Which California governor will cut the ribbon?
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Crockett's ribon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for November 15, the deadline for the recall to be certified.
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CROCKETT, California (AP) -- Officials in this small town are in a quandary over which California governor to invite to the opening ceremony for a new bridge next month.
Will it be recalled Gov. Gray Davis? Or Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger?
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Carquinez Bridge is scheduled for November 15, the deadline for the secretary of state to certify the recall election results.
"Crockett will welcome the governor, whoever it is. But Schwarzenegger has a nice ring to it. Maybe we'll call it, 'Iron Man Meets Iron Workers,"' said Gene Pedrotti, chairman of the Carquinez Bridge Celebration Committee.
Davis' office cleared the grand opening date before the October 7 recall election, although the governor has not confirmed an appearance, a spokeswoman said.
Schwarzenegger has received several appearance requests, but "nothing has been scheduled by virtue of the fact that we're waiting for the certification process," said H.D. Palmer, the governor-elect's spokesman.
Crockett, with a population of fewer than 3,200, is about 25 miles east of San Francisco.
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