Detroit Project Feels the Heat

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LOS ANGELES Ads from the Detroit Project, a group associated with California gubernatorial hopeful Arianna Huffington, have come under fire in the wake of so-called “eco-terrorist” acts committed last week at SUV dealerships in several West Coast cities.

The Sport Utility Vehicle Owners of America on Wednesday issued a “cease and desist” petition signed by 6,065 of its members to Huffington, urging her “stop encouraging groups like the Earth Liberation Front.” Several fires, apparently coordinated with less dramatic acts of vandalism, were claimed by ELF, though no one has yet been arrested for the crimes.

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