Hot air. (L.A. Stories).Don't mess with mess with Verb Informal, chiefly US to interfere in, or become involved with, a dangerous person, thing, or situation: he had started messing with drugs my SUV. That's the message delivered by KFI-AM talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, who used the airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting to oppose a bill by state Assemblywoman Fran Pavley Fran Pavley is a Democratic politician and previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of Agoura Hills. She served as a Mayor and Councilmember for four terms. , D-Agoura Hills, that would regulate tailpipe tail·pipe n. The pipe through which exhaust gases from an engine are discharged. Also called exhaust pipe. tailpipe Noun a pipe from which exhaust gases are discharged, esp. emissions from SUVs and light trucks. The bill, which has garnered attention for its attempt to tackle the problem of carbondioxide emissions, cleared the Legislature and is now on the desk of Gov. Gray Davis; he's indicated he will sign it. Kobylt and Chiampou blasted the legislation as an intrusion into the personal choices of consumers. They repeatedly gave out the number for the Davis' press office and urged listeners to call. So many calls came through that the press office lines were overloaded and had to be shut down, twice. Davis' press secretary Steve Maviglio called the station and asked that the duo give out another number specifically for constituent affairs. No dice, said Kobylt and Chiampou. Desperate to keep the lines clear for actual press calls, the governor's staff rerouted the phone calls back to KFI KFI Key from Image KFI Key Facts Illustration (UK financial services) KFI Kraft Foods International KFI Korea Fire Equipment Inspection Corporation KFI Key Frame Interval KFI Kernel Function Instrumentation , which in turn angered Kobylt and Chiampou. "Rerouting constituent calls like that -- if it isn't illegal, it should be," Kobylt said. |
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