Governor Jerry Brown flies Southwest Airlines to Los Angeles

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Thrifty governor charms Californians in coach
Carla Marinucci

Friday, February 11, 2011

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/11/MN2V1HLN90.DTL#ixzz1DhbJtMdt


Talk about flying solo.

Passengers did a double take on Southwest Flight 896 from Sacramento to Burbank on Thursday when they saw California Gov. Jerry Brown sitting among them - sans entourage - on his first trip to Los Angeles since being sworn in last month.

The Democratic governor was in budget-cutting mode, sitting in an economy seat after he opted not to pay the $16 extra for Southwest's "business select" seating. That's not all: Sources say Brown also relishes taking the airline's senior discount.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/11/MN2V1HLN90.DTL#ixzz1DhasBER5

[Skink]

1. His bags rode free too.

[blondeatlast]

4. LOL! That's right! nt

[notesdev]

2. That's leadership

Good for the Governor. Probably didn't hurt to mix with some regular people instead of professional politicos.

[Myrina]

6. "Mixing with the regular people" ?

Do you know anything about him? He's about as "regular" a "people" as you're going to find.

[notesdev]

11. And the rest of the folks who work in the state capital?

As governor he very likely has lobbyists and special interests chewing up every minute of his time that they can.

[blondeatlast]

3. Very cool. I happen to love Southwes tAirlines, anyway. nt

[Auggie]

5. He didn't travel with an entourage either

:thumbsup:

[NuclearDem]

7. In an age of private jets, it's nice to see one of our pols doing what we do

[qazplm]

8. it's a nice sentiment

but to be honest I don't like the idea of senior leaders flying publicly in an age where any nutjob with an agenda can cause something really bad to happen.

[Control-Z]

12. But, but, but...

we've got full body scanners and intrusive body searches to keep (all of) us extra, super-duper safe.

Edit: punctuation

[JI7]

9. there were some death threats against him that said it would happen on Valentines Day

so while this is good i hope they still keep up with security.

[Bozita]

10. Southwest has a senior discount?

Great move by the Guv!

[madokie]

13. I remember Gov. Brown from his earlier days as California governor

he walks his talk, always has. Good man

[NYC_SKP]

19. He shunned Reagan's new Gov Mansion and chose to drive a Fury I over the limo...

We are blessed to have him back!

:applause:

[madokie]

20. Yes you all are

I remember who was one of his favorite house guest too
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=linda+ronstadt&cp=15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=hexVTZq5Lo7AgQeTyPnUDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQsAQwAQ&biw=1280&bih=852

[Bluenorthwest]

14. I was in late teen age years when he was Governor last time

I ran into him a few times in places I went for food and fun. I spoke to him at Lucy's once for several minutes while his food sat there. A Warren Zevon show. Yeah, Zevon. The Roxy. Good show.

[Kingofalldems]

15. He walks the walk.

And fake Democrats hate him, makes it even better he's now the Governor.

[handmade34]

16. used to bump into Sen. Leahy

flying from Vermont... always willing to chat

[Stinky The Clown]

17. I like Jerry Brown

I liked him back in his Moonbeam days and I still like the senior citizen Jerry Brown.

[NYC_SKP]

18. Shit, even I pay the extra $16 for business class on Southwest.

He'd be in a heap o trouble if he wants to make a last minute flight change!

:silly:

Seriously, THIS is my governor, why I supported him in every damn race he's ever entered including the presidency (or primaries).

:patriot:

[JDPriestly]

21. Let's see the Tea Baggers in Congress match Jerry Brown for frugality.

[Reader Rabbit]

22. Go, Moonbeam!

This guy is great. I don't agree with everything he does, but he certainly walks the walk.

[underseasurveyor]

23. Oh Swoon

I loves me that Jerry Brown :loveya:
And he's still HOT!

[Left coast liberal]

24. Smart. Very smart. NT