of city's electricity, meaning the Grand Canyon State has little control over it.

"These are our plants," said Los Angeles Councilman Ed Reyes, who authored the boycott of Arizona. "They have no control over our plants.